Authenticating PDF Transcript

Official PDF Transcript

An official PDF transcript is transmitted electronically to the recipient and is intended solely for use by that recipient. The recipient is listed on the first page of the transcript.  If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the Office of the Registrar at the University of West Florida.  Replicating this document or forwarding it to any person or organization other than the identified recipient is not permissible. Release of this record or disclosure of its contents to any third party without the written consent of the record owner is prohibited. 

An official PDF transcript  is digitally signed and therefore contain special characteristics. This document will reveal a digital certificate that has been applied to the transcript, and for optimal results, we recommend that this document is viewed with the latest version of Adobe® Acrobat or Adobe® Reader. This digital certificate will appear in a pop-up screen or status bar on the document, display a blue ribbon, and declare that the document was certified by Parchment with a valid certificate issued by GlobalSign Atlas R45 AATL CA 2020.  This document certification can be validated by clicking on the Signature Properties of the document.

The current version of Adobe® Reader is free of charge and available for immediate download at http://www.adobe.com.

 

The Blue Ribbon Symbol

The blue ribbon is your assurance that the digital certificate is valid, the document is authentic, and the contents of the transcript have not been altered.

Invalid

If the transcript does not display a valid certification and signature message, reject this transcript immediately. An invalid digital certificate display means either the digital signature is not authentic, or the document has been altered. The digital signature can also be revoked by Parchment if there is cause, and digital signatures can expire. A document with an invalid digital signature display should be rejected.

Author Unknown

Author Unknown can have two possible meanings:

• The certificate is a self-signed certificate or has been issued by an unknown or untrusted certificate authority and therefore has not been trusted.
• The revocation check could not complete.

If you receive this message, make sure you are properly connected to the Internet. If you have a connection and you still cannot validate the digital certificate online, reject this document.