Digitally Sign ODT Documents in Java (Code Example)

Add Digital Signatures to ODT in Java

Add custom digital signatures to ODT documents in Java based on PFX certificate files. The all-in-one electronic signature API easily integrates with your Java application to give you a personalized document signing experience using a few lines of code.

Instantiate Signature with (ODT) as input document
Instantiate DigitalSignOptions object with certificate & password details
Call sign method of Signature class and pass DigitalSignOptions to it

Work with ODT Signature API

You require GroupDocs.Signature namespace to digitally sign documents in Java & J2SE applications. Use signature manipulation features to customize sign, search and signature verification processes, manage eSignature colors, styling and overall appearance.

Get the respective assembly files from downloads or fetch the whole package from Maven to add ‘Conholdate.Total` directly in your workspace.

Add Text Signatures to ODT in Java

Add customized text signature to a ODT document in Java using advanced text settings such as font color, size, name, text alignment and border adjustment.

Create a new instance of Signature class and pass input document
Instantiate the TextSignOptions object and specify text signature options
Call sign method of Signature class instance and pass TextSignOptions to it

eSign Remotely Located Documents

The document eSign API enables you to load & display remotely located documents from various cloud document storage sources such as stream, local disk, URL, FTP, Amazon S3, and Azure Blob storage. Using document information extraction feature - fetch the basic information about the source document file (ODT) along with extracting other valuable document information such as file type, file size, pages count, page height and width etc.

Add Image Signatures to ODT in Java

Using Conholdate.Total for Java - insert custom image as an electronic signature to a ODT document in Java. Add company logo, stamp icon or name using different colors and text effects.

Create a new instance of Signature class and pass input document to it
Instantiate the ImageSignOptions object and specify image signature options
Call sign method of Signature class instance and pass ImageSignOptions to it

Image Representation of Document Pages

Apply digital signatures to a wide range of document formats and generate the image representation of the already signed document pages in PNG, JPG or BMP formats. You can easily preview the complete document as a whole or choose to display some specific pages based on page numbers or page ranges.

Using advanced document previewing features - easily hide digital signatures from the signed documents while generating the document preview.

What is ODT file format?

The ODT (Open Document Text) file format is a widely used open standard format for storing documents. It is commonly associated with software packages like LibreOffice or OpenOffice. The ODT format is based on the XML paper specification (XPS), an XML-based document format developed by Microsoft.

ODT files are versatile and can store various types of documents, including text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, database files, and even multimedia elements such as images, audio, and video files. This flexibility makes it suitable for a wide range of purposes.

One of the key advantages of the ODT format is its portability and compatibility with different applications. Users can easily share ODT files across various platforms and software, ensuring seamless collaboration and accessibility.

Additionally, the ODT format offers user-friendly features, allowing for easy saving and opening of documents. Its robustness ensures the preservation of document integrity, as the data is stored in XML format, which is less prone to corruption.

Moreover, the ODT format excels at handling complex documents that contain embedded objects or hyperlinks, making it suitable for professional and technical use cases.

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Digitally Sign ODT in Java