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Libreoffice Writer (headless and non headless) remove signature of pdf after exporting it to PDF/A


I am exporting a signed PDF to PDF/A with Libreoffice Writer. When I do this, the file is converted to a PDF/A but removes the signature. This happens in the headless aswell as in the GUI.

The PDF was signed with the Portable Signer2


Solution

  • Converting PDF to PDF/A considerably changes the PDF internally, so if the (digital) signature was left in the PDF, it would become invalid in the course of the conversion.