# The certificate editor: fields, seal, signature, and Noqta reviewing it

> The editor is a sheet at its real size (A4 or Letter, in millimetres), carrying the template’s words and fields that fill themselves at issue: the student’s name, the course, duration, mark, number and verification code. You never type anyone’s name by hand. In this lesson Mourad finishes the calligraphy certificate: he changes a sentence, places his seal and signature, asks Noqta for a French column, previews it with his longest student name, then approves it.

- Time: About 8 minutes
- Who can do it: Needs “Manage certificates”. Without it, the editor opens read-only.
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- URL: https://www.dirassaplus.com/en/guide/certificate-editor

## In short
1. Open the editor from “Edit design”: the sheet in the middle, five panels at the side.
2. Double-click a text to write; “/” inserts a field that fills itself, in masculine and feminine.
3. From “Add”: seal, signature, verification code, logo, data row; each element is set in its properties.
4. Signature, seal and numbering are set once in “Signature & seal”, for all your certificates, with your password.
5. “Noqta”: ask in one sentence, or review her suggestions; each is drawn on the sheet before you accept it.
6. Preview with your real students, read “Before activating”, then “Approve the design”.

## Before you start
- Create the certificate first (the lesson “First certificate”): the editor opens on the template you chose.
- Have your signature ready in black pen on white paper if you want to photograph it, and your academy’s seal as a PNG if you have a real one.

## The steps

### 1. The sheet and the editor panels
From the certificate page, click “Edit design”. In the middle, the sheet: A4 or Letter, “Landscape” or “Portrait”, in millimetres. At the side, the “Editor panels”: “Templates” (“Your words stay, the layout changes”), “Add”, “Layers” (show/hide, lock), “Identity” and “Noqta”. Select an element and its toolbar appears, its properties beside it. Under the sheet: “View” (“Fields” or “Real data”), “Print margins” and “Fit to screen”. Everything saves by itself, and “Undo” steps back from anything. On a phone the same editor works with buttons at the bottom of the screen.
On screen: «Edit design»، «Landscape»، «Portrait»، «Editor panels»، «Templates»، «Add»، «Layers»، «Identity»، «Noqta»، «View»، «Fields»، «Real data»، «Print margins»، «Fit to screen»، «Undo»
Tip: “Templates” changes the layout and keeps your words: try three templates in a minute, “Undo” brings you back.

### 2. Text and fields that fill themselves
Double-click any text to write: “Type, and “/” to insert a field”. “/” opens the “Fields”: student name, Latin name, certificate, course, duration, date, number, and whatever the source gives — the mark and grade for an exam, the average, rank and tier for an average-based certificate. “Masculine and feminine” agrees the sentence. “Optional part” (“Removed if its field is missing”): put “with the grade …” inside it, and nothing is left blank for those without a grade. ⌘B for bold. And “Fits the name”, in the student name’s properties: a long name shrinks to the minimum, then wraps; “Name test” tries it on your real students’ longest names.
On screen: «Type, and “/” to insert a field»، «Fields»، «Masculine and feminine»، «Optional part»، «Removed if its field is missing»، «Fits the name»، «Name test»، «Student name»، «Latin name»
Tip: Write the sentence as you’d say it to one student; the fields make it right for all.
Heads-up: A field the source doesn’t give (a mark on an attendance certificate) shows in “Before activating” as a field with no source. Delete it or put it in an optional part.

### 3. Seal, signature and verification code
“Add” holds the “Auto-filled fields” and the “Elements”: “Text”, “Your logo”, “Signature”, “Seal”, “Verification code”, “Divider”, “Frame”, “Ornament”, “Data row”, “Topics” and “Second language”. Click or drag onto the sheet. Select the seal: “Seal style” offers the “Identity seal” or one of the eight, with its text. The signature: “Who signs”, from the identity’s signers. The verification code: “At least 15 mm so it scans easily”. Also in the properties: “Certificate colours” (“Every element draws from them”), “Your academy’s colour”, “Restore template colours” and “Sheet language”.
On screen: «Auto-filled fields»، «Elements»، «Your logo»، «Signature»، «Seal»، «Verification code»، «Data row»، «Topics»، «Second language»، «Seal style»، «Identity seal»، «Who signs»، «Certificate colours»، «Your academy’s colour»، «Restore template colours»، «Sheet language»
Tip: A certificate for children? “Medal” or “Modern” in the template’s colour. Professional training? “Official round” or “Office stamp” in ink.

### 4. “Signature & seal”: once, for all your certificates
The editor’s “Identity” panel shows the “Signers”, the “Seal” and “The academy on paper”, and “Edit identity” opens the “Signature & seal” page in a new tab (also reached from its link at the head of “Certificates”). Beside it, the “Preview”: one of your certificates with what you’re changing, or “With sample names” before the first one. First “Who signs” (up to 3; the first, “Default”, prints on every design): “Add a signer” opens the “New signer” popup in the middle of the screen: “Name as printed” and “Role”, then the signature: “Draw” (with your mouse or finger, above the line) or “Photograph the paper” (“Sign with a black pen on white paper, then take a photo. The background is removed automatically.”; an image already on your device works too), then “Save signer”. Without a signature nothing is saved: “Draw or photograph the signature: a signer can’t be saved without one.”; and if you close the popup with changes in it, it asks “Drop this signer?”. Then the “Seal”: eight styles drawn on their paper — “Official round”, “Ink stamp”, “Office stamp”, “Wax”, “Gold foil”, “Medal”, “Guilloche”, “Modern” — or “My seal” for your real seal’s image, with “Text around the seal”, “In the centre” and “Text under the seal”. Then “Numbering”, with a live example (“DQ-2026-0001”) and “How numbers count”: “One sequence for the academy (recommended)” (every certificate takes the next number, whatever the course: no number repeats or skips) or “A sequence per certificate, with its own prefix”, plus “Prefix” and “Number of digits”. Below, the “Verification page” and “The academy on paper”. Every change shows in a bar at the bottom of the page (“Not saved yet: signers”) with “Discard” and “Save”; “Save” asks for your password in the “Confirm it’s you” popup (not again for ten minutes), then “Signature and seal saved”.
On screen: «Signers»، «The academy on paper»، «Edit identity»، «Signature & seal»، «Preview»، «With sample names»، «Who signs»، «Default»، «Add a signer»، «New signer»، «Name as printed»، «Role»، «Draw»، «Photograph the paper»، «Save signer»، «Seal»، «My seal»، «Text around the seal»، «Text under the seal»، «Numbering»، «One sequence for the academy (recommended)»، «A sequence per certificate, with its own prefix»، «Prefix»، «Number of digits»، «Verification page»، «Discard»، «Save»، «Confirm it’s you»، «Signature and seal saved»
Tip: “Photograph the paper” gives your real signature, in ink: nicer than one drawn with a mouse.
Heads-up: What’s issued stays as issued: changing the signer or the seal never changes a certificate already issued, only what goes out after. The bar reminds you: “The 19 certificates already issued stay as they were.”

### 5. “Noqta” in the editor
Open the “Noqta” panel. In “Ask”, write: “Make it more elegant, and add French”. The proposals are drawn on the sheet at once, with a bar below naming them, “Dismiss” (Esc) and “Accept all” (↵). Accepting is a single undo step. Below, “Noqta suggests”: each suggestion with its reason, “Show on the sheet” and “Apply”. Then “Reviewed by Noqta” (“Before it reaches the student”). The promise is written in the panel: Noqta never writes a number she hasn’t read (duration, mark, number of sessions) and never promises what isn’t in the course. The French column takes the Latin name the student confirmed; Noqta never invents one.
On screen: «Noqta»، «Ask»، «Make it more elegant»، «Add French»، «In green»، «Add a seal»، «Dismiss»، «Accept all»، «Noqta suggests»، «Show on the sheet»، «Apply»، «Reviewed by Noqta»
Tip: Select an element, then the Noqta button in its toolbar: she suggests for that element alone.

### 6. Preview, read “Before activating”, then approve
At the top, “Preview as:”: choose from “Students who can earn it” (with their score) or “Sample names”, and the whole sheet changes: name, wording, mark. “Preview” shows it in full. Then the main button: “Activate the certificate” the first time (or “Activate and grant to 3” if some students already earn it), or “Approve the design” after changing an active certificate. It opens “Before activating”: every field has a source, the student’s name is there, the longest name fits, the code scans, everything is inside the margins, the contrast is enough, signatures are ready; with an average, the rank and the tier. Beside each note, “Show me” selects the element. Anything blocking reads “Something is blocking activation”. A new version is saved; what was issued before stays as it is. Then “Open the certificate page”.
On screen: «Preview as:»، «Students who can earn it»، «Sample names»، «Preview»، «Activate the certificate»، «Approve the design»، «Before activating»، «Show me»، «Something is blocking activation»، «Open the certificate page»
Tip: Preview with the longest name and with a female student: if the sentence and the name hold for them, they hold for everyone.
Heads-up: Editing the design touches nothing until you click “Approve the design”: until then the certificate page says “The design has changes that aren’t approved yet.”, and its “Design” tab can approve them too with “Approve the new design”.

## After approving the design
- Grant and follow up: Who earns it, approvals, the register and verification: the lesson “Issuing and following up”.
- What the student sees: The goal in their course, name confirmation, the completion moment: the lesson “The certificate for students”.
- The conditions: Average, tiers and rank: the lesson “When the certificate is granted”.

## Questions

**Can I upload a Canva design?**
Not as a whole background image: the certificate is built from elements so fields fill in and print sharply. Take the closest template and change its colours and words, or ask Noqta.

**How do I place my logo?**
“Add” → “Your logo”: your academy’s logo, a letter or a crest, from its properties.

**A long name spills off the line**
Turn on “Fits the name” in the name’s properties, and try “Name test” on your real students.

**A certificate in Arabic and French?**
Yes: “Second language” from “Add”, or ask Noqta “Add French”. The second column takes the Latin name the student confirmed.

**I edited the design after issuing: what happens to those?**
Nothing: each certificate keeps its version. In the certificate page’s “Design” tab, under “Versions”, you can reissue older ones with the current version.

**Do colours print as I see them?**
The certificate goes out as a PDF at the sheet’s real size. Keep elements inside the “Print margins” so the printer doesn’t cut them.