# Digital Signature

## How to Sign an item/project/document

| ### What to do:
| Select Start > Items or Start > Documents or Start > Projects. The item/document/project mask is opened.
| Select the desired item or document or project.
| Click on the button on the mask. A select widget is opened.
| Switch to the status 230 | released. A read-out window is opened.
| Are you using your signature for the first time?
| yes |  | no
| Enter the password that you received from your administrator and click OK. A second read-out window is opened. |  | Enter your password and click OK.
| Enter a new password and click OK. A third read-out window is opened. |  | --
| Be aware that your password must be at least 6 characters long. For security reasons you should not use your Agile e6 password. |  | --
| Enter your new password again and click OK. Your personal key is now encoded with the new password. |  | --
| Enter a validity date for the release and click OK.
| If the error message No private key is available appears, please contact your administrator!