What are signing fields?
Our Premium plan includes the option to highlight where to sign by adding signing fields. You can add required signing fields such as signature, initials, date signed, name, and checkboxes to ensure your remote signer completes your document.
Signing fields are optional
Whether you add fields or not, you and your signers can still tap or click anywhere in the document to add text or a signature, much like signing a paper document.
How to use signing fields
You can use signing fields in three different ways:
- Invite by email: After adding your remote signers by name and email, you can highlight where each person needs to sign with signing fields.
- Signing links and web forms: After creating a link or web form, you can add signing fields for the remote signer. Tip: For multiple remote signers, try Invite by email mode so you can assign the correct signing fields to each person.
- Templates: If you frequently sign the same type of document, you can add signer roles (such as New Employee, Manager, Client...) and attach signing fields to each role. When you copy and send the template to a group of signers, you can fill out the name and email for each signer role and each person will get the template signing fields automatically.
Example: Adding signing fields
While inviting users by email, you may be prompted to add signing fields as follows:
Tips when adding signing fields
- Tap anywhere on the document to add a signing field. To indicate where each signer should sign, select their colored icon from the top menu and add their fields.
- You can also select a field to open its toolbar and change the assigned user with the profile icon.
- Depending on the type of field, the toolbar includes options to change the size, make the field optional, set the date format, or remove the field.
- You don't need to add signing fields for yourself as the owner of the document. JetSign will automatically recognize when you're looking at your own document and give you the option to simply tap or click to add text or signatures.
We're here to help
Questions or feedback about signing fields? Please let us know at help@jetsign.com. We're happy to share tips, troubleshoot any issues, or discuss future improvements.