Signing your own part

Add yourself

In the people panel choose I need to sign too. You are added at the top of the list, and the Add your signature window opens so you can draw, type or upload your signature. Your signature and initials fields then fill themselves in as you place them.

Fill in your fields

• Click one of your signature or initials boxes to sign it. One signature fills your other empty boxes of the same kind.
• Type straight into your text boxes, tick your checkboxes and choose your answers in dropdowns and radio buttons. With one of your fields selected, the panel on the right shows buttons such as Sign here, Change signature, Tick it and Clear.
• Your dates fill in by themselves with the day you send.
• Complete my fields in the guide strip signs all your signature and initials boxes, ticks your boxes and then takes you through each required text box in turn.

Your saved signature

You can keep your signature and initials in your browser so they are ready each time: add them in Account, under Profile and signature, or tick Remember my signature on this device when you sign. They stay on that device only, and are used only when you sign something. Only do this on your own device.

What happens when you send

• If your required fields are done, your part is signed the moment you send, with the real date, and the document carries on to the others. You don’t get an invitation email.
• If you left something blank, the editor asks first. Choose Complete my fields now, or Continue, I’ll finish after sending, in which case you are taken straight to your signing page, or you can finish later with Sign now on your row of the document page.
• If people sign one after another and you are not first, your completed part is applied when your turn comes.

When everyone has signed you get one completion email, not two.