Send PDF documents for signature, Adobe Acrobat

You can get documents signed by others using the Send for Signature tool, which relies on cloud services provided by Adobe Sign. It lets signers quickly sign agreements from anywhere using a web browser or mobile device. Signers are not required to sign up or purchase any Adobe product to sign the agreements.

The Send for Signature tool also helps you track the entire signing process. The tool sends an email to your signers asking them to sign an agreement. Once signed, both you and your signers receive the signed PDF by email.

Besides PDF, you can send Microsoft Office files, various image files, HTML files, and text files for signing. Supported file types are: DOC, DOCX, RTF, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, TXT, CSV, HTML, HTM, TIFF, TIF, BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, and PNG.

Note: Complete your edits before you sign. The signed agreement is certified by Adobe Sign. Edits to the signed agreement will lose the certification.

Steps:

Open the PDF you want to have signed in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.

Click Adobe Sign in the right pane or choose Tools > Adobe Sign. The Send For Signature Using Adobe Sign landing page is displayed.

Note:

If you don't see this new Adobe Sign interface, update your Acrobat DC to the latest version. To automatically update from Acrobat DC, choose Help > Check for updates. Follow the steps in the Updater window to download and install the latest updates.

Do the following:

In the To field, add recipient email addresses in the order you want the document to be signed.
Change the default text in the Message area as appropriate.
Optional: If you want to add more people just for information, use the Add CC button to add their email addresses to the CC list.
If you want to add more documents, click Add Files and then browse and select the documents.
(Optional) Click Advanced, if you want to specify any of the following options.
- By default, the Complete in Order setting is turned on. The numbers by the email addresses reflect the participation order. If you do not want to follow any particular order for signing, toggle the switch to Complete In Any Order.
  (Optional) Click Add Me, if you want to be included as a signer of the document.
- Specify authentication type like Email, Password, Phone, Social Identity, Knowledge Based Authentication, or Adobe Sign.
- Password Protect the PDF file.
- Set a Completion Deadline.
- Set Reminder for the recipients to take action.
- Specify the Recipient's Language in the email sent.

Click Next.

The document is now ready for adding fields that you want the signers to fill in or sign. Acrobat automatically detects the form fields in the PDF. Click the button to place the detected form fields in the PDF document.

Alternatively, drag fields from the tabs in the right pane and drop the fields where desired in the document.

Note: If you have added multiple documents, the documents are converted into PDFs and combined into a single file. The combined file is opened for you to add appropriate fields.

When you've placed all desired fields in the document, click Send. The document is sent for signature to the recipients and a confirmation notice is displayed.

You receive an email from Adobe Sign stating that the agreements have been sent to the first signer for signature. The first signer also receives an email with a link to sign the agreement. When the signer adds his or her signature in the signature field and then clicks the Click to sign button, the agreement is sent to the next signer with a link to sign, and so on. Everyone gets a copy of the signed agreement.

Note:

Signers are not required to sign up or purchase any Adobe product to sign the agreements. They can sign agreements from anywhere using a web browser or mobile device.

All your signed documents are kept at one place and you can access them from anywhere. For more information, see the Track documents sent for signature section below.

You can track which agreements are out for signature, signed, or waiting for your signature.

Go to Home > For Signature. All the documents shared for signature are listed.