Template

Overview

Library templates allow users to create reusable, interactive documents. These documents can be as simple as one signature field (like a non-disclosure agreement) or highly complex forms (like tax/onboarding documents).

Anywhere you use the same file to define an agreement, you can create a template that speeds delivery of the document to the signer, ensures consistency in the final signed contract, and passively ensures your team is always using the current document version.

Templates can be defined in two ways: Form Field Layers and Documents.

  • Form Field Layers are just the fields applied to the uploaded file. Ideal for companies that dynamically build contracts with custom content but in a standardized format. Just upload the file, and apply the field layer to place all fields in a few clicks.
  • Documents include the base file in addition to the fields. Boilerplate documents that don't have dynamic content work best here, like tax forms, applications, and non-disclosure agreements.

Articles related to library templates:

  • Controls to provide or restrice access to library templates
  • How to create a library template in the Acrobat Sign application
  • How to rename a library template
  • How to edit a template's type
  • How to change the access permissions of a template 
  • How administrators can edit templates shared with their group/account
Note:

The user that creates the template is the owner of the object.

Only the owner can edit the template or adjust the Permission level unless the template is shared with their Group or Organization.

  • If the template is shared with the Organization, then Account level admins can edit the template in the Shared Libraries section of their admin menu.
  • If the template is shared with the Group, then the admins for that Group can edit the template in the Shared Libraries section of the admin menu.
    • Account-level admins also have access to all documents shared with groups.

Ownership of a template can be transferred to another user by account level administrators or the group level admin over the original creator.

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