Start the transaction by clicking the Fill and sign a document button on the Home page
Overview
Structured Self-signing is one of two methods for users to sign their own documents without including another recipient.
The other method is Fill & Sign, a fieldless process that allows the user to simply click the page and start typing. No field-enabled library templates or user authentication is possible.
Structured Self-signing uses a launching page similar to the Send page without the recipient stack and allows the user to use a template from the account library.
Additionally, Structured Self-signing can include user authentication, leveraging the "enforce identity authentication" settings.
Auto delegation settings for the user are disregarded for the Structured Self Sign workflow.
How it's used
The below processes all assume that the Structured Self-signing experience is the default. If you are not loading the Structured Self-signing experience, click the Switch to Self Sign link in the upper-right corner of the window.
If the link is not available, your admin will need to enable the option before you can use Structured Self-signing.
How to enable/disable
Enabling the Self-sign experience is done at the Account and/or Group level (Group-level settings over-ride account-level settings).
The option to enable the experience can be found by navigating to Account > Account Settings > Global Settings > Self Signing Workflows
- Enable the option to Use the new Structured Self Sign experience
- Optionally, enable the "switch" link, so users can flip back and forth between the two experiences
- Click Save
Configuration Options
Authenticating the user
Admins can configure the Account and/or Group to use Enforced identity authentication to capture a system authenticated signature.
Self-signing authentication is always done with the Acrobat Sign authentication method, which must be enabled for the signer.
- If you enable Authentication for Internal Recipients, then enable Acrobat Sign authentication for internal recipients
- If you do not enable Authentication for Internal Recipients, enable the Acrobat Sign authentication in the default authentication section.
- Acrobat Sign authentication does not need to be the default authentication method, it just needs to be an available option.
To configure your authentication methods, navigate to Account > Account Settings > Send Settings > Identity Authentication Methods