Apply bulk digital signatures in Acrobat Sign Manage - New

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Sign multiple agreements awaiting your digital signature with a single signing authorization.

Bulk digital signing lets you apply your digital signature to multiple agreements in one operation from the Manage page. Select multiple agreements waiting for your signature, review them in sequence, and complete signing with a single certificate authorization. You can skip any agreement you don't want to sign.

This workflow reduces repetitive signing steps for users who regularly sign large numbers of agreements while maintaining the same authentication, digital certificate validation, and audit reporting used for individual digital signatures.

Before you begin

• Your account must support digital signatures.
• The administrator must enable bulk digital signing for your account or group.
• The agreements must appear in the Waiting for you status filter.
• Each selected agreement must be awaiting your digital signature.

Apply digital signatures to multiple agreements

  1. Open the Manage page.

  2. Select the Waiting for you filter to view agreements awaiting your signature.

  3. Select the agreements you want to sign.

  4. Select Sign in bulk from the list of actions on the right.

    Bulk signing

  5. Select Review & Sign in Bulk when challenged.

    Bulk signing

  6. Review each agreement in sequence. The following actions are available during review:

    • Select Next agreement to include the agreement in the signing process.
    • Select Skip agreement to exclude the agreement from signing.
    • Select Previous agreement to revisit a prior agreement.
    • Select Cancel bulk signing to exit the process.
    Bulk signing

  7. When you reach the end of the list of selected agreements, select Sign all agreements.

    Bulk signing

  8. Confirm both acknowledgments and select Continue.

    Bulk signing

  9. Authorize your digital certificate to apply your signature through your identity provider.

The system applies your digital signature to each eligible agreement.

Review the results

After the bulk signing action completes:

  • Successfully signed agreements move to the Completed status.
  • Agreements that you skipped or cannot be signed remain in Waiting for you.
  • Any agreements that fail validation for any reason must be signed individually and remain in Waiting for you.

Each agreement records its own digital signature event in the audit report.

Things to know

  • Only agreements currently awaiting your digital signature can be included in a bulk signing action.
  • Bulk signing works as a guided, sequential review process where each agreement is presented individually before the final signing action is completed.
  • Users must either sign or skip each agreement during the bulk signing process.
  • Each agreement is processed individually, so some agreements may succeed while others fail.
  • Bulk signing does not change the authentication or audit controls used for digital signatures.

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