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Add recipients and place fields

Adding signers, assigning fields, sequential vs parallel signing.

Adding recipients

Add recipients on the Recipients step that follows the upload, or later from Manage recipients in the editor’s left panel. Each gets a color that also tints the fields they’ll fill, so you can see at a glance who’s assigned to what. Your plan sets how many signers one envelope can have.

Placing fields

Drag a field type from the left palette onto any page. The 15 supported types include signature, initials, text, date, dropdown, checkbox, name, email, title, company, and more. Click a placed field to assign it to a recipient and tweak its properties (required, label, options).

Field positions are stored as percentages of the page, so they stay aligned when the signer views the PDF at any zoom level.

Sequential vs parallel

On the Send page you can choose Sequential (signers go one at a time in order) or Parallel (everyone signs whenever they want; envelope completes when the last signer signs). Sequential is the default — change it before clicking Send.

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