Placing Signature Fields (text tags) with PDF Forms

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Text Tags are similar to Logiform's wildcards, you place them in your PDF where you want signatures, initials, and other data to be captured. There is a large list of available text tags and options available that are explained in depth in the Adobe Document Creating Adobe® EchoSign® Forms with Text Tags

When Text Tags are used within a PDF form, you name the fields on your form using Text Tag names. These fields are then replaced with the EchoSign Signature capture, initials, and other input fields.

When used within PDF Forms, the curly braces should not be included in the name of the PDF form fields and the size of the field is determined by the size of the PDF form field, and formatting of the data entered into the field is determined by the PDF form field properties.

Text Tag Overview

Text tags are defined for each expected signer and optionally the sender. If you have 3 signers specified in the recipient list, you would typically add 3 text fields to your PDF and name them as in this example:

_es_:signer1:signature

_es_:signer2:signature

_es_:signer3:signature

This would add 3 signature fields, shown to each of the signers as their turn to sign is presented to them. You can collect initials on each page in a similar fashion:

_es_:signer1:initials

_es_:signer2:initials

_es_:signer3:initials

And, the sender's signature and initials would be collected using the 'sender' identifier:

_es_:sender:signature

The following text tags are often commonly used:

_es_:signer1:company

_es_:signer1:fullname

_es_:signer1:email

_es_:signer1:date

Text Tag definitions are case-sensitive and must be specified in lower-case text.

A single document cannot include both PDF Form fields and fields defined using Text Tags.

If you use the FLATTEN PDF option, you must use the text tag option as the form fields will be removed from the final form. See our KB Article

Note: When placing a signature text tag in a PDF and using the embedded/widget mode, you must include the text tag {{_es_:signer:email}} within the document to avoid the email address being automatically placed along with a signature field on the last page of the document.

For Example, even if you placed the signature text tag {{_es_:signer1:signature}} on the last page of the PDF, if the email text tag {{_es_:signer:email}} was not included, a second signature field would be added to the last page of the agreement.

Learn More:

What are Electronic Signatures
Electronic Signature Profile Settings & Options
Collecting Signatures via Embedded/Widget Mode
Using a Trigger to Handle Events
Using a Trigger to initiate the Signing Process on Update
Placing Signature (text Tags) with Dynamic PDF's
Generating PDF Documents
Cancelling a Document
Manually Sending a Reminder to Sign
Viewing a Documents Audit Log or PDF

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