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Upload & eSignature

Send a document for signature in four steps: upload it, add signatories and place their fields, sign, and finish. This guide covers the full flow for a single signer, then how it works when more than one party needs to sign.

2. Step 1: Upload a Document

Before you start: you are on the Sign Document screen, with a PDF or Word file no larger than 10 MB.

  1. Open My Work, where at the bottom of Core Workflows you choose Upload & Sign.
Core Workflows on the My Work dashboard with the E-Signature (Upload & Sign) card highlighted
  1. Add your document - browse, drag and drop, or pick from a cloud source. The file is added to the upload queue.
Upload Document screen with drag and drop, browse, and cloud source options
  1. Legitt AI checks the file type and size. Unsupported or oversized files are rejected with a message explaining why.
  2. Progress is shown until it is complete. After uploading successfully, click on Add Signatories button.
Uploaded document in the queue with Add Signatories button
  1. When clicking on Add Signatories, the Invite Signatories pop-up will open.
Invite Signatories pop-up with Add a signatory fields and signatory list

3. Step 2: Add Signatories & Place Fields

Before you start: your document is uploaded.

  1. Click Add signatory, enter the signatory's name and email address, and click Add to signatory list.
Invite Signatories panel with name and email fields highlighted
  1. You will see your right panel a new signatory will be added. Now click on continue.
Signatory added to the signatory list on the right panel
  1. Add a signatory - yourself or an external person. Each one is added to the signatory list.
Document view with signature blocks and the field panel for adding signatories
  1. Drag a field onto the page where it is needed - Sign, Initials, Stamp, or Date. The field is placed where you drop it.
Sign, Initials, Stamp, and Date fields highlighted for drag and drop placement
  1. Assign each field to a signatory, so Legitt AI knows who fills it.
Signature and date fields assigned to each signatory on the document

4. Step 3: Create Workflow (Optional)

  1. To add an Approver / Editor, click the Create Workflow tab.
Create Workflow tab
  1. Click on the Collaborator/ Approver Add button and search field will open, click on search field, add name press enter.
Collaborator/Approver Add button Search field to add a collaborator by name
  1. Enter Name, select role (Editor, Owner, Viewer) and check approver box then click on add button to add a collaborator.
Collaborator name, role selector, and approver checkbox
  1. Like a collaborator, you can add extra signatories or CC.
Extra signatory or CC added alongside the collaborator

5. Step 4: Send Document for eSign

Before you start: fields are assigned, and the signatory clicks the signature box and clicks the pen icon.

Signatory clicking the signature box and pen icon
  1. The signature modal opens with four options: Draw, Type, Upload, or Saved.
Signature modal with Draw, Type, Upload, and Saved options
  1. Create a new signature or pick a saved one. A preview is shown.
Drawing a signature with a preview shown
  1. Optionally, save the signature for future use so you can reuse it next time. Click on Save Signature for future use.
  2. Click Sign. Your signature is applied to the assigned field.
  3. Now click on Send for Sign button to send the document to other signatories.
Send for Sign button
  1. Check the email and subject. Select the expiry date for the document and reminder, then click on the Accept & continue button.
Email, subject, and expiry date popup with Accept & continue button
  1. A completion window appears with your next-step options: Review, Generate.
Completion window with Review and Generate options after the document is sent
  1. An audit trail is written, recording each event - uploaded, finished, and signed - with who did it and when.
History panel with the audit trail of events
  1. Choose an action - for example, download the signed copy.
Download button for the signed document
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