Tag: Signature Certificate

To send a PDF for signature, make it a fillable form with a Signature field and send it to the signer by invitation. They sign in their browser, and you get the signed PDF back. When several people need to sign the same PDF, send it through a workflow so every signature lands on one document.

Sending a contract for signature shouldn’t mean printing it, scanning it and chasing email attachments. With PlatoForms, the other party fills in and signs the contract in their browser, and you get back the completed PDF together with a signature certificate that records how it was signed.

Electronic signatures matter because they remove the slowest parts of paperwork: printing, signing by hand, scanning and sending the document back. When the signature is built into an online form, the signer can complete the information and sign in one visit, while the form owner receives a finished digital record.

E-signatures make signing faster and cheaper, but they are not the right choice for every document. This guide weighs the real advantages against the real disadvantages, so you can decide when a simple electronic signature is enough and when you need something more.

Signing a document no longer means printing, signing by hand and scanning it back. Today many contracts, consent forms and agreements are signed electronically. But “e-signature” covers several different things, and the terms are easy to mix up.