Send a contract for electronic signing

Learn how to enter recipient details, send a form for digital signing and see its status update during the process.

Interactive Guide #

Click ‘Get Started’ to see how:


Step by Step Guide #

1. When you are ready to proceed to signing, open the form actions (⋮) menu.

Realworks form editor showing the contract ready for electronic signing.

2. Choose ‘Ready for signing’ to indicate the contract is prepared for signatures.

More actions menu opened on a Realworks form, showing electronic signing options.

3. Click ‘Yes, it’s ready for signing’

Confirmation window asking the user to continue with electronic signing.

4. Notice the status has changed to ‘Ready.’

Realworks form editor showing the electronic signing setup panel.

5. Click ‘Electronic signing’ to begin the siging process.

Contract preview showing signature fields placed on the form for electronic signing.

6. This is where you specify who will receive the electronic signing requests. Phone numbers and emails are prefilled from the form, you can check and edit them here.

Electronic signing setup screen showing recipients and signing details.

7. Specify any other email addresses that you’d like to receive the final executed contract (eg agency admin). This might already be set up by your admin via org wide signing notifications.

Identity verification section showing options for verifying a signer before they sign.

8. Click ‘Review’ to proceed.

Message section for adding an email subject and message before sending for signing.

9. You can customise the signing request message by checking this box and editing the message.

Electronic signing review screen showing recipient and document details before sending.

10. Confirm all details are correct and click ‘Send for Signing’.

Electronic signing review screen with the Send button selected.

11. You’ll now see the Electronic Signatures panel with signatories and current status. Buyer 1 shows as ‘Sending’.

Realworks form editor showing the document after it has been sent for electronic signing.

12. By clicking ‘Refresh’ we can now see that Buyer 1 status has updated to ‘Sent’.

Signing panel showing the recipient status as sent.

13. The actions (⋮) button provides more options including: change to offline signing, resend signing request, update contact details.

Recipient actions menu showing options to manage the electronic signing request.