Signing order: any order, or one after another

Every plan can choose either order. Next to Recipients in the editor, choose Any order or In order. Review and send says which one applies.

Any order (the default)

"Signers sign in any order: everyone is invited at once." Each signs when they like. The envelope's page and the certificate of completion say Any order and do not number the signers.

The document still takes one signature at a time. If two people finish at the same moment, the second sees "... is signing right now. This takes a moment; you continue automatically." If a signature still gets in first, the second signer is asked to confirm who they are again; their answers are kept. Nobody has to start over.

In order

"Signers sign one after another, in this order." The envelope's page and the certificate number the signers 1, 2, 3 in that order. Only the first signer is invited when you send. When they sign, the next one gets the invitation, and so on. While they wait, their line on the envelope's page says "Waiting for their turn", and their signing page says "Not your turn yet."

Use it when one person must see the others' signatures first, for example a manager who signs last.

The order and the evidence

Each signature covers everything signed before it. The signed PDF shows the order in which people actually signed, and that nothing changed between signatures.