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  1. Pre-Release Notes
  2. Release Notes
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  1. Quick start guide for administrators
  2. Quick start guide for users
  3. For Developers
  4. Video tutorial library
  5. FAQ

Administer

  1. Admin Console Overview
  2. User Management
    1. Add a User
    2. Add Users in Bulk
    3. Add Users from your Directory
    4. Add Users from MS Azure Active Directory
    5. Create function-focused users
      1. Technical accounts - API driven
      2. Service accounts - Manually driven
    6. Check for users with provisioning errors
    7. Change Name/Email Address
    8. Edit a user's group membership
    9. Edit a user's group membership through the group interface
    10. Promote a user to an admin role
    11. User Identity Types and SSO
    12. Switch User Identity
    13. Authenticate Users with MS Azure
    14. Authenticate Users with Google Federation
    15. Product Profiles
    16. Login Experience 
  3. Account/Group Settings
    1. Settings Overview
    2. Global Settings
      1. Account tier and ID
      2. Self Signing Workflows
      3. Send in Bulk
      4. Web Forms
      5. Custom Send Workflows
      6. Power Automate Workflows
      7. Library Documents
      8. Collect form data with agreements
      9. Limited Document Visibility
      10. Attach a PDF copy of the signed agreement 
      11. Include a link in the email
      12. Include an image in the email
      13. Files attached to email will be named as
      14. Attach audit reports to documents
      15. Merge multiple documents into one
      16. Download individual documents
      17. Upload a signed document
      18. Delegation for users in my account
      19. Allow external recipients to delegate
      20. Authority to sign
      21. Authority to send
      22. Power to add Electronic Seals
      23. Set a default time zone
      24. Set a default date format
      25. Users in Multiple Groups (UMG)
        1. Upgrade to use UMG
      26. Group Administrator Permissions
      27. Replace recipient
      28. Audit Report
        1. Overview
        2. Allow unauthenticated access on the transaction verification page
        3. Include reminders
        4. Include view events
        5. Include agreement page/attachment count
      29. In Product Messaging and Guidance
      30. Accessible PDFs
      31. New authoring experience
      32. Healthcare customer
    3. Account Setup
      1. Add logo
      2. Customize company Hostname/URL    
      3. Add company name
      4. Post agreement URL redirect
    4. Signature Preferences
      1. Well formatted signatures
      2. Allow recipients to sign by
      3. Signers can change their name
      4. Allow recipients to use their saved signature
      5. Custom Terms of Use and Consumer Disclosure
      6. Navigate recipients through form fields
      7. Decline to sign
      8. Allow Stamps workflows
      9. Require signers to provide their Title or Company
      10. Allow signers to print and place a written signature
      11. Show messages when e-signing
      12. Require signers to use a mobile device to create their signature
      13. Request IP address from signers
      14. Exclude company name and title from participation stamps
    5. Digital Signatures
      1. Overview
      2. Download and sign with Acrobat
      3. Sign with Cloud Signatures
      4. Include metadata for Identity Providers
      5. Restricted Cloud Signatures Providers
    6. Electronic Seals
    7. Digital Identity
      1. Digital Identity Gateway
      2. Identity Check policy
    8. Report Settings
      1. New report experience
      2. Classic report settings
    9. Security Settings
      1. Single Sign-on settings
      2. Remember-me settings
      3. Login password policy
      4. Login password strength
      5. Web session duration
      6. PDF encryption type
      7. API
      8. User and group info access
      9. Allowed IP Ranges
      10. Account Sharing
      11. Account sharing permissions
      12. Agreement sharing controls
      13. Signer identity verification
      14. Agreement signing password
      15. Document password strength
      16. Block signers by Geolocation
      17. Phone Authentication
      18. Knowledge-Based Authentication (KBA)
      19. Allow page extraction
      20. Document link expiration
      21. Upload a client certificate for webhooks/callbacks
      22. Timestamp
    10. Send settings
      1. Show Send page after login
      2. Require recipient name when sending
      3. Lock name values for known users
      4. Allowed recipient roles
      5. Recipient groups
      6. Required fields
      7. Attaching documents
      8. Field flattening
      9. Modify Agreements
      10. Agreement name
      11. Languages
      12. Private messages
      13. Allowed signature types
      14. Reminders
      15. Signed document password protection
      16. Send Agreement Notification through
      17. Signer identification options
        1. Overview
        2. Signing password
        3. One-Time Password via Email
        4. Acrobat Sign authentication
        5. Phone authentication
        6. Cloud-based digital signature
        7. Knowledge-based authentication
        8. Government ID
        9. Signer Identity reports
      18. Content Protection
      19. Enable Notarize transactions
      20. Document Expiration
      21. Preview, position signatures, and add fields
      22. Signing order
      23. Liquid mode
      24. Custom workflow controls
      25. Upload options for the e-sign page
      26. Post-sign confirmation URL redirect
    11. Message Templates
    12. Bio-Pharma Settings
      1. Overview
      2. Enforce identity authentication
      3. Signing reasons
    13. Workflow Integration
    14. Notarization Settings
    15. Payments Integration
    16. Signer Messaging
    17. SAML Settings
      1. SAML Configuration
      2. Install Microsoft Active Directory Federation Service
      3. Install Okta
      4. Install OneLogin
      5. Install Oracle Identity Federation
    18. Data Governance
    19. Time Stamp Settings
    20. External Archive
    21. Account Languages
    22. Email Settings
      1. Email header/footer images
      2. Permit individual user email footers
      3. Customize the Signature Requested email
      4. Customize the To and CC fields
      5. Enable Linkless Notifications
      6. Customize email templates
    23. Migrating from echosign.com to adobesign.com
    24. Configure Options for Recipients
  4. Guidance for regulatory requirements
    1. Accessibility
      1. Accessibility Compliance
      2. Create accessible forms with Acrobat desktop
      3. Create accessible AcroForms
    2. HIPAA
    3. GDPR
      1. GDPR Overview
      2. Redact a user
      3. Redact a user's agreements    
    4. 21 CFR part 11 and EudraLex Annex 11
      1. 21 CRF part 11 validation pack
      2. 21 CFR and EudraLex Annex 11 handbook
      3. Analysis of shared responsibilities
    5. Healthcare customers
    6. IVES support
    7. "Vaulting" agreements
    8. EU/UK considerations
      1. EU/UK Cross-border transactions and eIDAS
      2. HMLR requirements for deeds signed electronically
      3. The impact of Brexit on e-signature laws in the UK
  5. Download Agreements in Bulk
  6. Claim your domain 
  7. Report Abuse links

Send, Sign, and Manage Agreements

  1. Recipient Options
    1. Cancel an email reminder
    2. Options on the e-signing page
      1. Overview of the e-sign page
      2. Open to read the agreement without fields
      3. Decline to sign an agreement
      4. Delegate signing authority
      5. Restart the agreement
      6. Download a PDF of the agreement
      7. View the agreement history
      8. View the agreement messages
      9. Convert from an electronic to a written signature
      10. Convert from a written to an electronic signature 
      11. Navigate the form fields
      12. Clear the data from the form fields
      13. E-sign page magnification and navigation
      14. Change the language used in the agreement tools and information
      15. Review the Legal Notices
      16. Adjust Acrobat Sign Cookie Preferences
  2. Send Agreements  
    1. Send page overview
    2. Send an agreement only to yourself
    3. Send an agreement to others
    4. Written Signatures
    5. Recipient signing order
    6. Send in Bulk
      1. Overview of the Send in Bulk feature
      2. Send in Bulk - manual recipients
      3. Send in Bulk - CSV upload
      4. Cancel a Send in Bulk transaction
      5. Add reminders to Send in Bulk
      6. Reporting for Send in Bulk
  3. Authoring fields into documents
    1. In-app authoring environment
      1. Automatic field detection
      2. Drag and drop fields using the authoring environment
      3. Assign form fields to recipients
      4. The Prefill role
      5. Apply fields with a reusable field template
      6. Transfer fields to a new library template
      7. Updated authoring environment when sending agreements
    2. Create forms with text tags
    3. Create forms using Acrobat (AcroForms)
      1. AcroForm creation
      2. Creating accessible PDFs
    4. Fields
      1. Field types
        1. Common field types
        2. In-line Images
        3. Stamp Images
      2. Field content appearance
      3. Field validations
      4. Masked fields values
      5. Setting show/hide conditions
      6. Calculated fields 
    5. Authoring FAQ
  4. Sign Agreements
    1. Sign agreements sent to you
    2. Fill & Sign
    3. Self-signing
  5. Manage Agreements
    1. Manage page overview
    2. Delegate agreements
    3. Replace Recipients
    4. Limit Document Visibility 
    5. Cancel an Agreement 
    6. Create new reminders
    7. Review reminders
    8. Cancel a reminder
    9. Access Power Automate flows
    10. More Actions...
      1. How search works
      2. View an agreement
      3. Create a template from an agreement
      4. Hide/Unhide agreements from view
      5. Upload a signed agreement
      6. Modify a sent agreement's files and fields
      7. Edit a recipient's authentication method
      8. Add or modify an expiration date
      9. Add a Note to the agreement
      10. Share an individual agreement
      11. Unshare an agreement
      12. Download an individual agreement
      13. Download the individual files of an agreement
      14. Download the Audit Report of an agreement
      15. Download the field content of an agreement
  6. Audit Report
  7. Reporting and Data exports
    1. Overview
    2. Grant users access to reporting
    3. Report charts
      1. Create a new report
      2. Agreement Reports
      3. Transaction Reports
      4. Settings Activity Report
      5. Edit a report
    4. Data Exports 
      1. Create a new data export
      2. Edit a data export
      3. Refresh the data export content
      4. Download the data export
    5. Rename a report/export
    6. Duplicate a report/export
    7. Schedule a report/export
    8. Delete a report/export
    9. Check Transaction Usage

Advanced Agreement Capabilities and Workflows

  1. Webforms 
    1. Create a web form
    2. Edit a web form
    3. Disable/Enable a web form
    4. Hide/Unhide a web form
    5. Find the URL or script code 
    6. Prefill web form fields with URL parameters
    7. Save a web form to complete later
    8. Resize a web form
  2. Reusable Templates (Library templates) 
    1. US Government forms in the Acrobat Sign library
    2. Create a library template
    3. Change a library template's name
    4. Change a library template's type
    5. Change a library template's permission level
    6. Copy, edit, and save a shared template
    7. Download the aggregate field data for a library template
  3. Transfer ownership of web forms and library templates
  4. Power Automate Workflows 
    1. Overview of the Power Automate integration and included entitlements
    2. Enable the Power Automate integration
    3. In-Context Actions on the Manage page
    4. Track Power Automate usage
    5. Create a new flow (Examples)
    6. Triggers used for flows
    7. Importing flows from outside Acrobat Sign
    8. Manage flows
    9. Edit flows
    10. Share flows
    11. Disable or Enable flows
    12. Delete flows
    13. Useful Templates
      1. Administrator only
        1. Save all completed documents to SharePoint
        2. Save all completed documents to OneDrive for Business
        3. Save all completed documents to Google Drive
        4. Save all completed documents to DropBox
        5. Save all completed documents to Box
      2. Agreement archival
        1. Save your completed documents to SharePoint
        2. Save your completed documents to One Drive for Business
        3. Save your completed documents to Google Drive
        4. Save your completed documents to DropBox
        5. Save your completed documents to Box
      3. Webform agreement archival
        1. Save completed web form documents to SharePoint Library
        2. Save completed web form documents to OneDrive for Business
        3. Save completed   documents to Google Drive
        4. Save completed web form documents to Box
      4. Agreement data extraction
        1. Extract form field data from your signed document and update Excel sheet
      5. Agreement notifications
        1. Send custom email notifications with your agreement contents and signed agreement
        2. Get your Adobe Acrobat Sign notifications in a Teams Channel
        3. Get your Adobe Acrobat Sign notifications in Slack
        4. Get your Adobe Acrobat Sign notifications in Webex
      6. Agreement generation
        1. Generate document from Power App form and Word template, send for signature
        2. Generate agreement from Word template in OneDrive, and get signature
        3. Generate agreement for selected Excel row, send for review and signature
  5. Custom Send workflows
    1. Custom Send Workflow Overview
    2. Creating a new Send Workflow
    3. Edit a Send Workflow
    4. Activate or Deactivate a Send Workflow
    5. Send an agreement with a Send Workflow
  6. Share users and agreements
    1. Share a user
    2. Share agreements

Integrate with other products

  1.  Acrobat Sign integrations overview 
  2. Acrobat Sign for Salesforce
  3. Acrobat Sign for Microsoft
    1. Acrobat Sign for Microsoft 365
    2. Acrobat Sign for Outlook
    3. Acrobat Sign for Word/PowerPoint
    4. Acrobat Sign for Teams
    5. Acrobat Sign for Microsoft PowerApps and Power Automate
    6. Acrobat Sign Connector for Microsoft Search
    7. Acrobat Sign for Microsoft Dynamics 
    8. Acrobat Sign for Microsoft SharePoint 
  4. Other Integrations
    1. Acrobat Sign for ServiceNow
    2. Acrobat Sign for HR ServiceNow
    3. Acrobat Sign for SAP SuccessFactors
    4. Acrobat Sign for Workday
    5. Acrobat Sign for NetSuite
    6. Acrobat Sign for VeevaVault
    7. Acrobat Sign for Coupa BSM Suite
  5. Partner managed integrations
  6. How to obtain an integration key

Acrobat Sign Developer

  1. REST APIs 
    1. Methods documentation
    2. SDK/Developer Guide
    3. API FAQ    
  2. Webhooks 
    1. Webhook overview
    2. Configure a new webhook
    3. View or edit a webhook
    4. Deactivate or reactivate a webhook
    5. Delete a webhook
    6. Two-way SSL certificates
    7. Webhooks in the API

Support and Troubleshooting

  1. Customer Support Resources 
  2. Enterprise Customer Success Resources 

Overview

Send in Bulk allows users to create a "parent" template agreement to generate up to 1,000 "child" agreements. Each child agreement uses the same files, fields, and properties of the parent template agreement but remains independent with all of the privacy and security of an individually created agreement.

Send in Bulk allows recipients to be entered manually or by using a CSV file to upload a list of recipient emails. The CSV file provides the sender with additional functionality, such as multiple recipient support, role assignments, authentication options, and default field values that can personalize the individual agreements when they are created.

How it's used

Users with the Send in Bulk feature enabled in their primary group can access the feature on the Home page through the Send in Bulk tile.

The interface allows the upload of files to define the base documentation of the parent template agreement. All documents are included in every child agreement created in the Send in Bulk batch.

Recipient email addresses are added either manually or using a CSV file. When manually entered, each email receives its own independently generated child agreement. When a CSV is used, each row in the CSV is applied to a child agreement. In all cases, individual recipients have no visibility into the other agreements. Each agreement is secure and personal.

Each child agreement can be managed independently on the Manage page using the In Progress/Complete/Canceled/Expired filters.

The parent Send in Bulk template used to generate the child agreements can be managed on the Manage page in the Bulk Sends filter. The parent template has three notable features:

The parent template includes a summary table in the Actions list for all child agreements. The table identifies the number of agreements in each status. Clicking into the summary table opens a sortable view of the individual child agreements.

The Manage page highlighting the Agreement summary

The View Activity Report option in the Actions list provides a Document Execution Report. This report provides a more detailed (and printable) summary of the child agreements by status.

The Manage page with the View Activity Report action highlighted and a sample Activity Report exposed
The Document Execution Report provides a full summary of the entire list of child agreements with an overall summary at the top.

The Download Form Field Data activity will download the field data for all child agreements created by the parent template.

The Manage page displaying an example of the data fields CSV
All child agreements are represented. Fields are populated as the agreements are completed

Best practices

Consider how Send in Bulk is to be used in your organization. If you don't expect all individual users to generate bulk agreement events, disabling access at the account level is best so all groups naturally inherit the feature as disabled. Explicitly enable particular groups with an identifiable use (e.g., Human Resources), or, if you can assign users to multiple groups, create a group specifically for the Send in Bulk users to serve as their primary group.  

Enabling the CSV file import improves the usability of the feature immensely. Unless you have a compelling reason to enter all users manually, enabling CSV file upload is strongly recommended.

Enable the new Send in Bulk experience. The CSV files used in the classic environment still work, so there's no reconfiguration required, and the new options expand the use of the feature dramatically.

Configuration

Availability:

Send in Bulk is available for team and enterprise license plans.

Configuration scope:

Team tier accounts have Send in Bulk enabled by default with the CSV upload option enabled. No controls are available in the admin interface.

Send in Bulk can be enabled at the account and group levels for enterprise-licensed accounts.

The controls for this feature can be assessed by navigating to Global Settings > Send in Bulk

The Admin settings interfacce with teh Send in Bulk controls highlighted

The configurable options are:

When Send in Bulk is enabled, a tile is exposed on the Home tab to allow users to access the feature.

Note:

Accounts that have Users in Multiple Groups enabled should note that the feature is only accessible to users who have the feature enabled in their Primary Group.

A user who is a member of a group where Send in Bulk is enabled (but not in the user's Primary Group) will see the tile but will not be allowed to engage the interface.

Two images of the home page, one showing the Send in Bulk tile highlighted (enabled) and the other showing that the tile is absent (disabled)
If the Send in Bulk tile is not available, contact your administrator to determine if it can be enabled.

The option to upload the recipient list in a CSV file is highly recommended.

Creating a recipient list as a CSV file provides better control and visibility than typing the emails directly into the To: field.

Additionally, the CSV can contain columns of data that can define recipient roles, authentication options, and field values, personalizing the agreement for each recipient and improving the recipient experience and completion rates.

When enabled, an Import CSV link is inserted under the To: field :

Tow images of the Send in Bulk interface, one highlighting the Import CSV link (enabled) and one showing the link as absent (disabled)
Allowing the CSV import does more than allow for the easy input of recipient emails. With the CSV, fields can be identified to be pre-populated with custom data for each recipient.

When enabled, the new Send in Bulk environment is made available to the users in the group.

A switch link is enabled for users to switch back to the classic experience if they prefer.

The new environment enables all of the new CSV functionality but retains backward compatibility with the old CSV format. So if a CSV is built in the classic format, it can be used without issues.

The new Send in Bulk landing page with the switch link highlighted

If the new environment is disabled, users can access the classic interface and use it as they always have.

The classic Send in Bulk landing page

Things to know

  • For a user to have access to the Send in Bulk interface, the feature must be enabled in the user's Primary Group.
  • The number of transactions that can be generated using the Send in Bulk feature is limited based on the tier of service:
    • Enterprise and business-tier customers can generate up to 1,000 transactions.
    • Acrobat Pro with advanced e‑sign for teams and Adobe Acrobat Sign Professional customers can generate up to 50 transactions.
    • Acrobat Pro with advanced e‑sign can generate up to 50 transactions.
    • Small business/Team trials can generate up to five transactions.
    • Enterprise trials can generate up to three transactions.

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