How to sign a form on your phone?

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This is a common question from anyone who needs a signature away from a desk. If you finish jobs at customers' homes, each customer has to sign off before you leave. Nobody has a printer there and Google Forms has no signature question. A tick box isn't a signature and paper sign-off sheets get lost on the way back to the office. With Formesign, they sign on their phone. Create your form in Google Forms, then In this article, we will show you how to send a link to the customer's phone, so that they draw their signature with a finger before you leave. import it and follow along the steps below.

1. Import your form

Publish your Google Form first, or make one at form.new and click Publish. Click Import Google Form, paste its link and click Add signature. Keep Simple signature, so customers draw without signing in and click Next. Choose the question it goes after and click Next.
The Make a copy of Google Form and add signature screen, with the form's link pasted in and the Add signature button marked

2. Put the customer's name on the record

On Your signing link is ready, click Edit form. At the end of the form, click Configure key fields in the After page 1 row. Set Get name from to Customer name and Get signature from to E-Signature and click Save. Otherwise the signed PDF says Anonymous.
The Respondent panel with Get name from set to Customer name and the Save button marked

3. Send the link to their phone

Click SHARE, click Copy on the Link tab and text it to the customer. They can also scan a printed code from the QR code tab.
The Link tab under Share with the signing link and the Copy button marked

4. They sign with a finger

The form fits their screen, with nothing to install. They check the job, draw in the signature box and tap SUBMIT.
The Job sign-off form at phone width with the job address, the work done, Maria Lopez as the customer, her signature drawn in the E-Signature box and the Submit button

5. Get the signed PDF

They see Your response has been recorded. The signed PDF is in your SIGNED PDF tab.
The Signed PDF tab of the Job sign-off form with one card for Maria Lopez, marked Signed and completed

Summary

If customers have to sign off before you leave their home, paper gets lost and a tick box isn't a signature. With Formesign, you send a link to their phone, they draw their signature with a finger and the signed PDF reaches you with no printer involved. Create your form in Google Forms, then import it and complete the steps above.

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