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Send a PDF for Signature: Signers Just Open a Link

Send contracts out, get signatures back. Each signer gets a link and an access code and signs in the browser: no account, no install, signing record attached.

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Getting a signature on a PDF used to mean one of these:

  • Print it, sign it, scan it back
  • Ask the other person to install an app and create an account first
  • Pass the file around a group chat until nobody knows which copy is final

With OmniDoc: send the contract out, get the signatures back.

Send a link, they sign in the browser

In the PDF editor, start a signature request and place the signature fields. Each signer gets a link and a 6-digit access code. They open the link in a browser, enter the code and sign. No account, no install.

Up to 20 signers and 60 signature fields

Enough for department sign-offs and multi-party contracts in a single file.

A signing record is attached automatically

When everyone has signed, the file gets a signing record with each signer, time, IP address and file fingerprint, plus a platform certifying signature and a trusted timestamp. Who signed and when is on one page.

Access codes guard against slips

Five wrong codes lock the link for 15 minutes, so a link sent to the wrong person is hard to misuse.

Let your AI send it

OmniDoc's AI interface (MCP) can request signatures too. Ask your AI to fix the date in the contract, create the signing links and hand you the links and codes.

Getting started

Requesting signatures needs an OmniDoc sign-in; signers don't need an account. The OmniDoc app is free on Windows, macOS and Linux.

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Note: you send the links and codes to signers yourself; the system does not send texts or emails. Files are removed 180 days after everyone signs, so download your copy. The platform signing certificate is currently self-signed, and some PDF readers will show it as unverified. OmniDoc makes no promise about legal effect; for important contracts, confirm that the other party accepts electronic signatures.

Updated 2026-11-01