SignApprove knowledge base
Learn how to sign a PDF, prepare documents for recipients, compare electronic and digital signatures, plan a contract-signing workflow, and retain useful audit records. Every guide separates operational advice from legal conclusions.
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These guides cover the complete path from a source PDF to a completed electronic-signature record. They do not promise that a particular document or signature is enforceable; transaction-specific questions belong with qualified counsel.
Electronic signature basics
Learn how to review, fill, sign, and retain a PDF electronically, with checks for field placement, mobile use, multi-party routing, and audit records.
Read guideElectronic signature basics
Understand the difference between an electronic signature and a cryptographic digital signature, including what each term can—and cannot—prove.
Read guideLegal and compliance basics
A careful U.S.-focused guide to electronic-signature validity, consent, intent, attribution, record retention, exceptions, and when to ask qualified counsel.
Read guideContract workflow
A practical workflow for preparing a contract, assigning recipients and fields, delivering the request, following up, and retaining the completed record.
Read guideRecords and evidence
Learn which events, timestamps, signer details, consent records, file hashes, and completed artifacts make an electronic-signature audit trail useful.
Read guidePDF preparation
Prepare a PDF for electronic signature with a checklist for content review, page cleanup, recipient roles, required fields, mobile QA, and final delivery.
Read guideSuggested learning paths
Start with PDF preparation, continue with the contract-sending workflow, then review the audit-trail checklist.
Use the step-by-step PDF signing guide, confirm what you are agreeing to, and retain the completed copy and supporting records.
Learn the difference between an electronic signature and a digital signature, then read the careful overview of U.S. legal validity.
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