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title: "Prepare Document for Signing"
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updated: 2023-03-03T18:12:45Z
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# Prepare Document for Signing

1. Create a document that you are going to send for electronic signature or use an existing document.*NoteBesides PDF, you can send Microsoft Office files, various image files, HTML files, and text files for signing. Supported file types are: DOC, DOCX, RTF, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, TXT, CSV, HTML, HTM, TIFF, TIF, BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, and PNG. Documents of any other types will be converted to PDF after signing.*
2. At the spot where you want to have a signature applied, add the **{{Sig_es_:signer1:signature}}** text tag. Also, you can add the **{{Dte_es_:signer1:date}}** tag to have a read-only date field inserted and filled in with the date of signing.  
*NoteIf you don't add any tags, the signature tag will be applied automatically.![](https://cdn.document360.io/c315c68d-2799-4fcc-9a39-084315b58f14/Images/Documentation/img498.png)*