# What signers see

The emails, consent, signing page, decline, signed copy and certificate a signer gets, in English or Spanish.

Signers don't need an account or an app. Everything happens in their browser, from a personal link, in English or
Spanish.

## The language

The document's language (chosen when sending), else your workspace's **Signer language**, else English. The signing
pages and the emails follow it. The certificate of completion and the "Signed electronically by" line on the PDF are
in English.

## Step by step

:::steps
1. **The invitation email**, from your email address: *"Your company sent you a document to sign: Title"*, with your
   message and a **Review and sign** button. The link is personal, works until the document expires, and shouldn't be
   forwarded.
2. **An access code** (only if you asked for it when sending through the API): a 6-digit code by email, valid for 10
   minutes, 5 tries.
3. **Before you sign**: the signer reads the disclosure about electronic records and signatures, ticks that they agree
   and chooses **Continue to document**.
4. **The document**: yellow tags point to each field (**Sign**, **Initial**, **Text**…). **Next field** jumps to the
   next one. To sign, they **Draw** or **Type** their signature and choose **Adopt and sign**.
5. **Finish**: they confirm that the signature they adopted is their electronic signature and choose **Sign
   document**.
:::

Then they see *Thank you, your document is signed* with **Download signed PDF**, or *Other parties still need to sign*
while others haven't. Sealing takes a few seconds; the page refreshes by itself.

![The invitation email with the Review and sign button](https://docs.sapiensandmachines.com/docs-media/d73ed1df50b46207832a.png)

![The signing page with the Adopt your signature window](https://docs.sapiensandmachines.com/docs-media/3f1b37e96ff4a361f009.png)

![The page the signer sees once the document is signed](https://docs.sapiensandmachines.com/docs-media/f82825203df3573be463.png)

## Signing order

Signers sign in the order they were given. People with the same order number sign at the same time. Until it's their
turn, a signer sees *Not your turn yet*.

## Declining

**Decline** asks for a reason. The document is then cancelled for everyone and the sender is notified with the
reason.

## Expiry and lost links

A document expires after 30 days unless another period was chosen when sending (1 to 365 days); the link then shows
*Link expired*. A signer who lost their session can ask for a new one with **Email me a new link** (up to three an hour).

> [!NOTE]
> Reminder emails aren't sent yet.

## The signed copy

When everyone has signed, each person gets an email *Completed: Title* with the sealed PDF attached and its SHA-256
fingerprint. The PDF:

- shows each signature with "Signed electronically by NAME";
- ends with a **certificate of completion**: the document, envelope id, sender, original fingerprint, and for each
  signer the identity check, consent time, when they viewed and signed, IP address and device, followed by the full
  history;
- carries a digital seal with a trusted timestamp, so any change after signing is detectable.