Aline handles everything from a quick one-off signature to a multi-party agreement that has to be signed in a specific order.

This guide covers the signing features beyond the basics — placing fields precisely, assigning them by group, controlling signer order, and building reusable signature templates for documents you send again and again. For sending a single document, start with Sending a Document for Signature in Aline (Launching a Workflow).

In this article you'll:

When you add fields with the plus (+) button, position each one carefully where it belongs on the page. Precise placement matters — a field dropped in the wrong spot can shift the document's formatting or land a signature in the wrong place. Take a moment to line each field up with its signature block.

💡 Tip: If a document only needs a name rather than a drawn signature, you can simply type the name into a text field instead of adding a full signature field. It's faster for internal approvals and simple acknowledgements.

For agreements with several signers, assign each signature and custom field to the correct recipient or group. This tells Aline who is responsible for which fields, and keeps a multi-party document organized so each person only sees and completes their own.

When signatures have to happen in sequence — for example, internal approver first, then counterparty — set the signing order so Aline requests each signature in turn rather than all at once.

Later signers are only prompted once the earlier ones are complete, which enforces your approval sequence automatically.

For a complete, professional signature block, include the standard fields alongside the signature itself — name, company, and title. Setting these up once as part of the block means every signed copy comes back with the full execution details filled in.

If you send the same document repeatedly — NDAs are the classic example — don't rebuild the signature setup each time. Create a template with the signer roles, signing order, and field placement already configured.

Launching from the template drops all of it in automatically, so recurring documents go out in seconds with a consistent setup every time. See Creating Templates in Aline.

Once a document is out for signature, monitor its progress from the Summary page. You can send reminders to signers and watch each step complete until the document is fully executed. Completed documents are stored as Signed in your repository.

💡 Moving from DocuSign? Aline sends documents out for signature natively, so you can consolidate signing into the same place your contracts are drafted, reviewed, and stored — no separate signing tool required.

Setting up a multi-party agreement with a strict signing sequence? Click the Support button in Aline and we'll walk through the field and order setup with you.