No longer able to have a recipient only initial and not e-sign?

Question

Until recently, we were able to have only an Initials field for some recipients without an E-Signature field. However, now when we try to do this and click Send, a message appears that says "signature fields missing". If we click Continue for that message, it adds e-signature fields to the bottom of the document for those recipients who were only intended to initial. The only other option is to "Go back" without any ability to send the document.

Has something changed on our side or Adobe's that is causing this new behavior? We want to be able to send contracts where certain recipients only need to initial and not provide a full signature.

mikeg25743395 · Accepted Answer

This was answered by Adobe Support and I'm repeating it here to help others:

As I understand, You are experiencing an issue where you can no longer send documents with only an Initials field for some recipients without requiring an E-Signature field.

We would like to inform you that if the recipient is assigned the Signer role, they must be assigned a Signature field within the document. Alternatively, you may assign roles such as Approver or Form Filler, which allow the recipient to place initials only, without requiring a full signature.

https://helpx.adobe.com/in/sign/using/set-up-signer-approver-roles.html

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