Need to have my colleagues e-sign a pdf and then send it to client for them to e-sign

[stacy_5215]

Hi, I need help! I've tried almost every combination in Adobe Acrobat and I can't get it to work how I want. Here is the backstory: I have Adobe Acrobat Pro, and only some people in my company have Pro or Acrobat Standard. Only those two apps allow electronic signatures (with certificates, like a time and date stamp). I have to have my collegaues e-sign a pdf and then it needs to go to our client, and they e-sign it. If my colleagues don't have Acrobat Standard or Pro, they can't e-sign it. So I tried "sending document for multiple signatures" to my colleagues which allowed them to e-sign, but it locks the document and then the client (nor anyone else) can e-sign after that.   I know I can add the client's email(s) for their signatories, but we don't always know who from their office will sign.  If everyone had Standard or Pro, this wouldn't be a problem.

Does anyone know how to send for multiple e-signatures (with certificates) and then not have the document lock afterward?  Or any other suggestions?

Thanks!

[try67 · Accepted solution]

People with the free Adobe Reader can digitally sign files, too. You just need to add Signature fields to it. You can hide one of the fields, and set the Signed event of the other to make it visible, so the first user can only sign the first field, and the second user can only sign the second field.