How to create a signature form from an outline?

"We are a not-for-profit and we are needing to create a volunteer form"- Google Docs Editors Community

Your next event is close and every volunteer has to fill in a form and sign it before they start. Not-for-profits and small organizations in this spot often reach for Google Forms. A blank Google Form is free, but it has no signature question and writing every question yourself takes an evening you don't have. With Formesign, you type what the form is for and get a draft with the questions and a signature to edit. Instead of a blank page, you start from an outline and change only what doesn't fit. Your volunteers sign on any phone or computer and you get each signed form as a PDF.

Let's start. Create your form and follow the steps below.

1. Enter a name

Click on Create your form, click Enter your form name, type what the form is for and click Generate. Volunteer form with signature gets you closer than Form.
The Enter a name to create your signature form screen, with Volunteer form with signature typed in and the Generate button marked

2. Check the outline

Each section lists its fields, so check that the questions fit your volunteers. The last section is the signer. The AI picks it from the name you typed, so it may not be who you want.
The suggested outline with a Volunteer details section and an Approver section with name, email, signature and date signed, which is marked, then Make changes, Discard and Proceed

3. Ask for changes

Click Make changes, say what you want in plain words and click the send arrow. Here the volunteer signs, so ask for that.
The Edit form outline panel with a request to make the volunteer the signer and add an emergency contact section typed in the box, which is marked

4. Create the form

Click Proceed. The Add eSignature dialog says Your signing link is ready. Click Preview signing experience to try the form as a volunteer before you share it.
The Add eSignature dialog saying Your signing link is ready, Test it before sharing with signers, with the Preview signing experience button marked and Share form and Add another signature under Manage

5. How a volunteer signs

Click SHARE, click Copy and send the link. With one signer, their part is hidden on your link. Whoever opens it fills it in, clicks SUBMIT, enters the signer's email and clicks Proceed. The signer clicks Review & sign in their email, draws their signature and clicks SUBMIT.
The Volunteer form on a phone filled in by Sam Lee, with a signature drawn in the box, which is marked, the date signed and the Submit button

Summary

Building a form with a signature from a blank Google Form takes time and it still has no signature question. With Formesign, you type what the form is for and get a draft with the questions and a signature, ready to edit and share. Create your form and complete the steps above.

Last updated: