What is Formesign?
Collect form answers and signatures, move requests through your team, and keep completed records.
Reviewed 2026-10-30 · Formesign guides
Formesign adds a signing experience to forms and documents. As the form creator, you choose the questions and document, define who signs, and decide how completed records are shared and stored. Your signer opens a link, completes their part, and submits it. Staff can follow the request in the response workspace.
Start with the work you already have
The main Create a signature form screen offers three starting points: Import your Google Forms, Upload a PDF to collect signatures, and Enter your form name. The signed-in dashboard's Create new form leads to the same screen.
Use Choose a creation method if you are deciding between them. Import can make a copy; the separate Edit my existing form option changes the source form instead. Review that choice before proceeding.
Four product entry points
| Product | Use it when |
|---|---|
| Form signature | You already collect answers in a Google Form and need signatures with them. |
| Document signature | A document's wording and layout matter; start with a PDF, or follow the separate Google Docs add-on path. |
| Sheet signature | A spreadsheet tab is the source of the request to sign. |
| Signature workflow | Different people need their own signing or approval steps. |
These entry points connect to related workspace tools. You can reuse the shared guides for editing, sharing, responses and notifications rather than learning four independent systems.
Know the people and records
The creator maintains the form and its settings. A signer completes an assigned part. An approver acts on a workflow step; their decision and their signature are separate configuration choices. A response contains submitted answers and workflow state. A signed PDF is a generated record; its availability depends on the request's signatures and output settings.
Google Forms responses, response Sheets, a source spreadsheet and signed files in Drive serve different purposes. Read the data-flow glossary before relying on a particular destination.
Take the first complete path
Follow the main quickstart with a small demonstration form. Then use the Intake, Health & Safety or HIPAA setup guides to connect the appropriate settings to your team's work.