# Xodo sign (formerly Eversign)

Xodo sign (formerly Eversign) is all about boosting your business workflow and efficiency, and getting day-to-day tasks like scanning, printing and manually signing out of the way.

To start with Xodo sign (formerly Eversign) delivery, choose the `Xodo sign(formerly Eversign)`option from the list of deliveries available in the `Deliveries` tab

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![Xodo Sign (formerly Eversign) delivery configration](https://191679573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LDwD-wIOendMUiQ8uVr%2F-M5vdPU7OdiONFrzHXs3%2F-M5vdqJGJVyyJFkl5taS%2Fsignnow.JPG?alt=media\&token=a6dbb17b-b5f1-43e5-8379-b0cea3619754)

## Hidden Tags

Hidden Tags is a feature that allows text to be used in documents as a placeholder for signature, initial and other tags for a particular signer. 

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### Usage

A hidden tag is a text element wrapped in square brackets `[ ]` containing a series of options in a specific order, all divided by `|` symbols. You can specify a total of 9 options, such as field type, signer ID, required/non-required, field label, field identifier, and more.

{% hint style="info" %}
Only the first three options are mandatory!\
\
Signer1

\[sig|req|signer1]\
Full Name \[text|req|signer1]\
Date \[date|req|signer1]\
\---------------------------------------------------------------\
Signer 2\
\
\[sig|req|signer2]\
Full Name \[text|req|signer2]\
Date \[date|req|signer2]
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
White-on-White:\
Since hidden tags should in fact be hidden on your document, they should be added in same color as the background of your document. In most cases, this is white-on-white.
{% endhint %}

**Example:** Here's a hidden tag using all available options:

```
[text|req|signer1|Name|name_1|Paul McSign|125|50|letters_only]
```

In the example above we are creating a required 125x50px text field, prefilled with the value "Paul McSign", with "letters\_only" field validation enabled. Additionally, the field label is set to "Name" and the field identifier is set to "name\_1".

**Options:** Below you will find all 9 available options explained:

| Order | Name                    | Description                                                                                                                                              |
| ----- | ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1     | Field Type              | Enter your preferred field type. \[Example: `sig` for Signature]                                                                                         |
| 2     | Required / Non-Required | Enter `req` for required or `nonreq` for a non-required field.                                                                                           |
| 3     | Signer Number           | Enter `signerX` with `X` being the number/ID of the signer this field is for. \[Example: `signer1`]                                                      |
| 4     | Field Label             | Enter your field label. This will be displayed as the placeholder for text fields. \[Example: `Name`]                                                    |
| 5     | Field Identifier        | Enter your field identifier. \[Example: `signature_2`]                                                                                                   |
| 6     | Prefill Field Value     | Enter a value to prefill your field with. Different field types come with different prefill options                                                      |
| 7     | Field Width Override    | By default, your field will come with the same width as your hidden tag. You can override this width by entering a pixel width here. \[Example: `125`]   |
| 8     | Field Height Override   | By default, your field will come with the same height as your hidden tag. You can override this height by entering a pixel height here. \[Example: `50`] |
| 9     | Field Validation        | Enter your preferred field validation type, if any.                                                                                                      |

### **Field Types**

The following field types can be created using hidden tags. "Prefill Value" refers to the type of value your field can be prefilled with.

| Field Type | Context           | Prefill Value                      |
| ---------- | ----------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `sig`      | Signature field   |                                    |
| `init`     | Initials field    |                                    |
| `text`     | Text field        | String                             |
| `date`     | Date Signed field |                                    |
| `check`    | Checkbox field    | 0 for un-checked and 1 for checked |

### **Field Validation**

There are 3 types of field validation that can be enabled:

* `letters_only` Requires the given field value to contain letters only.
* `numbers_only`: Requires the given field value to contain numbers only.
* `email_address`: Requires the given field value to be a syntactically valid email address.

{% hint style="info" %}
Skipping Options:\
In order to skip an option, simply leave it empty without making any changes to the order of other options. A field with a field identifier but without a field label would look like below.\
\&#xNAN;**\[text|req|signer1||name\_1|...]**
{% endhint %}

### Optional Recipients & Signers

Enabling optional recipients in the Xodo sign delivery will skip **invalid signers** and **carbon copy** (cc) entries.

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