5 Ways to Use Digital Signatures in Your Daily Workflow

First: How Does It Work in Foldr?

Before we get into the use cases, here's the quick setup. Open any document in Foldr, tap Sign document in the toolbar, and draw your signature with your finger. Foldr saves it automatically.

Next time you need to sign something, your saved signature is one tap away — just place it, resize if needed, and you're done. The whole process takes under 10 seconds.

1. Rental Agreements and Lease Contracts

Landlords often send lease agreements as PDFs. Instead of printing, signing by hand, and scanning back, you can handle the entire thing in Foldr in about 30 seconds.

Open the PDF, scroll to the signature lines, place your saved signature, add the date using the Add text tool, and export. Send it back via email directly from the app.

This also works in reverse — if you're a landlord, you can scan a signed paper contract and keep a clean PDF copy in your library forever.

2. Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)

Freelancers, consultants, and anyone doing client work encounters NDAs regularly. They're usually boring two-pagers that just need your name and signature in three places.

With Foldr you can sign an NDA the moment it lands in your inbox, without leaving your phone. Open in Foldr via the share sheet, sign, export — done before the coffee gets cold.

3. School and Medical Forms

Permission slips, medical consent forms, enrollment paperwork — these arrive constantly as PDFs, especially with kids in school. The school expects them back by tomorrow. You don't have a printer.

Foldr solves this immediately. Import the PDF from your email, add your signature, and email it back. No printer, no scanner, no problem.

The same applies to medical intake forms, insurance documents, and anything else that requires "just a signature" before an appointment.

4. Freelance Invoices and Work Orders

If you send invoices or work orders that require a client's sign-off, you can set up the document in Foldr, export a clean PDF, and ask your client to return it signed. Or if you're the one approving, sign it yourself and keep a copy in your library.

Foldr's library makes it easy to find any signed invoice by date, filename, or folder — so you're never hunting through email threads to prove something was approved.

5. Internal Approval Documents at Work

Many workplaces still circulate approval forms, expense reports, or sign-off sheets as PDFs. If you're approving on the go — at a conference, between meetings, or traveling — Foldr means you don't have to wait until you're back at a desk.

Open the document, sign, and forward. The approval is done before you even sit down.

A Word on Legal Validity

Digital signatures are legally recognized in most countries under electronic signature laws (such as ESIGN in the US, eIDAS in the EU, and equivalent legislation elsewhere). For most everyday documents — leases, NDAs, consent forms, work orders — a handwritten signature on a PDF is entirely valid.

For documents requiring a certified or notarized signature, consult the relevant legal requirements in your jurisdiction.

Summary

The one-tap signature in Foldr isn't just a convenience feature — it's a genuine time-saver for anyone who deals with paperwork regularly. Save your signature once and every future signing takes seconds, not minutes.