Google Sheets E-Signatures
Get documents signed from Google Sheets
Offer letters, contracts and quotes go out from a row for signature or one-click acceptance. The signing link, the signer's answers and a link to the sealed PDF fill in the same row.
Why teams on Google Sheets sign with DocsAutomator
From a row to a signed PDF, and back to the row
The row keeps track
The signing link, the signer's answers and the link to the signed PDF fill in on their own.
Signers come from your columns
Each row's email column decides who signs. Nothing is typed twice.
One row or a hundred
Click a link in one row, send the selected rows, or let new rows start it.
How to send a document for signature from Google Sheets
Set it up once. Every row you send gets its document created, signed and noted back in the row.
- 1
Connect your sheet
In DocsAutomator, connect Google Sheets and pick the spreadsheet and the tab, for example Offers in your hiring sheet.
- 2
Add a signature tag to your template
Use a Google Docs or Word template for the offer letter. Type {{esign.signature_1}} where the candidate signs. Add {{esign.text_1_startdate}} if they should type a start date.
- 3
Choose who signs
Turn on Signing and take the candidate's email from a column. Add a second signer, such as the hiring manager, from another column or a fixed address.
- 4
Choose the columns that fill in
Under After signing, pick a column for the signing link, one for the link to the signed PDF, and one for each value the signer types.
- 5
Start it from the sheet
Add the GENERATE DOC formula to a column and click it in a row. You can also use a menu button for the selected rows, or let new rows start it every 5 minutes.
- 6
The candidate signs and the row fills in
The candidate signs from the email on any device, without an account. The start date and a link to the sealed PDF appear in the row.
Start automating & signing in minutes!
Some of the teams / institutions automating and signing their documents with DocsAutomator:
Example: an offer letter from a hiring sheet
One row per candidate, one offer letter per row. All names and amounts are fictional.
1. The row in your sheet
- priya.nair@example.com
- Role
- Product Designer
- Team
- Design
- Salary
- $98,000
- Manager
- Tom Becker
- Offer valid until
- 10/16/2026
- Signing link
- Filled when the email goes out
- Signed offer
- Filled when the last person signs
2. Your template
Dear {{candidate}},
we are pleased to offer you the role of {{role}} in the {{team}} team at an annual salary of {{salary}}.
Preferred start date: {{esign.text_1_startdate}}
3. The signed offer
Offers accepted with one click
When a yes is enough, skip the signature.
Choose Acceptance instead of Signing. The candidate opens the offer from the email and clicks Accept.
- Nothing to draw and no account to create
- They can type their name, or decline with a reason
- A link to the sealed PDF with a Certificate of Acceptance lands in the row
What comes back to your sheet
Pick any column for each. A sheet holds links and values, so the PDF itself arrives as a link.
The signing link
Saved in a column before the email goes out, so your team can resend or open it.
A link to the signed PDF
A HYPERLINK formula in the column you pick. The cell holds a link to the file, not the file itself.
What the signer filled in
Text, dates and ticked boxes from the signing page, each in its own column.
Need the file itself? Turn on a Google Drive or Dropbox copy, a webhook or the completion email. Every signed PDF also stays on the Documents page.
Using DocuSign or PandaDoc with Google Sheets
Most setups need a document from the row first, then an automation in Zapier or Make on each side.
The usual route: two tools and two automations
One automation sends the file to be signed. A second one writes the result back to the row.
The one-step route with DocsAutomator
The document is created from the row, sent, and the link to the signed PDF is written back in one step.
Moving from another signing tool?
Whether you use DocuSign, PandaDoc or another tool: our founder moves your templates, signers and flows over with you personally, at no extra cost.
Book a call with our founderWhat to check in an e-signature tool for Google Sheets
Seven questions to ask before you pick one.
- The result lands in the row. The signing link, a link to the signed PDF and the signer's values should fill in on their own.
- Signers come from your columns. Emails should come from the sheet, not be typed again for each document.
- Many rows at once. Sending one document per row by hand does not scale past a handful.
- Templates your team can edit. Google Docs, Word or PDF, so the people who own the wording keep editing it.
- Signing and acceptance. A contract needs a signature. A quote often needs only a yes.
- Price per person or per signature. Check whether each team member needs a paid seat, and whether signing costs extra on top of the plan.
- Proof on every PDF. A certificate and an audit trail that record who signed, when and from where.
Questions about e-signatures for Google Sheets
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