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title: Signing a basic file using workflow
description: "Digital signature is essential in today's world, where most transactions and agreements are carried out in digital environments. It offers a fast, convenient and secure way to validate the authenticity and integrity of documents, ensuring the legal validity and protection…"
url: "https://legale.io/docs/signing-a-basic-file-using-workflow/"
updated: "2025-09-10"
category: Legale.io in details / 2. My documents
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# Signing a basic file using workflow

Digital signature is essential in today's world, where most transactions and agreements are carried out in digital environments. It offers a fast, convenient and secure way to validate the authenticity and integrity of documents, ensuring the legal validity and protection of information.

In this documentation, we will guide you through a basic example of how to perform a digital signature on a document that you have uploaded to our platform, giving you a clear view of how to complete this process effectively and securely.

 

**Prepare the files: **You can prepare any document for a workflow, you can do it one at a time or all together at the same time. You must select the document that you want to prepare for a workflow by pressing "***Prepare for Workflow***".

You can see how to upload files in your drive in [Uploading files in a folder](https://legale.io/docs/uploading-files-in-a-folder/)

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-22-172935-1024x477.png)

 

 

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-22-172110-1024x481.png)

 

PDF files: Now your files are in PDF format and have the message "***Ready for workflow***".

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-22-180039-1024x485.png)

 

**Select and create workflow: **You must choose the specific documents first and then press "***Create Workflow***".

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-22-182742-1024x486.png)

 

**Choose the workflow: **You will see the file that we selected to create the workflow, in this step you must press "***Select Workflow***".

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-03-06-214834-1024x493.png)

 

**Choose the specific workflow:** You will see all the workflow you have created in the right side. For this example, we will choose the "*Flux Example*" workflow.

To create a workflow, you can see [Creating a new workflow](https://legale.io/docs/20/)

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-03-06-211353-1024x494.png)

 

**Confirm the workflow: **You can see the workflow that we selected. You must press "***Next***" to go for the next step.

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-03-06-211706-1024x490.png)

 

**Signing options: **You must configurate the signing order by the order of signers or all at the same time. Choose the days when the link will expire, if you want to send a copy of the document to the signers and if you want to share a copy with your contacts.

You can see how to create a contact in [Adding a new contact – legale.io](https://legale.io/docs/adding-a-new-contact/)

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-03-06-212651-1024x483.png)

 

**Confirm the signing options: **Press "***Send***" to confirm your configurations.

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-22-202716-1024x484.png)

 

**Checking my drive: **If you return to your drive, you can see the document you sent for workflow has an "*IN PROGRESS*" message.

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-03-06-213533-1024x485.png)

 

**Start the signing process: **Press "***Workflows in progress***" to see the workflow information.

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-03-06-215615-1024x483.png)

 

**Copy the signing link: **You can see the sign status of the document. We will copy the sign link to sign the document.

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-03-06-215757-1024x481.png)

 

**Document preview: **You must approve or reject the document.

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-03-06-213957-1024x490.png)

 

**Choose the sign method: **You must choose the signing method. For this example, we will choose only our first name and then press "***Sign***".

To choose the sign method you can see [Choosing the sign method – legale.io](https://legale.io/docs/dif-sign-methods/)

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-22-212149-1024x486.png)

 

**Checking my drive: **If you go back to your drive, you will see that the document now has a "*Signed*" message.

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-03-06-214139-1024x484.png)

 

**View the signed document: **Press the document and you will see the signed document with the sign that you chose before.

 

![](https://legale.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-03-06-214240-1024x490.png)