Problem:
I’m working with large third-party agreements (often 30–70+ pages) and frequently need to place initials on every page within a specific range (for example, pages 2–35 or 1–68).
Currently, AutoPlace (Anchor Tagging) in DocuSign is text-based and works well when there’s a consistent anchor string. However, in many third-party documents:
- There are no consistent anchor tags across all pages
- Or adding anchor text isn’t feasible
The challenge:
There’s no native way to automatically place fields (like initials) based on a page range. This means we have to:
- Manually place fields page by page, or
- Pre-edit documents to insert anchor tags (not always practical)
Feature idea:
It would be extremely useful to have an option like:
- “Apply field to page range” (e.g., pages 2–35)
- Or “Apply field to all pages except first/last”
- Or rules like “place initials bottom-right on every page in range”
Use cases:
- Third-party contracts
- Compliance-heavy documents requiring page-by-page acknowledgment
- High-volume workflows where manual tagging isn’t scalable
Question:
Is anything like “AutoPlace by page range” on the roadmap?
Or are there recommended best practices/workarounds others are using at scale?
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