How To Publish a Form With DocQ

Publishing forms is easy with DocQ and provides a great way to distribute employment applications, surveys & questionnaires, Human Resources forms, tax forms etc…

DocQ makes it easy to:

• Create the form
• Publish or embed the link to the form on your site
• Aggregate the responses from your users

In this example we will detail the steps to create this form:

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How To Create a Fillable PDF Form With DocQ

With DocQ it is easy to create a PDF with fillable fields that your recipients can fill out and send back to you.

Examples include:

• Survey or Questionnaire
• Employment Application
• 401k & HR Forms
• Legal Documents

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How to Fill Out Forms Free With DocQ

Frustrated with printing forms and filling out by hand? DocQ makes it easy to fill out forms electronically - with no software to install!  Using just your browser, you can create professional, easy to read forms.

To begin, navigate to https://DocQ.com.  If you have not already signed up, create a free account by clicking “create new account” or “get me started”:

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Why DocQ Verified Digital Signatures are better than “Electronic Signatures”

As the popularity of e-signing, electronic signatures, and digital signatures has grown, there has been an increasing amount of confusion about terminology.  In an attempt to show the differences between digital signatures and electronic signatures (yes - they are different!); I’ve put this quick post together. And since we think we are incorporating both technologies into our signatures, I have provided an overview of DocQ Verified Signatures.  Incidentally, since our signatures use both techniques, delving into our signatures further helps readers understand the differences.

• What is an Electronic Signature? - An electronic signature is a “process” which is used in the paperless world to give your express consent.  If done in accordance with applicable international, state, and local signature laws; this is a legally binding process. An electronic signature can be anything from entering “/” before and after your typed name to using a signature written with a mouse or tablet.  From a technology perspective, it is nothing earth shattering, but it is a start to ridding ourselves of paper, scanners, and fax machines!
• What is a Digital Signature?  - A digital signature is a cryptographically encrypted signature that is impossible to decrypt, and would take thousands of years to decrypt using today’s personal computers. A digitally signed document helps guarantee the authenticity of a document and gives recipients total confidence that the signature is true and authentic. As a bonus, digital signatures on documents can be used to ensure the contents of the document are genuine and have not been tampered with.
• What is a DocQ Verified Signature?
  
  • Overview: Ensuring a document’s integrity is (or should be) as important as the signature’s integrity.  With electronic signatures, there is very little that protects the integrity of the signature and nothing prevents the document from being changed.  Any handful of document editing tools (referencing PDF editing tools as they make up the majority of contractual documents) can take an electronically signed document and modify the terms of a contract and leave the electronic signature intact.  (Given that document is a contract requiring a signature the potential impact can be significant.) DocQ Verified Signatures eliminate this risk, by coupling verifiable digital signatures into the electronic signature signing process.

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Major DocQ Update

DocQ received its most significant update to date last night.  Over 140 new features and improvements have been added, much of which was based on beta feedback.

Here are a few of the major areas of DocQ that have been enhanced.

• Maximize Viewing Area - DocQ Viewer can be maximized to better accomodate small monitors and those of you wishing for the document to fill more of the browser window.
• DocQ Verified Signatures -  Possibly the most exciting update.  DocQ Signatures now include support for handwritten signing onscreen using integrated pen tool.  DocQ Verified Signatures have further improved security by allowing you to verify the signature’s integrity whether viewing the document on DocQ or from an Adobe compatible PDF Viewer.  If a document is manipulated after signing the DocQ signature will visually display that the signature has been invalidated.  Very cool and industry leading by far!
• Now publish documents as e-magazines - Automatically convert and publish documents as e-magazines.  Features include viewing statistics, embedding, and DocQ Private Response for capturing data from published forms.
• New form enhancements - Form elements are now much easier to place and size. Capture form responses as finalized PDF’s and get form data in CSV and XML formats.
• New highlighter tool.  Highlight just as you would with a physical marker.  As with all markup tools, the highlights are compatible with Adobe Reader and Adobe compliant PDF viewers.
• Improved Mobile DocQ Access - DocQ mobile access now shows PDF markup and digital signatures, adds inbox and sent box folder access, and includes DocQ search to quickly find any DocQ content.
• Smart Folders – have a search you frequently do?  Instantly make the results
  into a smart folder.
• New MyDocs Filters for better organization - Quickly filter documents based on the documents status.