Most signing hiccups aren't technical. A box is on the wrong page, an initials box belongs to the wrong person, or a date sits where the signer's name should go. You usually find out when a signer writes back asking what they're supposed to do — after the request has already gone out.
EZ PDF Editor lets you check first. The preview is the real signing page, filled with the boxes you placed, opened in your own browser tab. Nothing is created on the server and nobody is emailed.
Where the Preview button is
Preview sits in the bottom bar next to the ⋯ menu and Download. It appears once the document has signers and at least one field placed — before that there is nothing to preview.
How to preview the signing page
- Add your signers. Click Collect Signatures, choose Email Signing Workflow, fill in Who needs to sign? and press Continue & Place Signatures.
- Place their boxes. Select a signer in the Signers panel and click the page where they sign. Use the menu on each box to make it a Signature, Initials, Date Signed or Full Name box.
- Click Preview. A new tab opens with the signing page as your first signer will see it.
- Switch signers with Preview as. The list shows every signer with their field count — for example Jordan Lee · 2 fields — so a signer with no boxes stands out straight away.
- Check the phone layout. The Desktop / Phone toggle shows the same page inside a phone-sized frame, with the mobile layout a signer on their phone actually gets.
- Click Preview Completed Document to see what the finished file will look like (details below).
- Click Back to Editing to close the preview and fix anything you spotted.
You can click into the boxes to try them — the bar says it plainly: “Fields you fill in during preview are not saved or sent.”
What the completed sample shows
Preview Completed Document builds a sample of the document with every box filled in, from the boxes you actually placed:
- Signature boxes show each signer's name in an italic script standing in for their mark, with a Name · date, time caption under it.
- Initials boxes show their initials.
- Date Signed shows today's date, and Full Name shows their name.
Every page carries a faint diagonal SAMPLE watermark and a red header line — SAMPLE · preview of the completed document · not signed — so it can never be mistaken for the real thing. It's built in your browser, and the marks sit where the real signatures will land.
A quick pre-send checklist
- Every signer has at least one Signature or Initials box — the field count in Preview as makes this obvious.
- Each box is on the right page and big enough to sign in.
- Date Signed and Full Name boxes sit on the right lines.
- The Phone view is usable — many signers open their link on a phone.
- The completed sample reads the way the finished document should.
Preview, then send
Check every signer's page and the finished document before anyone is invited. Free accounts include 2 signature requests a month; Pro removes the limit.
Open EZ PDF Editor →Preview the email, too
When you press Send for Signing, the confirmation window has two more checks: Preview the invitation email shows the real email each signer will receive, with From, To and Subject, and Preview as signer opens this same signing-page preview. Running a live session instead? The Video Signing Room's invite panel has its own Email Preview and Document Signing Preview — see how to invite guests to a Video Signing Room.
The short version
Place your signers' boxes, click Preview, and you're looking at the real signing page. Switch signers with Preview as, check the Phone view, and open Preview Completed Document for a SAMPLE-marked copy of the finished file. Nothing is saved or sent — it's just the look you wanted before pressing send.