What are Initiales?

Initiales allow Signers to affix their Initiales on every page of a Document, ensuring compliance with legal or procedural requirements.

Initiales will automatically be placed on every page of a Document once the signer completes their signature. Initiales will be positioned following the same rule on every page of the Document. If there are multiple Signers, their Initiales will be placed side by side in the designated position.

Initiales creation

Before jumping to the creation options, let’s review the main characteristics of an Initiale:

Parameters	Descriptions
`alignment`	Defines both horizontal (left, center, right) and vertical (top, bottom) alignment of the Initiales.
`y-position`	Defines the vertical offset of the Initiales on the page, based on the `alignment` property.

Alignment options

The alignment parameter determines how Initiales are positioned on the page:

Alignment value	Positioning behavior
`top-left`	Aligns Initiales to the top-left of the page (y is measured from the top).
`top-center`	Aligns Initiales to the top-center of the page (y is measured from the top).
`top-right`	Aligns Initiales to the top-right of the page (y is measured from the top).
`bottom-left`	Aligns Initiales to the bottom-left of the page (y is measured from the bottom).
`bottom-center`	Aligns Initiales to the bottom-center of the page (y is measured from the bottom).
`bottom-right`	Aligns Initiales to the bottom-right of the page (y is measured from the bottom).
`left`	Shortcut for top-left.
`center`	Shortcut for top-center.
`right`	Shortcut for top-right.

Initiales creation with API endpoints

Initiales set up must be at Document upload using this endpoint POST /signature_requests/{signatureRequestId}/documents.

Once the Document is uploaded, the Initiales settings can be changed using this endpoint PATCH /signature_requests/{signatureRequestId}/documents/{documentId}.