Inviting External Parties to Documents

Inviting external parties to documents makes negotiation and communication easier in Concord.

You can invite unlimited external parties to your Concord documents. They'll never have to pay anything, or create a Concord account, to view or sign documents you invite them to.

What can external parties see in Concord?

What can external parties do in Concord?

  • With Viewer permissions:
    • View the document
    • Download attachments
    • Download the document
  • With Limited Editor permissions: 
    • View the document
    • Download attachments
    • Download the document
    • Complete assigned fields
    • Sign the document if assigned as a signatory 
    • Add comments & discussion items in the discussion panel 
  • With full Editor permissions: 
    • View the document
    • Download attachments
    • Download the document
    • Complete assigned fields
    • Sign the document if assigned as a signatory 
    • Add comments & discussion items in the discussion panel 
    • Edit the document text

What does an external invitation look like?

  • The blue Open Document button will take the collaboration directly to the document; no login is required. 
  • The user will immediately participate in the document based on the permissions they have been assigned.