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D - FMLS.com
Docum
mentt Maanageement 1001
Digital Doccuments aand Signattures
FM
MLS Instittute of Re
eal Estate
e
545
57 Roswell Ro
oad
Atla
anta, Georgia 30342
404
4-255-8660
Digital Documents and Signatures
©2015 by FM
MLS All rights re
eserved.
n any form or by any means, elecctronic, mechanical,
No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in
photocopying, recording, or otherwise,
o
withou
ut prior written pe
ermission of FML
LS.
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are trademarks of Core
e Logic, Inc. and//or its subsidiarie
es.
Matrix, Realiist, Fusion, and DocuPro,
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ABOUT FMLS
S ....................................................................................................................... 5 OUR COMMITTMENT TO MEMB
BERS ........................................ ....................... ...................................... 5 FMLS PROD
DUCTS AND SERV
VICES ..................................... ....................... ...................................... 5 GEORGIA REA
AL ESTATE COMMISSION CON
NTINUING EDU
UCATION COUR
RSE GUIDELINE
ES .......... 6 CONTINUING
G EDUCATION .................................................. ....................... ...................................... 6 ATTENDANCE POLICY ....................................................... ............................................................. 6 CELL PHONE
ES ................................................................. ....................... ...................................... 6 PROHIBITION
N OF RECRUITING
G (520-1.B4) .......................... ....................... ...................................... 6 NOTICE OF STUDENT APPRO
OVAL (520-1.B2) ..................... ....................... ...................................... 6 COURSE CREDIT
R
.............................................................. ............................................................. 6 OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................................................... 7 LOGGING IN TO
O FMLS ........................................................................................................... 8 PASSWORD RULES........................................................... ............................................................. 8 HOW WE COM
MMUNICATE WIT
TH YOU ....................................................................................... 9 DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW .................................................................................... 10 WHAT ARE THE
T
BENEFITS? ................................................ ....................... ...................................... 10 HOW DO DOCUMENTS
O
GET INTO A DOCUME
ENT MANAGEMEN
NT SYSTEM? ..... ...................................... 11 HOW IS DOC
CUMENT MANAGE
EMENT USED? ......................... ....................... ...................................... 11 GETTING STAR
RTED WITH DOCUMENT
O
MANA
AGEMENT ............................................................... 12 FORMSPRO ........................................................................................................................... 13 ACCESSING FORMSPRO ................................................... ............................................................. 14 REAL ESTATTE FORMS LICEN
NSING ...................................... ....................... ...................................... 14 FORMSPRO HOME PAGE .................................................. ............................................................. 16 HOME PAGE
E TOOL BARS .................................................. ....................... ...................................... 17 ............................................................. 18 USING THE BREADCRUMB NAVIGATION
A
BAR.......................
.
ADDING A NEW CLIENT ..................................................... ............................................................. 18 CREATING A FOLDER FOR A NEW CLIENT ........................... ............................................................. 20 ADDING FOR
RMS TO A FOLDE
ER ........................................... ....................... ...................................... 21 USING THE SEARCH TAB TO FIND FORMS ........................... ............................................................. 22 ADDING SPE
ECIAL STIPULATIO
ONS ........................................ ....................... ...................................... 25 COMPLETING
G FORMS WITH QUICK VIEW ............................. ....................... ...................................... 26 PRINTING FORMS
O
............................................................. ............................................................. 26 CREATING/USING FORMS PACKAGES
A
..................................................................................... 32 USING A FOR
RMS PACKAGE ................................................ ....................... ...................................... 33 USING FMLS ESIGN .............................................................................................................. 36 OPTING IN TO FMLS ESIGN .............................................. ............................................................. 37 ACCESSING FMLS ESIGN ................................................. ............................................................. 38 USING THE ESIGN WIZARD ................................................ ............................................................. 41 ............................................................. 41 STEP 1 - SIG
GNING SESSION CONFIRMATION .......................
.
STEP 2 - REVIEW
E
SIGNERS ............................................... ............................................................. 43 STEP 3 - UPLOAD
P
SESSION DOCUMENTS ............................ ............................................................. 44 Marr 2015
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STEP 4 - ADD SIGNING LOCATIONS ............................................... .................................................. 46 STEP 5 PREVIEW SIGNING SESSION .............................................. .................................................. 48 STEP 6 START SIGN
NING SESSION ................................................. ....................... ........................... 49 COM
MPLETING THE SIGNING SESSION
N ............................................. ....................... ........................... 51 ESIG
GN HISTORY .......................................................................... ....................... ........................... 56 SESSION STATS .......................................................................... .................................................. 57 SESSION SIGNERS ...................................................................... .................................................. 58 SESSION DOCUMENTTS ................................................................. .................................................. 58 SESSION ACTIVITY LOG ............................................................... .................................................. 58 ADDITIO
ONAL FORMSPRO FEATURES
S........................................................................................ 59 QUIC
CKPRINT ............................................................................... ....................... ........................... 59 COM
MPLETING A QUIC
CK PRINT FORM .............................................. ....................... ........................... 60 FOLDER HISTORY ........................................................................ .................................................. 63 DEA
ACTIVATING CLIENTS, FOLDERS AND
A
FORMS.............................. .................................................. 64 REM
MOVING FORMS ...................................................................... ....................... ........................... 64 DEA
ACTIVATING FOLD
DERS .............................................................. ....................... ........................... 65 DEA
ACTIVATING CLIENTS ............................................................... ....................... ........................... 65 RES
STORING CLIENTS
S AND FOLDERS .............................................. ....................... ........................... 66 PERSONALIZING FOR
RMSPRO .................................................................................................. 69 EMAIL
A SIGNATURE ....................................................................... ....................... ........................... 69 IMPO
ORT CONTACTS ..................................................................... ....................... ........................... 70 MAN
NAGE MY FORMS
S PACKAGES ................................................... ....................... ........................... 71 MY PROFILE DATA ...................................................................... .................................................. 72 ADDITIO
ONAL ESIGN FEATURES ................................................................................................ 74 PRE
EFERENCES ............................................................................ ....................... ........................... 74 EMA
AIL NOTIFICATION
NS ................................................................. ....................... ........................... 75 SIGN
NATURE PREFER
RENCES .......................................................... ....................... ........................... 76 USIN
NG FORM TEMPL
LATES............................................................. ....................... ........................... 76 REVIEW
W AND EVALUA
ATION ..................................................................................................... 81 APPENDIX: FMLS INS
STITUTE OF REAL
E
ESTATE: SCHOOL POLIC
CY .......................................... 82 APPENDIX - SETTING UP INTELLIGENT ZONES IN A DOCUMENT S IGNER FIELD ......................... 84 SIGN
NATURE BUTTON
N/INITIALS ....................................................... ....................... ........................... 84 DATTE AND TIME........................................................................... .................................................. 85 CHE
ECK BOX ................................................................................ ....................... ........................... 85 RAD
DIO BUTTON ........................................................................... ....................... ........................... 86 FOR
RM FIELD ............................................................................... ....................... ........................... 87 iv
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atures
Ab
bout FML
LS
Firs
st Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (FMLS) is the premierr data service
es provider for real estate
proffessionals in Georgia. FML
LS was found
ded by a hand
dful of real es tate brokers iin Atlanta in 1
1957.
Tod
day, members
ship is growin
ng quickly and
d is spreading
g in every dire
ection through
hout Georgia and
the Southeast. Currently,
C
FML
LS has thousa
ands of office
es and servess tens of thoussands of real
esta
ate agents. The FMLS listing database contains activve listings loccated all over Georgia and the
Sou
utheast. A nettwork of comp
puters, serverrs and third p arty support vvendors enab
ble member o
offices
and
d agents to ha
ave immediate
e electronic access
a
to all liisting informa
ation maintain
ned in the FML
LS
premier web-bas
sed system, Matrix.
M
In addition to prope rty data, our llistings are en
nhanced by th
he
use
e of photos, virtual tours, ta
ax information
n, mapping, scchool informa
ation, census data and more!
Rea
al estate companies that belong to FML
LS enjoy maxiimum coverag
ge and expossure for their
clients. An indep
pendent study
y shows FMLS
S listings sell,, on the avera
age, much fasster than thosse
plac
ced with other multiple listing services.
Thrrough our maiin office and two
t
satellite lo
ocations, FML
LS members have access to: help deskk
sup
pport 7 days a week; on-sitte hands on trraining; online
e training; and
d free CE classses. Also, re
eal
esta
ate supply centers are ava
ailable at all th
hree locationss.
Ou
ur commitm
ment to members
FMLS’ mission is
s to “help fulfill financial dre
eams by provviding superio
or technology,, service, and
d
train
ning to facilita
ate the succes
ss of our mem
mbers.”
FM
MLS Produ
ucts and Services
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Matrix Mobile
e
Realist Tax
FormsPro
FormsPro Mo
obile
GoFMLS
eSign
Real Trends
en Houses
Georgia Ope
DocuPro
FIND
RatePlug
counts
Member Disc
FMLSWeb
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Comprehe
ensive Statistica
al Reports
Cloud CMA
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FMLS Statts
StatsPro
end Premium
Market Tre
RE Forms
Xceligent
Fusion
ListingBoo
ok
Property P
Panorama
Media Too
ols
ment Resource
Down Paym
e
SafeRent
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Digital Documents and Signatures
Georgia Real Estate
E
Commiss
C
ion Conttinuing E
Education
n
Course
e Guidellines
All classes are on a pass//no pass system
m. Please review the policiess below regard
ding attendance
e, cell
phones, rec
cruiting and stu
udent approval.
Continuing Education
All individua
als who hold an active real es
state license arre required to ccomplete 24 ho
ours of Commisssion
approved continuing
c
educ
cation during each four year renewal
r
period.. (Licensees w
whose license n
numbers are
less than 100,000 are nott required to co
omplete continu
uing education for renewal). A renewal period begins
p
to the current renewal due date. For example,
e
Comm
mission approvved continuing e
education
four years prior
1, 2011.
must be co
ompleted betwe
een April 1, 200
07 and March 31,
3 2011 for a rrenewal due da
ate of March 31
A licensee who has succe
essfully comple
eted an approved course to m
meet his continu
uing education credit may
t
course for credit unless at
a least one fulll year has passsed. The coursse may be repe
eated on the
not repeat that
366th day to
o receive CE credit.
Attendan
nce Policy
To receive certification forr this course, under
u
the schoo
ol approved byy the Georgia R
Real Estate Com
mmission, for
s of continuing education cred
dit, all students
s must be prese
ent and on time
e for all classro
oom
three hours
presentatio
ons. This requires students to
o be seated and
d ready at the announced commencement ttime and
promptly re
eturn from all brreaks, being re
eady to participate in all exerccises. Sign the
e attendance ro
oster at the
beginning of
o class with yo
our name and time of arrival. Upon your arrivval, you will be
e given a Training Affidavit
by the Instrructor. Fill out the
t Training Afffidavit—including Course Title
e, your name a
as it appears on
n your
license, rea
al estate license number, sign
nature, and datte—and return to Instructor att the end of cla
ass to receive
CE Credit. Failure to put your
y
signature and enter time
e in and fill out a
and return the Training Affida
avit will result
in no earne
ed CE credit as
s per the GREC
C. Please note: Initials are nott accepted as a signature by the GREC.
Failure to comply
c
will nulliify the student’s opportunity to
o receive the d
designated cred
dit.
Cell Pho
ones
The use of cell phones an
nd electronic de
evices during th
he presentation
ns is expresslyy prohibited. Please set all
o off mode. Fa
ailure to comply will nullify the
e student’s opp
portunity to recceive the
equipment in the vibrate or
designated credit.
Prohibition of Recru
uiting (520--1.B4)
No recruitin
ng for employm
ment opportunities for any real estate brokera
rage firm is allo
owed in this casse or on
school prem
mises. Report promptly any effort
e
to recruit by anyone to:
Michele Mo
orris at 404-255
5-4219 option2
2, FMLS Institutte of Real Esta
ate, P.O. Box 4
420128, Atlanta
a, GA 30342 or - The Ge
eorgia Real Esttate Commissio
on.
Notice of
o Student Approval
A
(52
20-1.B2)
Document Management: Digital Docume
ent Storage wa
as renewed as a Continuing E
Education courrse, good for 3
ontinuing Educ
cation Credit, (S
School Code: 65561.)
6
hours of Co
The approv
ved instructors are Kevin Theobald, Bob Ramsey, Joi Hard
diman, Sallie M
Mobley, Kay Bu
urt, Pat
Deneen, an
nd Kirsten Cam
mpbell.
Course Credit
C
Continuing Education Cre
edits are entere
ed within two weeks.
w
To veriffy your credit, yyou must call th
he Georgia
Real Estate
e Commission (GREC): 404-6
656-3916, or viisit http://www.g
grec.state.ga.u
us/info/wcls.log
gin. You will
need to entter your license
e number and set
s up a passw
word to gain onlline access to G
GREC transacctions.
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ents and Signa
atures
Ob
bjectives
s
At
A the end of th
his course, yo
ou will be able
e to:

Access an
nd navigate Fo
ormsPro.

Use Forms
sPro to create
e, print and em
mail digital re
eal estate con
ntracts.

Create Forrms Packages to streamlin
ne FormsPro usage.

Deactivate
e clients and folders.
f

Use Preferrences to cus
stomize Forms
sPro, manage
e Forms Packkages and restore deactiva
ated
clients and
d folders.

Access an
nd navigate FM
MLS eSign.

Create an electronic sig
gning session
n; upload docu
uments to be signed; and a
add signing
locations to contracts.

View a signing session’’s progress/hiistory.

es for non-GA
AR and/or non
n-R.E.Forms.
Create signing template
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Loggin
ng in to FMLS
F
To log in to
t FMLS, you must be an FMLS
F
membe
er with your o
own user nam
me and passw
word. Your
broker mu
ust submit a Computer
C
Use
er Form to obtain these. D
Do not share yyour user nam
me or
password with other ag
gents or clientts.
1. From your compute
er desktop, op
pen an Intern
net browser w
window.
2. Navigate to www.ffmls.com.
ame and Pass
sword and click Login.
3. Enter your User Na
Passwo
ord Rules
8
1
FMLS
F
requires bi-annual pass
sword changess for security pu
urposes.
2
Passwords
P
can contain both le
etters and num
mbers and mustt be at least 6 ccharacters in
le
ength.
3
You
Y cannot use
e the same pas
ssword twice.
4
c
your pa
assword before the bi-annual change, go to the
Iff you need to change
FMLS.com
F
hom
me page, hoverr over My FMLS
S on the left na
avigation bar, a
and click on
Change
C
Passw
word.
5
Disclosing
D
your user name and password to another party (other than a te
eam member
or
o assistant with
hin that office) can result in a fine of $1000 a
and termination
n of service.
(R
Rule 11.1)
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ents and Signa
atures
Ho
ow We Commun
C
icate witth You
At FMLS,
F
we pro
ovide more to our members
s than just acccess to a dattabase of listings! We use
e
sev
veral methods
s to pass along important in
nformation inccluding Real Estate marke
et trends (both
h
loca
ally and nationally); state and
a local news that influencce our marke
et; updates an
nd bulletins when
our software products are affe
ected; and mo
ore! Please ttake advantag
ge of one, or all of the methods.
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Docum
ment Man
nagement Overv
view
What is Document Man
nagement? Document Man
nagement is a set of softw
ware tools to sstore,
retrieve, manage,
m
and share
s
importa
ant documentts associated with a client or transaction
n.
Transactio
on information
n may be loca
ated in many different placces and in ma
any different fo
ormats.

Bu
uyer or Sellerr owned docu
uments

Fo
ormsPro

Pe
ersonal Files

Le
enders

In
nspectors

Ap
ppraisers
Quickly fin
nding the document you ne
eed can be difficult and afffect the servicce you provide your
clients, an
nd could affec
ct contract neg
gotiations.
Documentt Managemen
nt brings all client/transactiion documentts together in one place, m
making your
job easierr!
What are the ben
nefits?
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
Global and any
y-time access
s to documentts via the We b

ong term storage (10 years
s)
Lo

Unlimited electtronic storage
e space

Fiile size up to 10MB

Elliminate/Redu
uce paper sto
orage space

Prrotection against fire and water
w
damage
e

Document sharing saves tim
me and improv
ves productivvity
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ents and Signa
atures
Ho
ow Do Doc
cuments Get
G Into a Document Management Systtem?
Ho
ow is Docu
ument Man
nagementt Used?

Attach documents to your FMLS Listings

nd retrieve clie
ent documentts
Store an

Share do
ocuments with clients and others

Task ma
anagement an
nd tracking for each client

Storage and retrieval for past trans
sactions
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Getting
g Started
d with Do
ocumentt Manage
ement
From the moment the Listing
L
Agreem
ment or the Buyer
B
Brokera
age Agreemen
nt is signed, p
paperwork
begins to accumulate fo
or the transac
ction. Getting
g those docum
ments into the
e Document
Managem
ment system right away means that you can retrieve tthe documentts quickly no matter
where you
u are, and you
u can share im
mportant information with o
others.
Three FMLS tools combine to provid
de you with co
omprehensive
e document m
management –
FormsPro
o, eSign, and
d DocuPro.
Each of th
hese tools willl fit into your workflow
w
so th
hat you can a
accomplish yo
our everyday tasks faster
with autom
mation. How?
? Complete yo
our contracts in FormsPro for buying an
nd selling clie
ents; get the
documentts electronically signed using eSign; sto
ore documentss in DocuPro; use Docume
ent Manager
to manage
e it all.
FormsPro
o and eSign are
a covered in the following pages. Do
ocuPro is covvered in the D
Document
Managem
ment 102: Dig
gital Docume
ent Storage class
c
(3 CE h
hours). In ord
der to benefit fully from
FMLS Doc
cument Mana
agement, you will want to take both classses.
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ents and Signa
atures
Fo
ormsPro
___
_________
__________
__________
__________
__________
_________
__________
___
Ob
bjectives:
In th
his section, yo
ou will learn how
h
to:

Access an
nd navigate Fo
ormsPro.

Use Forms
sPro to create
e, print and em
mail digital re
eal estate con
ntracts.

Create Forrms Packages to streamlin
ne FormsPro usage.

Deactivate
e clients and folders.
f

Use Preferrences to cus
stomize Forms
sPro, manage
e Forms Packkages and restore deactiva
ated
clients and
d folders.
___
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____________
___________
___________
____________
___________
___________
____
Geo
orgia state law
w enables rea
al estate licen
nsees to take advantage off pre-printed ccontracts thatt have
bee
en prepared by
b legal couns
sel. FMLS offfers free acce
ess to forms liibraries through its softwarre.
This
s one-click ac
ccess provide
es anytime access to the fo
orms, increasing agent pro
oductivity.
ForrmsPro is the first tool in the FMLS Docu
ument Manag
gement Syste
em and makess using
stan
ndardized forms easy – the
e preparer sim
mply fills in th
he blanks. In addition, Form
msPro provid
des
simple tools for printing
p
or em
mailing the com
mpleted formss to clients fo
or review; and
d for storing,
orga
anizing and re
etrieving them
m.
ForrmsPro’s strea
amlined desig
gn allows age
ents to quicklyy add a new cclient, add one
e or more
tran
nsaction folde
ers for the clie
ent, add forms
s to a folder, a
and complete
e the forms. T
This keeps alll
form
ms related to a single client digitally storred in one loccation. Also in
ncluded is the
e ability to cre
eate
form
ms packages so that you can
c add forms
s to a folder w
with just one cclick of the mo
ouse.
.
In Form
msPro, you willl set up one
“hangin
ng” folder forr each of yourr
clients.
Y
You can then
n create file fo
olders for
each propertty or transac
ction that
a Client has. One Client
older can contain
“hanging” fo
multiple file fo
olders or transactions.
Everry form you usse will be
place
ed into the ap
ppropriate
file ffolder for the specific
transsaction and fo
or the
speccific Client.
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Accessing Forms
sPro
1. From the FMLS.com home page
e, click on the
e tab for Form
msPro.
sPro may also
o be accessed from Matrix
x. Hover overr the Docs ta
ab and click o
on
2. Forms
Form
msPro.
Real Es
state Form
ms Licensing
FMLS des
signed Forms
sPro to provide access to preprinted
p
con
ntracts. Two separate con
ntract
libraries are available in
n FormsPro, both of which
h were written
n by real estatte law firms. One library
was writte
en by the Geo
orgia Associattion of Realtors’ (GAR) leg
gal counsel. A
Agents who a
are members
of GAR may use the GAR library of forms free of charge. Age
ents who are n
not GAR mem
mbers may
pay a yearly fee to GAR
R to use that library. Agen
nts who are no
ot members a
and who do n
not wish to
pay the fe
ee to GAR ma
ay take advantage of the se
econd library,, R.E. Forms, which is provvided free of
charge to all FMLS members. Again
n, a real estatte law firm wrrote this librarry. The firm w
was
employed by a partners
ship between FMLS and Georgia
G
MLS.
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ents and Signa
atures
The
e first time you
u click to ente
er FormsPro, the following screen appe
ears with choicces for accesss to
real estate contra
acts:



Plea
ase read the screen carefu
ully before choosing one o
of the three methods. Once
e you have m
made
a ch
hoice, you pass through to
o FormsPro on
n your next a nd subsequent visits witho
out having thiss
scre
een display.

If you are
e a GAR memb
ber, enter your NRDS ID num
mber in the box provided and cclick on the Submit
button. Iff you do not remember your NRDS
N
ID, clickk on the link to ssearch the GA
AR database byy email
address or
o Last Name. The NRDS ID
D number you n
need will be em
mailed to you. IIf you have trou
uble
locating your
y
ID number, please conta
act your local b oard or call the
e GAR office att 770-451-1831
1.

If you are
e not a NAR/GA
AR member an
nd would like to
o pay the fee in
n order to use G
GAR forms, clicck on
the Purchase the GAR
R forms button.. You are direccted to a page on the GAR w
website where yyou will
provide your
y
personal in
nformation and
d a credit card n
number. Amerrican Express, MasterCard an
nd
er from GAR. You will use th
Visa may
y be used for pa
ayment. You will
w receive a F orms ID numbe
his
number in the first box to
t gain access to forms.

If you pre
efer not to pay the
t GAR fee, you
y may use th
he FMLS/GAML
LS forms free o
of charge by clicking
on the R..E. Forms button. A short “Terms of Use” d
document shou
uld be read and
d accepted in o
order to
continue to FormsPro and
a the R.E.Forrms.
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FormsP
Pro Home
e Page
When you
u access Form
msPro, the ho
ome page ope
ens with a Qu
uick Start wind
dow.
Use the lin
nks in the win
ndow to acces
ss features off FormsPro qu
uickly. Includ
ded are:
Link Nam
me
Usage
Add a New
w Client
Use
e this link to set
s up a new client in anticcipation of fillin
ng in forms
for a transaction
n
Add Form(s) to a Client &
Folder
Use
e this link to place
p
an addittional form orr forms in an e
existing
clie
ent’s folder.
Work with an Existing Client
C
Use
e this link to locate an exissting client an
nd continue working.
eSign Histtory
Use
e this link to view
v
a listing of your active
e eSign sessio
ons.
Quick Prin
nt
Use
e this link to print
p
blank forrms.
Select the
e option you want,
w
or click Close
C
.
NOTE: If you would preffer not to see the
t Quick Start window, just u
uncheck the b
box at the botto
om of the
window.
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You
u can access the Quick Sta
art options at any time, by clicking the Q
Quick Start link in the up
pper
righ
ht corner of the screen.
Ho
ome Page
e Tool Barrs
The
e tool bar contains various functions ava
ailable in Form
msPro.
The
e table below defines the ittems found on
n the Home P
Page tool bar..
Item
m
De
escription
Tim
meout
The time out counter is a seccurity feature,, indicating the amount of ttime
leftt in the curren
nt session. If yyou leave you
ur computer, the system lo
ogs
you
u out of Form
msPro at the e
end of the sesssion.
Help
Access an on-lin
ne guide for b
both users an
nd brokers.
Quiick Start
Access the Quic
ck Start links as well as the
e Quick Start menu.
Pre
eferences
Se
et preferences
s to tailor Form
msPro to your business ne
eeds.
Bre
eadcrumb Ba
ar
Pro
ovides links back
b
to each p
previous page
e you navigatted through to
o get
to the
t current pa
age.
Icon Bar
Ico
ons link to varrious functionss in FormsPro
o. This bar is dynamic and
d
cha
anges depend
ding on the ta
ask you are doing in FormssPro.
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Using th
he Breadc
crumb Nav
vigation Ba
ar
The Bread
dcrumb Navig
gation Bar is a grey bar loc
cated directly underneath tthe FormsPro
o logo. As
you open items in the system,
s
that ittem appears in the breadccrumb bar. Usse this bar to move
backwards
s to previous screens by clicking
c
on the
e white underllined text.
Adding a New Client
Before you can work with
w FormsPro
o, you must ad
dd the client tto the FormsP
Pro system. F
FormsPro
c
informattion to popula
ate fields in th
he forms. Takke the time to
o be complete
e and
uses the client
thorough when
w
setting up the client. Contacts from Matrix do n
not automaticcally come ove
er to
FormsPro
o; you must ad
dd them in Fo
ormsPro. Crea
ating the clien
nt record is se
etting up a “ha
anging”
folder for each
e
of your clients.
c
To add a client to ForrmsPro:
1. From the FormsPro
o Home page
e, click on Add New Clien
nt – OR – froom the Quick Start
ow click on the Add a New
w Client linkk.
Windo
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The
e Client Inform
mation window
w appears:
2. Complete the fields on the
e screen. Onlly the Last Na
ame field is a required field
d.
3. If there is a secondary
s
clie
ent, click the Secondary Client tab.
s, click the No
otes tab.
4. To add notes
n:
5. Choose yourr Close option
Save & Con
ntinue
Sav
ves the client in
nformation, and
d then opens the New Folderr screen to set up the
pro
operty folder.
Sellecting this option runs you th
hrough a “mini--wizard” where you can create
e the
pro
operty folder an
nd the forms.
Save & Clos
se
Sav
ves the client in
nformation, and
d then closes tthe window.
Cancel
Cancels the addittion of this clien
nt.
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Creating a Folder for a New
w Client
If you sele
ected Save and
a Continu
ue as your clo
ose option, yo
ou can create file folders fo
or each
property or
o transaction that a client has.
h
One clie
ent “hanging” folder can co
ontain multiple
e file folders
or transac
ctions. Place every form yo
ou use into th
he appropriate
e file folder fo
or the specificc transaction
and for the
e specific clie
ent.
1. Click to
t select a Ty
ype for your client: Buyer, Seller, Landlo
ord, or Tenan
nt.
2. Type an FMLS num
mber in the bo
ox provided, and
a then clickk on the Load
d FMLS Datta button.
oads property
y profile data from FMLS in
nto the folder,, which will au
uto-populate iinto forms.
This lo
3. If you do not have an FMLS# at this time, typ
pe a name forr the folder in the box proviided. The
Folder Name field is
i required.
4. Type any notes desired in the bo
ox provided.
5. Click on
o the Save & Continue
e button to ad
dd a form to th
he folder. (Yo
ou may click o
on Save &
Close
e to save the folder withou
ut adding a forrm at this time
e – you can a
add forms late
er.)
NOTE: If you are just beginning
b
you
ur work with a listing client,
t, and do not yyet know the FMLS#,
n the same way,
w
if you do not yet know
w the address of the properrty your
leave thatt box blank. In
buying clie
ent will make an offer on, you
y may want to name the
e folder “Prelim
minary Contra
acts.” You
may change the name of the folder and
a enter the
e FMLS# laterr. Clicking on
n Load FMLS
S Data will
m the FMLS database
d
and auto-populatte forms at an
ny time.
upload infformation from
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Ad
dding Form
ms to a Folder
To keep things organized,
o
pla
ace every form
m you use into
o the approprriate file folde
er for the speccific
tran
nsaction and for
f the specifiic client.
To add forms to
o a folder:
1. From the Se
elect Forms sc
creen, find the
e form using tthe Browse tab. Click on
n the + sign to
o
open a folde
er and view its
s contents.
2. Click on the + sign again to open a sub
b-folder. (Altternatively, click on the Se
earch tab to llocate
ng a portion of
o the form na
ame. See belo
ow.)
the form usin
t box next to
t the form yo
ou wish to add
d to the folder. You may a
add
3. Click to place a check in the
several form
ms to the folde
er at once by checking
c
seve
eral boxes.
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4. Click on
o Save & Continue
C
to add the forms
s to the folderr and move to
o a list of form
ms ready for
entering information.
Using th
he Search
h Tab to Find Forms
s
As an alte
ernative to selecting the forrms from the list, you can u
use the Searcch tab to find a form
using its number
n
(F4, F20,
F
etc.), or by
b typing a wo
ord or words contained in the form. Usse the
Select bu
utton to add th
he form.
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Co
ompleting Forms
1. Double click to open the folder
f
that con
ntains the form
m you want to
o complete, iff needed.
t open:
2. Double click on the form to
cons on the to
oolbar change
e.
Nottice that the ic
Use the Save icon to save the form
m as you workk and at form
completion. Once savved, it sets the
e historical re
estore point.
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se the Print ic
con to print th
he completed form – with o
or without
Us
wa
atermarks.
Us
se the Email icon
i
to email the form (with
h or without w
watermarks).
If you
y have a fo
orm open and
d choose ema
ail option, onlyy the open
form will be em
mailed.
se this icon to
o access the S
Select Formss window to ad
dd
Us
ad
dditional forms to the folde r.
Us
se the More Options
O
button
n to:

Add Highlighting to ffields so you can see them
m easily.

e text color in fields from black to blue or blue to
Toggle
black fo
or easy readi ng.

Add N//As to empty ffields in the fo
orm. Best Pra
actice: use
this opttion after you have comple
eted all the otther fields.

Maximize the form vview by collap
psing the toolbar.
Us
se the Go To Page button drop down to
o quickly movve to other
pa
ages within a document.
se the Zoom In/Out button
ns to make vie
ewing the form
m on the
Us
sc
creen easier.
as of the form,, type appropriate informattion. Many fie
elds prefill fro
om the client
3. In the shaded area
d and the FML
LS listing info
ormation (if yo
ou selected a listing.)
record
4. Use ta
ab to move frrom field to fie
eld.
5. When
n you are done
e, click the Sa
ave icon on the
t toolbar.
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Ad
dding Spec
cial Stipula
ations
Sev
veral forms ha
ave a section for adding Sp
pecial Stipula
ations. The exxample below
w is the Exclussive
Buy
yer Broker Ag
greement.
1. Use the Add
d button in the
e Special Stip
pulations secttion of a form to select from
m a list of pre
epared
special stipulations.
2. Place check marks next to
o the stipulatiions you wan t to add to yo
our document, then click on
n the
Select butto
on.
The stipu
ulation inserts
s into the sec
ction.
3. Click Save icon
i
to save changes
c
to the form.
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Comple
eting Form
ms with Qu
uick View
A fast way
y to complete forms is usin
ng the Quick View tab. In
nstead of see
eing a replica of the form
and tabbin
ng to fill in bla
anks, the Quic
ck View tab presents fieldss on your scre
een for quick input of
informatio
on on the form
m.
1. From the Edit Form
m screen, click
k the Quick View
V
tab.
plete the fields
s.
2. Comp
3. When
n you are done
e, click the Sa
ave icon.
4. To retturn to the forrm view, click on the Edit Form
F
tab.
Printing
g Forms
To print form(s):
f
1. Locate
e the client in the list of clie
ents on the ho
omepage.
2. Doublle click on the
e client’s name. The list off folders for th
hat client appe
ears:
3. Doublle click to ope
en the approp
priate folder an
nd display the
e forms inside
e.
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4. Click to highlight any form
m and activate
e the icon barr.
5. Click on the Print icon.
6. The Select Forms
F
to Printt window opens. Place che
eck marks in tthe boxes forr the forms yo
ou
would like to
o print.
7. Click OK. Th
he Combine Forms
F
in the Following
F
Ord
der screen op
pens.
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8. Drag and
a drop the forms in the list to the desired order.
9. Click OK
O to continu
ue.
The Watermark
W
scrreen appears
s.
10. Click on
o the approp
priate image in
i the Waterm
mark window tto print the fo
orm(s) with or without
waterm
marks.
11. Click OK
O to continu
ue. FormsPro
o combines th
he forms you sselected into a single pdf d
document.
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12. Click Open or Save or Cancel
C
.
ombined pdf file appears, click
c
on the prrinter icon o
on the top too
olbar to print tthe
13. When the co
form(s).
14. Make approp
priate choices
s for number of
o copies, pag
ges, etc., in th
he Print dialo
og window, the
en
click on the OK
O button to print.
ng is complete
e, close the window
w
by cliccking on the X in the upperr right corner of the
15. When printin
window.
Em
mailing Forrms
To email
e
a form((s) to a client:
1. Locate the client in the lis
st of clients.
2. Double click on the client’’s name.
3. Double click to open the appropriate
a
fo
older and disp
play the formss inside.
4. Click to highlight one form
m and activate
e the icon barr.
5. Click on the Email icon.
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6. The Select
S
Forms to
t Email wind
dow opens. Pllace check m arks in the bo
oxes for the fo
orms you
would like to print.
O . The Com
mbine Forms in the Following Order scrreen opens.
7. Click OK
8. Drag and
a drop the forms in the list to the desired order.
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9. Click OK to continue.
mage in the Watermark
W
wiindow to ema
ail the form(s) with or witho
out
10. Click on the appropriate im
watermarks.
he Email Information windo
ow appears.
11. Click OK to continue. Th
f
options:
12. Choose the following


Determin
ne if you want to send individual docum
ments as attacchments or co
ombine the
documen
nts into one attachment.
a
If you wa
ant to receive
e a copy of the
e email, place
e a check in th
he Send me a copy of th
his
email chheck box.

If you wa
ant notification when the cllient views the
e documents, place a checck in the Nottify
me whe
en documen
nts are view
wed checkboox.
ect in the Sub
bject box, and a note to the
e client in the Message boxx. FormsPro
13. Type a subje
sends a link to the form(s) in the body of the email m
message it se
ends. The link is good for 10
days.
14. You may add
d email addre
esses, if desirred. Separate
e multiple add
dresses with ccommas.
15. Click Send to
t send the email.
16. You will rece
eive confirmattion that the email
e
is being
g prepared an
nd has been ssent.
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Creating/Using
g Forms Package
es
The Forms Packages feature
f
of FormsPro provid
des added flexxibility for Age
ent, Brokers, and Office
Staff, in th
hat it allows th
he user to collect a set of fo
orms (GAR, R
RE Forms, FM
MLS and/or O
Office) and
save them
m together for fast and easy
y addition to clients’
c
folderrs in FormsPrro.
There are two ways to set up a form
ms package:

n existing fold
der for a clien
nt that already
y contains the
e all forms you
u normally usse can serve
An
as
s the basis for the template
e.

A bogus folder may be created and used
d for the creatting the template, then dea
activated
on
nce the templlate is saved.
Templates
s can be used
d repeatedly to
t quickly fill the
t folder of a new client w
with the contra
acts needed
for closing
g.
To create
e a Forms Pa
ackage from an
a existing folder:
f
1. Locate
e the client whose
w
folder contents
c
reflec
ct what you w
wish the packa
age to contain
n.
2. Doublle click on the
e client’s name to open the
e list of folderss for that clien
nt.
3. Click once
o
to highlight the appro
opriate folder and activate the icon bar.
4. Click on
o the Forms Package icon
i
on the menu
m
bar. The
e New Formss Package win
ndow opens.
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5. Type a name
e for the Form
ms Package in
n the box provvided.
6. Click Save. A confirmation appears.
7. Click on the OK button to
o continue.
sting folder:
To create a Forms Package from an exis
If a folder does not
n exist which contains all the forms yo
ou want to use
e for a templa
ate, you can ccreate
a bo
ogus client an
nd a bogus fo
older for that client.
c
Add
d to that folder all the forms
s you want to
o use in your ttemplate. The
en, follow the
e steps above
e to
crea
ate the templa
ate. See pag
ge 21 of this guide
g
for instr uctions on ad
dding forms to
o a folder. O
Once
you
u save the tem
mplate, you ca
an deactivate the bogus cl ient and folde
er.
See
e pages 90-96
6 of this guide
e for instructio
ons on deacti vating folderss and clients.
Us
sing a Form
ms Packag
ge
To use a Forms Package:
cessary.
1. Add a New Client if nec
ew Folder for the client.
2. Create a Ne
k Save & Co
ontinue.
3. Name the folder and click
ow, click on th
he Forms Pa
ackages tabb.
4. In the Selectt Forms windo
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5. Click once
o
to highlight the Forms Package yo
ou want to us e.
6. Click on
o Save & Continue
C
to begin filling out
o the forms ffor the client o
or Save & C
Close to
save the
t folder with
h the template
e forms in it. (You will be a
able to return
n later to fill ou
ut the
forms.)
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Ad
dding a Ne
ew Folder to an Exis
sting Clien
nt
The
ere may be tim
mes when you
u need to add
d a new folde r for a client. For example
e, your buyer has
look
ked at severa
al properties and
a you would
d like to keep the documen
nts on each p
property in a
sep
parate folder. You would want
w
to add a new folder fo
or the client w
when negotiations begin on
ano
other property
y.
1. Click on Hom
mepage to view
v
your list of
o clients.
st and double click to open that client. T
The list of clie
ent folders app
pears:
2. Locate the client in the lis
T New Fold
der window a
appears:
3. Click on the Add New Folder icon. The
4. Complete the New Folderr screen. Follow the stepss on page 20 tto complete this screen.
ve and Clos
se.
5. Click on Sav
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Using FMLS eSign
_______
__________
_________
__________
_________
__________
_________
________
Objectives:
In this sec
ction, you will learn how to::

Acc
cess and navig
gate FMLS eS
Sign.

Create an electro
onic signing session;
s
uploa
ad documentss to be signed
d; and add sig
gning
loca
ations to contrracts.

View
w a signing se
ession’s progress/history.

Create signing te
emplates for non-GAR
n
and
d/or non-R.E.F
Forms.
________
____________
___________
___________
___________
____________
___________
_________
Getting sig
gnatures on a real estate contract
c
can be
b a time-con
nsuming task, especially w
when one
contract can require the
e signatures of
o 6 or more individuals. E
Electronic sign
nature softwa
are not only
automates
s the process
s, it can also speed
s
up the period for acq
quiring all signatures, and greatly
reduce op
perational cos
sts.
Electronic
c signatures have been use
ed legally in Georgia
G
real e
estate transacctions since M
May of 2009
when Hou
use Bill 127 was
w signed into
o law. FMLS eSign was d
designed to fo
ollow the mandates of the
law so tha
at you can fee
el safe using it in your real estate transa
actions.
FMLS eSign is availablle free of charge to all FML
LS members. eSign is inte
erfaced into th
he
FormsPro
o software so that agents can move from
m contract cre
eation to contrract signing w
with just a
few clicks of the mouse
e!
What is th
he difference between
b
an electronic
e
sign
nature and a d
digital signatu
ure?
36

Electronic sig
gnature: is a stylized
s
scriptt associated w
with a person. In commercce and the
law, a signature on a docum
ment is an indication that th
he person ado
opts the inten
ntions
re
ecorded in the
e document.

Digital signatu
ure: is where you actually sign a screen
n or pad and tthe signature
e is
onverted into an image of your
y
signature
e.
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Op
pting in to FMLS eSign
Beffore you can begin
b
to take advantage off the eSign so
oftware, you m
must use the one time Optt In
proc
cess. You arre not required
d to go throug
gh these step
ps again. Follo
ow these step
ps:
1. Open Forms
sPro.
2. Hover over Preferences
P
s.
es.
3. Click on My Preference
S eSign on the
t My Preferrences page.
4. Click on Optt-In to FMLS
5. Click on the Activate button.
6. You will rece
eive confirmattion that your
account has been activate
ed.
o
Click on the OK button to
e Opt In proce
ess.
complete the
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Accessing FMLS eSign
1. Acces
ss FormsPro.
2. Doublle click on the
e client name to open the liist of folders ffor the approp
priate client.
3. Doublle click to ope
en the transac
ction folder for that client.
4. Click once
o
to highlight the docum
ment to be sig
gned. The to
oolbar activate
es.
5. Click on
o the eSign
n button on the main menu
u.
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atures
The
e Select Form
ms to be signe
ed window appears:
6. Type a name
e for the Signing Session in the box pro
ovided. (You might want to
o use the nam
me of
the contract to be signed and the client name as the
e session nam
me.)
7. Place a chec
ck mark in the
e box for each
h document to
o be signed d
during the sesssion.
8. Click OK to continue. The
e Select the Signer
S
window
w opens.
9. Place check marks in the boxes for tho
ose individualls whose sign
natures are re
equired.
10. Click OK to continue. Fo
ormsPro gathe
ers informatio
on from your a
account. eSig
gn opens in a new
window.
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NOTE: If you havve pop up bloccking softwaree turned on, yyou may needd to click on thhe Go to
eSign
n button.
11. In you
ur first eSign session
s
you will
w be require
ed to accept a
an End User L
License Agree
ement.
Click on
o the I Acce
ept button to continue.
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Us
sing the eS
Sign Wiza
ard
E-sign has a quic
ck, easy to fo
ollow six-step wizard that w
walks you thro
ough the proccess of setting
g up
ur session, ind
dicating signe
ers, uploading
g sessions doccuments, add
ding signing lo
ocations to
you
doc
cuments and starting
s
the se
ession.
Ste
ep 1 - Sign
ning Session Confirrmation
In Step
S
1 of eSig
gn, you config
gure the session.
Use
e the table below to comple
ete the fields..
Field
De
escription
Tra
ansaction Name
Automatically po
opulates from
m FormsPro; u
usually with th
he transaction
n
fold
der name. Yo
ou can change
e if needed.
Ses
ssion Title
Automatically po
opulates from
m FormsPro. Y
You can chan
nge if needed.
Email Message
Lea
ave blank to include
i
only tthe default em
mail message from eSign. Y
You
ma
ay edit and inc
clude instructtions for your signers in ad
ddition to
ins
structions prov
vided by eSig
gn.
The default ema
ail from e-Sig n contains a llink that acce
esses the
doc
cuments.
Signer Sequenc
cing
De
etermine whetther the e-ma
ail will go to on
ne signer at a time for sign
nature
or if all signers will
w receive th
he document a
at the same ttime. If you se
elect
one
e signer at a time in order,, other signerrs will not rece
eive the email until
the
e first person signs and so on.
Include Me as a
Signer
Ch
heck this box to
t include you
urself as a sig
gner. It is a be
est practice to
o do
this
s.
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Allow Sig
gners to
delegate to another
person
Use this option
o
only in those rare occcasions whe
ere someone has a
Power of Attorney and
d is allowing a
another perso
on to sign in h
his or her
place. Fo
or example, ellderly person,, and through
h Power of Atttorney, the
son/daug
ghter signs things for the pa
arent.
NOTE: Ta
alk to your Brroker to deterrmine if this op
ption is viable
e in your
situation.
Send CC Email
Enter email addresses
s for individua
als outside of the signing session who
might nee
ed a final vers
sion of the sig
gned docume
ents, such as an attorney,
lender, orr broker. DO NOT put yourr email addre
ess or that of a
any of the
signers, because
b
you and the signe
ers will autom
matically get a final,
complete
ed version.
Session Password
P
This optio
onal field allow
ws you to pro
otect the signiing session. Note that, if
used, you
u must share this password
rd with all sign
ners either witth a
separate email or via phone
p
or text message.
Confirm Password
P
Retype password to co
onfirm the spe
elling of the p
password.
Click on
o the Next button
b
to conttinue to Step 2.
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Ste
ep 2 - Rev
view Signe
ers
This
s step is where you specify
y the order off signers. eSig
gn lists the sig
gners in a sug
ggested orde
er,
how
wever, you can change the
e order.
1. Use the Mov
ve Up or Mo
ove Down bu
uttons to dete
ermine the ord
der for signing
g the docume
ent.
dd New butto
on to add an additional
a
sign
ner or select a
an individual from the
2. Click the Ad
Address Book.
3. Enter the name of signer and the emaiil address.
4. If desired, se
elect the type of Authentica
ation for this ssigner. More information iss found on
FMLS.com, Training,
T
Kno
owledge Base
e, E-Sign, Autthentication O
Options.
1. Use the Delete button to remove a sig
gner from the list.
e spelling or email
e
addresss, click the pe
encil icon un
nder the edit
2. To edit an incorrect name
column.
e
and click
k Save.
3. Make your edits
st contains ev
veryone that needs
n
to sign
n, click on the Next button to continue.
4. Once your lis
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Step 3 - Upload Session
S
Documents
D
s
Step 3 has
s two parts. The
T first part of
o Step 3, you
u will need to configure the
e Signers for e
eSign so
that appro
opriate names
s will appear in signing loca
ations on eacch form. The second part o
of Step 3 is
arranging the forms in the
t order you
u want them signed.
1. For th
he first docum
ment, click on the
t drop down arrow next to each role llisted for that document.
2. Selectt the individua
al from the drrop down list who
w is in that role.
3. Click Apply
A
signe
ers to all tem
mplates to fill
f out the sign
ners for the o
other documen
nts.
4. Click on
o the Next button
b
to conttinue.
5. If you see the mess
sage box belo
ow, it is becau
use a signing
g location exissts on one or more of the
ay happen if o
one individual is buying a
forms that has not been configured with a name. This ma
property (rather tha
an a couple). Since there are locations for two buyers, you must inform
eSign that the 2nd signature
s
is no
ot needed forr this session .
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6. Click on the OK button to
o continue. The screen ressets and a listt of documents appears:
7. If more than one document is included in the sessio
on, click to hig
ghlight the do
ocument you w
want
to move and use the Mov
ve Up or Mo
ove Down buuttons to place them in a specific order.
8. If you have a company sp
pecific form to
o be signed, u
use the Uploa
ad Add’l Do
ocuments button
to locate it on your compu
uter and add iti to the list.
NOTE: If you are uploa
ading a docum
ment for the firstt time, you will need to “map”” the locations tthat
require siignatures. You
u do this in Step
p 4. If the com
mpany specific fform will be used again, you m
may
want to save the mappe
ed template to eliminate
e
havin
ng to map the d
document with each use.
The maxiimum file size for
f unloading to
o eSign is 10 M
MG.
9. Click on the Next button to continue to
o Step 4.
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Step 4 - Add Sign
ning Locattions
FormsPro
o automatically
y adds the sig
gning location
ns based on tthe template a
assigned in th
he previous
step. Therre are cases where
w
you will want map th
he additional signature loccations within the
documentt(s) to indicate
e to your signers where the
ey need to sig
gn or initial; c heck a box, p
place a date,
etc. This is
s particularly useful of you have agency
y forms or add
ditional docum
ments that yo
ou need your
client to ac
cknowledge.
1. When
n you click on Next from the
e previous ste
ep, Step 4 op
pens with the ffirst form to re
eview for
signatture placemen
nt.
2. Click the
t + sign nex
xt to the word
d Pages on th
he left to open
n a pages view
w.
3. Click the
t + sign nex
xt to the word
d Markup to open a list of o
option to allow
w you to markkup the
docum
ments, if need
ded:

sttrike-through

un
nderline

highlight

heck boxes
ch

te
ext boxes
Note: when you us
se Markup option, Markup Zones are ad
dded to the do
ocument once
e confirming
the ch
hanges in Step 4. There wiill be a notifica
ation requiring
g you confirm
mation that the
ey want to
add th
hese Markups
s to the docum
ment. If you have
h
added sstrike through markups, you will see a
promp
pt that remind
ds you that in some cases, adding a strik
ike through m
may require iniitials from all
signerrs near the sttrike though te
ext.
4. Scroll down the forrm until you ge
et to the first place you wa
ant signed.
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5. Click the dro
op down arrow
w in the Signe
er box to selecct the name o
of the signer. This is an
important step to ensurre you have the
t right pers
son signing in the right p
place.
6. Drag and dro
op the yellow Signature sq
quare (or the D
Date/Time sq
quare, etc.) to
o the location
where the sig
gnature should be.
7. Repeat steps
s above for additional sign
ner locations. The forms w
will appear in tthe in the order
you selected
d in Step 3.
8. Click on the Next button to continue to
o Step 5.
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Step 5 Preview Signing
S
Se
ession
In Step 5, you review th
he documents
s to verify tha
at the signaturre blocks are in their prope
er locations.
1. Scroll through all th
he documents
s verifying tha
at the signing locations are
e in the prope
er place. If
eed to make adjustments, click the Pre
evious buttonn to return to Step 4 and m
make the
you ne
chang
ges.
2. Click on
o the Next button
b
to conttinue.
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Ste
ep 6 Start Signing Session
S
In th
his step, you can add to th
he system-gen
nerated emai l sent to yourr clients aboutt the signing
ses
ssion.
1. Make any de
esired change
es or additions to the emai l message. T
The text you e
enter is insertted
after the firstt line of the em
mail and befo
ore the instrucctions.
2. Click on the Finish butto
on to start the signing sess ion. Emails a
are generated
d and sent to the
on Stats scree
en displays sh
howing you th
he session infformation.
signers. A Signing Sessio
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3. When
n you are done
e, you can eitther create a new signing ssession by cliicking New S
Signing
Session icon OR sign out of eS
Sign by clickin
ng the Sign O
Out icon.
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Co
ompleting the
t Signin
ng Session
n
The
e signing sess
sion continues
s in each individual’s emaiil account. Th
he email rece
eived by the
sign
ner(s) contain
ns simple instructions and a link to begin
n the processs.
The
e signing proc
cess consists of three steps:
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Step 1
The signe
er reviews his signature and
d initials. If changes are n
needed the sig
gner can makke them
during this
s step. For in
nstance, the signer
s
may wis
sh to add an initial to his n
name.
Step 2
The signe
er may choose
e as his legal signature one
e of six differe
ent signatures presented o
on the
screen OR
R he may cho
oose to “draw”” his own sign
nature. A sim
mple click to p
place a dot ne
ext to the
desired sig
gnature OR a click on the “Draw your signature and initials” link iss required.
If one of th
he six signatu
ures is chosen
n, the signer may
m proceed to Step 3.
If the signer chooses to
o “draw” his own
o
signature, he will follow
w the instructions outlined below.
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Dra
awing a Signature
Clic
cking on the Draw
D
your signature
s
an
nd initials linnk changes thhe screen for the signer. T
Two
box
xes are presented in which the signer will use his mo
ouse (or a styllus if he ownss one) to “draw
w” his
sign
nature and iniitials in the bo
oxes. A Clear button is ava
ailable in casse more than o
one effort is
required.
Ste
ep 3
The
e signer is req
quired to read
d and agree to
o the Consum
mer Disclosure
e. The signerr on the link to
o
read
d the disclosu
ure, and then places a che
eck in the I ag
gree box, andd click on the Start button
n.
The
e document(s) display for signing.
s
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The signe
er clicks Startt and the document automatically scroll s to the signing location.
Signer clic
cks the highlig
ghted field an
nd the esignatture appears.
The signe
er clicks next to
t continue th
hrough all the documents, p
placing his/he
er signature in
n the
designated spots.
Clicking on the Done button
b
provide
es confirmatio
on that the sig
gning was completed succcessfully. A
on
the
Yes
button
b
and
the
e
signing
sess
sion
is
comple
ete.
final click
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The
e last screen informs
i
the siigner that he will
w be notifie d when all pa
arties have sig
gned the
doc
cument(s) and
d that a fully executed
e
copy
y will be ema iled to him.
When the docum
ment has been
n signed by all signers, the
e fully execute
ed document will be emaile
ed to
eac
ch Signer. Th
he document will
w be access
sed by a link in the email m
message.
Clic
ck the Down
nload Signin
ng Session Files link to save the doccuments to the
e computer fo
or
uplo
oading to Doc
cuPro. The do
ocuments are
e saved as a zzip file.
Age
ents involved on either side
e of the transa
action may w
want to save th
he fully execu
uted documen
nt on
theiir computers to
t upload to DocuPro.
D
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eSign History
H
FMLS eSign keeps a lo
og of the prog
gress of each signing sess ion. You mayy access the log at any
time.
1. Log in
n to FormsPro
o.
2. Click the
t eSign History link on
n the Quick Start
S
window.
The Session
S
Historry screen app
pears. This is
s a list of all yyour eSign sesssions.
3. Click on
o the Magn
nifying Glass icon in the
e Action Menu
u column for tthe appropriate session.
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The
e Signing Ses
ssion Informattion screen op
pens.
The
e Signing Ses
ssion Informattion screen co
ontains 4 secctions: Sessio
on Stats, Sesssion Signers,
Ses
ssion Docume
ents, and Ses
ssion Activity Log. A brief d
description off each section
n follows.
Se
ession Statts
This
s section contains general information about
a
the sign
ning session. Links are avvailable to
dow
wnload the lattest version of the docume
ent and its cerrtificate of autthenticity. The session
pas
ssword may also be changed for the ses
ssion, if appliccable.
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The table below defines the options in the current status field.
Status
Deffinition
Building
The
e session is in
n building (settup) state and
d has not bee
en sent out for signing.
In Progres
ss
The
e session setu
up has been completed
c
an
nd session ha
as been sent o
out to clients
for signing.
Completed
d
The
e session has
s been signed
d by all signing
g parties and completed.
Cancelled
d
The
e session has
s been cancelled by the acccount owner.
Session
n Signers
This sectio
on displays a list of invited signers for th
he session. T
The name or email address of a signer
may be ed
dited and the invitation to sign
s
resent.
Session
n Docume
ents
This sectio
on displays th
he documents
s included in the
t signing se
ession. Inform
mation on the
e
documentt(s) includes the number off pages in the
e document, itts size, and th
he number off signature
locations in
i the docume
ent.
Session
n Activity Log
L
This sectio
on contains a list of all actiivity for the se
ession. Each
h activity in the
e list will inclu
ude the date
and time the
t activity oc
ccurred, the IP
P address of the
t individual (which rough
hly identifies tthe location
of the com
mputer the sig
gner used), an
nd a descriptio
on of the eve nt.
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Ad
dditional FormsP
Pro Featu
ures
ForrmsPro has many
m
additiona
al features to assist you in managing an
nd working wiith your clientts. For
exa
ample, you can print blank forms to use on the go; yo
ou can deactivvate / reactiva
ate clients, folders,
and
d forms, import contacts fro
om Matrix, and view folder history.
Qu
uickPrint
The
e Quick Print features
f
lets you
y quickly print a blank fo
orm or fill out a form and print.
1. Click on Quick Print on the Quick Sta
art menu – O
OR – click on Q
Quick Print from the Quick
Start menu.
2. Click on a pllus (+) sign to expand a fo
older and sub
b-folders and vview its conte
ents.
3. Click on the form you wan
nt to print, the
en on Contin
nue. The form
m opens.
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4. Click on
o the Print icon to print the
t blank form
m.
Comple
eting a Quick Print Form
F
If you nee
ed to complete
e a form quick
kly, you can access
a
the forrm, complete the information, and
print. You
u can save thiis form for an existing clien
nt or set up a new client an
nd save it in a new folder.
1. From the FormsPro
o main screen
n, click on the
e Quick Starrt link. The drrop down menu appears.
o Quick Prrint. The Quic
ck Print windo
ow appears.
2. Click on
3. Navigate to and click to select th
he form.
4. Click on
o Continue
e. The form opens.
5. Comp
plete the form by typing dire
ectly into the fields. Use th
he Tab key to
o move from ffield to field.
6. Click on
o the Save button. The Quick
Q
Print-Sa
ave window a
appears:
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7. Do one of the following:

hoose to save
e the form to an
a existing client, click on tthe client’s na
ame and eithe
er
If you ch
choose an
a existing folder in which to place the fform,

Or click on New Fold
der to save itt in a new foldder. Then continue to follo
ow directions on
en to save the
e forms.
the scree
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
8.
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If you choose to
t save the form for a new client, click o
on the New C
Client button.. The create
F
window
w appears:
New Client & Folder
plete the scre
een and click Create. The client and follder are creatted and are viewable in
Comp
the Fo
orms Pro Clie
ent list.
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Fo
older History
Durring the cours
se of negotiatiions, Real Estate contractss are often ch
hanged. Form
msPro provide
es the
ability to restore a previous ve
ersion of a co
ontract if the n
need arises. IIf changes ma
ade to a contract
toda
ay are not acc
ceptable to yo
our client, you
u can restore to yesterday’s version.
To restore a pre
evious versio
on of a contrract:
1. Open the folder for the ap
ppropriate clie
ent.
2. Double click to open the folder
f
that con
ntains the doccument.
3. Click once to
o highlight any
y form in the folder.
4. Click on the Folder Histtory tab. A lis
st of history rrecords displa
ays.
5. Locate the appropriate
a
co
ontract in the list and click o
once to highliight it. (Carefu
ully choose th
he
correct version. The Crea
ated column will
w provide da
ate and time information to
o aid in your
choice.)
6. Click on the Restore buttton.
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Deactiv
vating Clients, Folde
ers and Fo
orms
FormsPro
o provides a deactivation to
ool you can us
se to delete fo
orms, and rem
move clients o
or folders.
You may want
w
to deacttivate folders because negotiations fell tthrough for a particular transaction, or
when a cliient’s transac
ction is closed
d so that you will
w have a sh
horter list of acctive clients to
o work with.
It is imporrtant to note th
hat when FormsPro deactivates clients or folders, it d
does not dele
ete them. It
is important to note tha
at once you re
emove forms from
f
a folder,, they cannot be restored.
Removing Forms
s
1. Doublle click on the
e client’s name from the Lis
st of Clients.
2. Doublle click on the
e folder that co
ontains the fo
orm you want to delete.
3. Click once
o
to highlight the form.
4. Click on
o the Remo
ove button.
5. Clic
ck OK to conffirm the deacttivation. The form
f
is removved.
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De
eactivating
g Folders
You
u may deactiv
vate client fold
ders and remo
ove them from
m the list. If th
he folder you deactivate
con
ntains forms, they
t
will be de
eactivated alo
ong with the ffolder. FormssPro will not p
prompt you
rega
arding this. Please
P
take ca
are to choose
e the correct ffolder for dea
activation.
1. Double click on the client’’s name from the List of Cllients.
2. Click once on the folder you
y want to de
eactivate.
3. Click on the Deactivate button.
4. Click OK to confirm the deactivation.
d
The
T folder is d
deactivated a
and removed ffrom the clien
nt.
De
eactivating
g Clients
When you deactivate a client from FormsP
Pro is only rem
moves the clie
ent from the F
FormsPro
app
plication, it does not remov
ve the client frrom your list o
of Matrix conttacts.
1. From the Lis
st of Clients, click
c
once on the client to b
be deactivated
d.
ox appears assking you to cconfirm the
2. Click on the Deactivate button. A confirmation bo
deactivation.
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3. Click OK
O to confirm
m the deactiva
ation. The clie
ent is deactiva
ated and rem
moved from the list.
Restoring Clients
s and Fold
ders
It is imporrtant to note th
hat when FormsPro deactivates clients or folders, it d
does not dellete them.
Deactivate
ed clients or folders
f
may be
b restored at any time – tthey may be a
added to and edited.
This provides you with flexibility and
d saves you tim
me when a cllient returns to you for reall estate
needs!
To restorre a client:
1. Hoverr over Preferrences on the Main Menu bar.
2. Click My
M Preferen
nces. The My
M Preference
es window op ens.
3. Click on
o the Resto
ore Deactiva
ated Clients
s/Folders linnk.
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The
e Restore Dea
activated Item
ms window op
pens.
4. Click once on the client’s name from th
he list of clien
nts.
5. Click on Res
store in the pop
p up box.
n.
6. Click on the Done button
s.
7. Click Close to exit the My Preferences
sh button to see
s the restorred client in th
he list.
8. Click Refres
To restore a folder:
P
s on the Main
n Menu bar.
1. Hover over Preferences
es. The My Preferences
P
w
window openss.
2. Click on My Preference
eactivated Clients/Fold
C
ders link. The Restore De
eactivated Item
ms
3. Click on the Restore De
ns.
window open
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o the + sign to expand the client’s fold
der in the list o
of clients.
4. Click on
5. Click once
o
on the fo
older to be re
eactivated.
6. Click Restore
R
from
m the pop up box.
7. Click Done
D
.
8. Click Close
C
to exitt the My Prefe
erences.
9. Click Refresh
R
buttton to see the
e restored clie
ent in the list.
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Pe
ersonaliz
zing Form
msPro
Pre
eferences give
e you the ability to persona
alize FormsPrro. You will b
be able to crea
ate and edit yyour
ema
ail signature, import contac
cts from other programs, m
manage formss packages, a
and restore
dea
activated clien
nts and folders.
eM
Mail Signatture
1. Hover over Preferences
P
s.
es.
2. Click on My Preference
mail Signatu
ure link.
3. Click on the Edit My Em
esired email signature.
s
4. Type your de
5. Click on the Save button.
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Import Contacts
C
You can im
mport your Matrix contacts
s or contacts from
f
another Contact Man
nagement sysstem into
FormsPro
o. Before you import, you must
m
save you
ur list of conta
acts as a csv ffile.
1. Hoverr over Preferrences.
2. Click on
o My Prefe
erences.
3. Click on
o the Imporrt Contacts link.
4. Brows
se to find your CSV file.
5. Click on
o the Uploa
ad button.
6. Contin
nue to follow screen
s
directions to importt contacts.
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Ma
anage My Forms Pa
ackages
1. Hover over Preferences
P
s.
es.
2. Click on My Preference
y Forms Pac
ckages link.
3. Click on the Manage My
e
4. Click to highlight a forms package for editing.
ns on the men
nu bar to Rename, Manage
e Forms, or D
Delete a formss package.
5. Use the icon
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My Proffile Data
Your personal informattion stored in the Profile Da
ata screen in FormsPro is used to auto--populate
fields in GAR
G
forms - exactly as it ap
ppears. If you
u would prefe
er to have the fields popula
ate
differently, you can upd
date this inforrmation. Changing your infformation on this screen d
does not
change yo
our roster info
ormation in the
e FMLS database. Chang
ges here will o
only affect new
transactions in FormsP
Pro. Previously populated forms will rem
main unchang
ged.
To change
e your FormsPro Profile Da
ata:
1. Hoverr over Preferrences.
2. Click on
o My Prefe
erences. The My Preferences window
w appears.
3. Click on
o the My Prrofile Data link.
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4. Type your pe
ersonal inform
mation in the boxes
b
on the right side of tthe screen exxactly as you want
to see the information autto-populate in
n fields on GA
AR Forms.
5. Click on the Save button.
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Additio
onal eSig
gn Featu
ures
This sectio
on describes additional fun
nctions and operations tha
at are useful in
n tailoring eSign to fit
your busin
ness needs.
Prefere
ences
Additional eSign tools are
a available in Preference
es to customizze the progra
am so that age
ents realize
maximum productivity.
To access
s eSign Prefferences:
1. From the Quick Sta
art menu, click eSign His
story.
o the Preferences butto
on. The Prefe
erences scree
en appears.
2. Click on
Three
e sections are available in Preferences:
P
Email Notificcation, Signatture Preferencces, and
Templates. Each section
s
is cov
vered in the fo
ollowing page
es.
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Em
mail Notific
cations
At various
v
points
s in the signing session, yo
ou receive em
mails to notify you of particu
ular actions. Y
You
can
n choose whic
ch emails you want to rece
eive by placing
g a check in tthe checkbox.
In th
he Personal Preferences
P
section,
s
click on
o the Email notifications yyou want to re
eceive.
Field Name
Description
D
Ses
ssion Started
d
Receive
R
an em
mail when the
e signing sesssion is started
d.
Ses
ssion Signed
d
Receive
R
an em
mail when ea
ach signer signs the docum
ment(s).
Ses
ssion Delega
ated
Receive
R
an em
mail when a ssigner delega
ates the sessio
on to anotherr
individual.
Ses
ssion Viewed
d
Receive
R
an em
mail when a ssigner views tthe session.
Ses
ssion Decline
ed
Receive
R
an em
mail when a ssigner decline
es to sign a do
ocument.
ck on the Upd
date Prefere
ences button
n.
Clic
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Signatu
ure Prefere
ences
You can set
s your preferences for the
e Signature fo
ont you use fo
or every signing session and for all
your eSign
n emails.
1. Click to
t choose a fo
ont for every signing session. This will eliminate the
e need for you
u to make
the ch
hoice every tim
me you need to sign a doc
cument.
2. Type an email sign
nature in the box
b provided.
3. When
n you are done
e, click Upda
ate Preferen
nces.
Using Form
F
Templates
Templates
s enable you to map signa
ature locations
s on documen
nts that are no
ot part of the GAR or
R.E. Form
ms libraries, bu
ut are frequen
ntly used. Crreating a temp
plate eliminattes the need tto drag and
drop signa
ature boxes onto
o
the docum
ment(s) each time they are
e used.
To create
e a template:
1. Click on
o Preferences.
2. Click on
o the Temp
plates button.
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3. Click the Ne
ew Template
e icon. The Te
emplate Deta
ails screen op
pens.
D
screen
n.
4. Complete the Template Details
Field Name
Description
Title
Enter a title forr the template
e.
Gro
oup
Enter a name for
f a group; fo
or example, in
n-house forms.
Des
scription
Enter a descrip
ption of the fo
orm.
Buy
yer through Other
O
Signer
Ty
ype the numb
ber of signatu res needed fo
or each signe
er type in the box
prrovided.
Doc
cument
Click Browse to
o locate the fo
orm for mapp
ping and temp
plate creation.
5. Click on the Save Detaills button. Th
he form uploa ds and openss.
op signature boxes
b
(or initiials, or date, e
etc) to the ap
ppropriate placce on the form
m for
6. Drag and dro
each signer.
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7. Click the
t Save buttton to continu
ue. The temp
plate appearss in the list.
To use a template:
1. Start a signing session.
2. In Ste
ep 3, click the Upload Add
d’l Docume
ent to upload the custom document to the list of
docum
ments.
3. Brows
se to and sele
ect the docum
ment you are adding.
a
4. Click Upload
U
Doc
cument.
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5. When the do
ocument appe
ears in the listt, click on the
e Template iicon in the View column.
6. When the lis
st of Template
es appears, lo
ocate the app ropriate temp
plate in the Usser Templatess
section and click once to highlight it.
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7. Click on
o the Next button
b
to conttinue. The Designate Sign
ners screen a
appears.
8. Use th
he pick list to choose the names
n
for the mapped sign
natures.
9. Click on
o the Next button.
b
The additional
a
form
m is added to
o the list.
10. Click Next
N
to move
e to Step 4.
11. Contin
nue with the signing
s
sessio
on as usual. The
T template
e is applied to the form.
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Re
eview an
nd Evalua
ation
Con
ngratulations in completing
g Document Management
M
101!
Beffore you leave
e, you must:
1. Complete the evaluation.

our FMLS Tra
aining Affidav
vit and return
n to your instrructor.
2. Complete yo
We encourage you
y to come back
b
and take
e another classs with us as w
we have enjo
oyed having yo
ou.
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Appen
ndix: FML
LS Institu
ute of Re
eal Estatte: School Policyy
Courtesy
y in the Clas
ssroom/Stu
udent Respo
onsibilities
The FMLS Institute of Rea
al Estate will make
m
every effo
ort to ensure th at the materials and classroo
om instruction
you receive
e in this course
e are of the high
hest quality. Yo
ou, as a studen
nt, have a responsibility to ensure that the
learning ex
xperience in the
e classroom is positive for you
u and your fello
ow students.
The FMLS Institute of Real Estate req
quires you obs
serve the follo
owing rules to facilitate goo
od citizenship
he classroom::
among all students in th
1.
Be on time for all clas
ss sessions. Sttudents arriving
g more than 10
0 minutes late w
will not be eligible for CE
s.
credits
2.
Sign th
he attendance roster at the be
eginning of clas
ss with your na
ame and time o
of arrival. Upon
n your arrival,
you will be given a Trraining Affidavit by the Instruc
ctor. Fill out the
e Training Affid
davit—including
g Course
Title, your
y
name as itt appears on yo
our license, rea
al estate license
e number, sign
nature, and datte—and
return to Instructor att the end of class to receive CE
C Credit. Failu
ure to put your signature and enter time in
and fill out and return
n the Training Affidavit
A
will res
sult in no earne
ed CE credit ass per the GREC
C. Please
note: Initials are not accepted
a
as a signature
s
by th
he GREC.
3.
a cell phones// electronic dev
vices in an “off”” or “silent” mo de. Do not textt or check messsages during
Place all
a class
s session. If you inadvertently
y leave a phone
e on and it ring
gs, turn it off im
mmediately. You
u will have
time att the break to return calls. Faiilure to comply will nullify the student’s oppo
ortunity to receive the
design
nated credit.
4.
Childre
en or pets are not
n allowed in the
t classroom. Service dogs, of course, are
e permissible.
5.
Ask qu
uestions related
d to the course
e material. Yourr instructor will determine whiich questions a
are pertinent
to that day’s material and will be ha
appy to answer other question
ns at breaks or after class.
6.
Our ha
ands-on classes are very fast pace. If you arre not technica
ally qualified, w
we may not be a
able to stop
the cla
ass to catch you
u up. We have to complete th
he course agen
nda in the time allotted.
7.
Allow others
o
to listen to the instructo
or by not talking to other stud
dents during the
e class. Our insstructors have
the autthority to dismiss a student fro
om a class if th
he student is re
epeatedly disru
uptive or talking
g during the
class.
8.
eat to visit the restroom during class instrucction, please do
o so quietly and
d return to
When leaving your se
eat as soon as possible. Do not
n use cell pho
ones or other ccommunication
n devices in the
e bathrooms
your se
or bath
hroom area. Ex
xcessive time away
a
(more tha
an 10 minutes) from course in
nstruction will re
esult in no
earned
d CE credit.
9.
Profan
nity is not tolera
ated, or allowed
d, in classroom
ms.
10. Keep your
y
place in th
he classroom tidy by cleaning up any tissuess, drinks or oth
her materials w
when you
leave the
t class session.
11. Do nott leave early fro
om any class. Early
E
departure
es from a CE c lass will result in no earned ccredit.
Class Ca
ancellations
s
All FMLS classes
c
are fre
ee to all our members
m
who have their ow n, active FMLS username a
and
password..
Students sh
hould make ev
very effort to atttend the classe
es that they havve registered fo
or; however, if you know in
advance that you will be unable
u
to attend, you are expected to unreg
gister yourself ffrom that class to allow
another felllow student the
e opportunity to
o sign up for tha
at particular cla
ass.
To unregistter:



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Lo
og into fmls.com
m.
Go
o to Training and My Courses
s.
Cllick on the courrse you wish to
o unregister from under the "ccurrently registe
ered for future classes"
se
ection.
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
Scroll dow
wn to the botto
om of the page and click on th
he blue "Click h
here to unregistter" link.
mbers who repeatedly registe
er and do not atttend and/or un
nregister may b
be temporarily blocked from
Mem
registration and will automatically
y be placed on a stand-by onlly status until yyou actually attend a class ag
gain.
Excessive abuse of
o class registra
ation will resultt in a call to Bro
oker/Office Man
nagement and//or forfeiture off
FML
LS classes.
Eve
ery effort is mad
de to conduct classes
c
as sche
eduled; howeve
er, there are tim
mes when classses must be
canc
celled due to extenuating
e
circ
cumstances such as inclemen
nt weather conditions or otherr emergencies.. We
will attempt to ema
ail you of any unforeseen
u
can
ncellations. How
wever, in the evvent of incleme
ent weather, please
chec
ckwww.fmls.c
com and/or NBC’s 11 Alive Ne
ews.
Spe
ecial Needs
s
If yo
ou are an individual with a dis
sability who may require assisstance or special accommoda
ation, or if you n
need
morre information on
o disability acc
cess, please co
ontact the FML
LS Institute of R
Real Estate at 4
404-255-4219 and
pres
ss option 2.
Equ
uality
The
e FMLS Institute
e of Real Estatte is committed
d to equality of educational op
pportunity and d
does not
disc
criminate against students or employees
e
on the basis of ra ce, color, natio
onal origin, relig
gion, sex, disab
bling
cond
dition, age, vetteran status or sexual orientattion in its progrrams and activvities.
No Make-Up Policy
P
The
e FMLS Institute
e of Real Estatte has adopted a no-make up
p policy for misssed classroom presentations.
Stud
dents, of course, can retake any
a class if nec
cessary.
GR
REC Policies
s
We abide by all Ge
eorgia Real Es
state Commission policies and
d procedures. Our Instructorss will cover the
ese at
very CE credit course and the
ey are listed in the front of all CE course han
ndouts.
the beginning of ev
e FMLS Institute
e of Real Estatte will enter and
d process yourr earned creditss within two we
eeks of your CE
E
The
clas
ss. All licensed FMLS membe
ers (with an actiive, FMLS use r name and pa
assword) who ccompleted all th
he
clas
ss requirements
s (including sig
gnatures with tim
mes denoted a
as in and out) w
will receive CE credit. Please plan
your CE courses accordingly
a
as your
y
renewal due
d date deadliine is your resp
ponsibility. To m
manage and ve
erify
your credit, you mu
ust call the Geo
orgia Real Esta
ate Commissio
on (GREC) at 4
404-656-3916 o
or
visittwww.grec.sta
ate.ga.us/info/w
wcls.login.
A lic
censee who ha
as successfully completed an approved courrse to meet con
ntinuing educattion credit mayy not
repe
eat that course for CE credit unless
u
at least one full year h as passed. The course may b
be repeated on
n the
366th day to receiv
ve credit.
Perrsonal Prop
perty
We cannot be resp
ponsible for your personal pro
operty such as iPads, cell pho
ones, laptops, etc. Please do not
ve your persona
al belongings unattended.
u
Up
pon completion
n of your class, please ensure
e you have colle
ected
leav
all of
o your persona
al items. Sweatters, jackets, glloves, etc. will be held in a losst and found biin, which is
unattended. Twice
e a year, we willl donate all leftt items to a cha
arity of our cho
oosing.
Dis
sclaimer
The
e FMLS Institute
e of Real Estatte reserves the right, in its disscretion, to dism
miss you from a class or to ca
ancel
your registration and/or to decline
e subsequent registrations
r
if yyou demonstra
ate inappropriate or unaccepttable
cond
duct such as using profanity, abuse of FMLS
S property, dissruptive behavio
or, signs of alccohol or drugs, in
connection with a class or activity
y of the school or its staff or fa
faculty. In such a case, your B
Broker will be ccalled
and notified by FM
MLS Manageme
ent.
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Appen
ndix - Setting up Intelligen
nt Zoness in a Do
ocument Signer
Field
eSign permits you to se
et up special Intelligent Zones within a d
document. Th
hese zones allow you to
cial conditions on a field, such
s
as requirring a respon se, selecting one in a serie
es, or
place spec
requiring that
t
if a certaiin condition is
s met, a respo
onse is requirred.
Require
ed vs. Optio
onal vs. Co
onditional Signing Fiields
Required
The default condition is Required. This means tthat the signer must respond to this field.
Optional
If yo
ou select Option
nal, then the sig
gner has the o ption to respon
nd or to skip this field.
Conditional
Conditioning a sign
ning field mean
ns that you tie o
one signing fielld to another, d
depending on
what you select, th
he conditioned field
f
will act up
pon whatever h
happens to the other signing
op down menu, you can choo
ose which Signa
field. Using this dro
ature field you wish to
cond
dition. Once se
elected, another drop down m
menu appears. T
This is where yyou must
choo
ose what the co
ondition of the field is. For exa
ample: Let’s sa
ay we have one
e check box
and one signature field. We’ve se
elected the sign
nature field and
d changed it so
o it is
ditioned upon CHK1
C
that is a check box. We
e set the condittion where if CHK1 is
cond
chec
cked then the signature
s
is req
quired. If it is no
ot selected then it is hidden frrom view.
Signatu
ure Button//Initials
When you
u drag down or
o select a pre
evious inserte
ed Signature ffield or Initialss field, you ca
an place a
condition on
o these field
ds.
1. Click the
t Gear icon
n next to the signature
s
indicator. The Prroperties dialo
og window ap
ppears.
2. Selectt the radio button to indicate whether th
he field should
d be Required
d, Optional orr
Condiitional.
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
Th
he default con
ndition is Req
quired. This means
m
that the
e signer mustt respond to this field.

If you select Op
ptional, then the
t signer ma
ay choose to rrespond or to
o skip.

onditional, the
en the signer must respond
d to this field,, if the signer responded
If you select Co
o a previous field.
to
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3. Click the dro
op-down arrow
w to select the
e field that yo
ou want to ma
ake the contin
ngent field.
Da
ate and Tim
me
If yo
ou insert a Da
ate/Time field in a document and want tthe time only, you must change the type
e of
field
d.
1. Click the Ge
ear icon next to the field. The
T Propertiess dialog windo
ow appears.
f
the drop down list nex
xt to date form
mat.
2. Select time from
w DATE: Initialls even thoug
gh you have sselected the T
Time or Time and
NOTE: The box will still show
Datte options.
3. Select the ra
adio button to indicate whe
ether the field should be Re
equired, Optio
onal or
Conditional.

ault condition is Required. This means tthat the signe
er must respond to this field
d.
The defa

If you se
elect Optional, then the signer may choo
ose to respon
nd or to skip.

If you se
elect Condition
nal, then the signer must rrespond to thiis field, if the signer respon
nded
to a prev
vious field.
Ch
heck Box
You
u can add a check box if yo
ou want the signer to ackn
nowledge an ittem on a form
m. By default,
che
eck boxes are
e optional to sign, though you may make
e them Required or Condittional on anotther
field
d.
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1. Click the
t Gear icon
n next to the field.
f
The Pro
operties dialog
g window app
pears.
2. Selectt the radio button to indicate whether th
he field should
d be Required
d, Optional orr
Condiitional.

Th
he default con
ndition is Req
quired. This means
m
that the
e signer mustt respond to this field.

If you select Op
ptional, then the
t signer ma
ay choose to rrespond or to
o skip.

onditional, the
en the signer must respond
d to this field,, if the signer responded
If you select Co
o a previous field.
to
3. Click the
t drop down list next to place
p
the con
nditional item o
on the field.
Radio Button
B
When you
u select radio buttons, a po
op up menu will
w ask you ho
ow many you wish to creatte. The
default is 3;
3 however, you
y may chan
nge that to a higher
h
or lowe
er amount. Please note tha
at each time
you create
e a radio butto
on groups the
ey are tied tog
gether so onlyy 1 of the entire group mayy be
selected by
b the user. Also
A
radio butttons are optio
onal to sign byy default.
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Fo
orm Field
You
u can create a Form field th
hat the signerr must type in
n a response. For example
e, you would use
this
s if you wish fo
or a signer to enter their em
mail address into a blank ffield. By defau
ult, Form field
ds are
required to sign, but you can mark
m
them as
s Optional.
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FMLS Technical Support
404-255-4219
Any technical questions regarding the functions in
Fusion, FormsPro, or Realist (Tax) should be
addressed to the FMLS Help Desk staff.
FMLS Administrative Support
404-255-8660
______________________________________________
Questions regarding listing changes, fees, computer user
forms and other administrative questions should be
directed to Administrative Support.
Business Hours
Monday through Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.
Business Hours
Monday through Friday 9:00am – 5 pm.
Weekend
Saturday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
NOTE: Use the “FMLS Computer User Form” to obtain
a User Name & Password for a new agent, change a
User Name to a different company, delete a User Name,
change name or address information, change user
access level, etc. This form can be located on the FMLS
homepage under Administrative Support/Forms.
Fax Computer User forms to 678-904-0444 or
Email: [email protected] (technical & how to
questions)
Email: [email protected] (suggestions)
Live Chat: Available M-F 9am-5pm on the FMLS.com
home page at the bottom of the left navigation bar.
FMLS Hotline
(Confidential voice mail where possible rule violators
can be reported)
678-904-0446 - or - [email protected]
Please leave name, broker code and a phone number
where you can be reached. Without this information,
we can not follow through with the complaint.
____________________________________________
Training Class Registration
Steps:
1. Visit the FMLS website at www.fmls.com
2. Enter your User Name and Password.
3. Hover over Training on left nav bar.
4. Click on Training Schedule.
5. Select location and class topic.
Email: [email protected]
Email [email protected]
FMLS Store Locations
FMLS Main (Sandy Springs) 404-257-1447
FMLS NE (Duluth) Store 678-475-0544
FMLS NW (Marietta) Store 678-290-9493
Purchase FMLS maps, decals, clothing, software, closing
gifts, display stands, measuring devices, calculators,
accessories, jewelry, brochure boxes, signs, supplies,
and much more. Visit one of our 3 locations or shop
online at www.fmls.com and click on FMLS Store.
To check on internet orders and shipments:
Email us at: [email protected]
Supra Key/Lockbox Issues
404-843-3672
Call Supra for any issues concerning lockboxes or
lockbox keys. Supra stops issuing boxes at 4 PM.
FMLS has 3 convenient locations to serve your real estate needs. Each of our 3 centers offers training,
real estate supplies and Supra keys and lockboxes.
FMLS Main Office
5457 Roswell Rd
Atlanta, GA 30342
404-255-8660 –or1-800-505-FMLS
404-255-8602 (fax)
FMLS Northwest Center
166 Barrett Pkwy., Suite D
Home Center Village
Marietta, GA 30066
678-290-9493
678-290-9251 (fax)
FMLS Northeast Center
2250 Satellite Blvd., Suite 215
Satellite Court
Duluth, GA 30097
678-475-0544
678-475-0594 (fax)