Create an Uploaded template

We’ve designed PandaDoc to streamline your sales process, and templates are an important part of making that possible. When you use templates, you will create the content of your documents only once. Then, when you create your document, all you have to do is choose your recipients, and make final adjustments!

Uploading a file fits really well if you send out something like tax forms that are pretty much set and don’t require styling.

You may run into problems uploading your document if it meets any of the following criteria:

• Password protection
• Contains form fields, embedded fonts, or comments
• Exceeds 50 MB or contains more than 100 pages

Supported file types: .pdf; .doc; .docx; .xls; .xlsx; .ppt; .pptx 

.doc; .xls; and .ppt files from Microsoft Office 95 or older are not supported.

Upload your file

1. Just go to Templates > New Template > Upload;
2. You can upload documents from your computer, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box and OneDrive;
3. If you use a .docx file, you will see two options once it's uploaded: "Convert document" and "Do not convert". Choose "Do not convert" to proceed with an uneditable document, "Convert document" will let you go with an editable document. Learn more how you can convert .docx files into Editable PandaDoc documents here.

Add Roles to your template

On the right side of your screen, click on Roles.
Add one role for each person that needs to sign or receive the document.

Add fields to your template

Click and drag fields to the necessary places in your template.
Then, assign each field to its appropriate role.

Add more files to your uploaded template

This way you can now combine multiple files in one PandaDoc template.

Open your template and scroll to the bottom, click "Add another file".

You can drop a file, choose a local file or use one of the cloud storage  options to upload the file.

Once the new file has been uploaded, you can add “Fields” to capture data from your clients. 

Add another source file 

If you need to re-upload a file for your template, click Edit > Upload new source file.

You won't have to rearrange fields that you've already added to the template.

Edit uploaded template

Click Edit on the right to upload another source file for your template. Your fields will remain where they are.

This will create a new version of the template. You can download the previous version by going to ...More > Versions.

Create a document

When your template is ready to go, use it to create a document. Just click on the green “Create Doc” button on the right side of your screen. Then follow the prompts to assign your recipients, and fill your fields.