# Add a CC view-only party

Not every recipient of a document has to sign it. A party without any fields is treated as a CC view-only recipient: they receive an email invitation to view the document instead of a signature request, and they can open and download the document without signing or filling anything.

To add a CC view-only party:

1. Open the template you want to add a viewer to in the builder.
2. In the top right corner, click the **+** button next to the party name and select **Add Second Party** (or the next party in the list).
3. Hover over the new party name and click it to rename the party, for example to **Viewer** or **CC**.
4. Don’t assign any fields to this party. A party with no fields is a view-only recipient. Make sure that none of the fields on the document belong to it.
5. Click **Save** in the top right corner.

### Sending the document to a view-only party

1. Click **Send** and enter the email address of the view-only party next to the signer emails in the **Add New Recipients** form.
2. Keep **Send Email** checked so that the viewer is notified. With **Preserve order** checked, a view-only party is emailed at the same time as the signing party that comes before it in the signing order, not after that party signs the document. A viewer placed above every signing party is emailed immediately. See [signing order](https://www.docuseal.com/resources/set-signing-order.md) to change the order in which parties are emailed.
3. Click **Add Recipients**.

The viewer receives a **You are invited to view a document** email instead of the signature request email. It contains a **View Document** link that opens the document for viewing and downloading, with no fields to fill and nothing to sign.

### Personalize the view invitation email

The view invitation uses its own email message, separate from the signature request email. Click **Edit message** in the **Add New Recipients** form to change the subject and the body of the email before sending it, and use the **Add variable** menu to insert values such as `{{template.name}}` or `{{account.name}}`.

### Note

To send a copy of the document only after it has been signed, use [BCC recipients](https://www.docuseal.com/resources/add-bcc-recipients.md).