diff --git a/src/components/documents/rich-text-editor.tsx b/src/components/documents/rich-text-editor.tsx
index 330cd27..5ccd75b 100644
--- a/src/components/documents/rich-text-editor.tsx
+++ b/src/components/documents/rich-text-editor.tsx
@@ -59,13 +59,18 @@ export function RichTextEditor({
     },
   });
 
-  // Keep editor in sync when value is reset externally
+  // Keep editor in sync when value is reset/loaded externally (e.g. opening a saved pleading).
+  // Only re-sync when the incoming value differs meaningfully from the current editor HTML so
+  // we don't fight the user's typing on every keystroke.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (editor && value !== editor.getHTML()) {
-      editor.commands.setContent(value || "<p></p>", { emitUpdate: false });
+    if (!editor) return;
+    const current = editor.getHTML();
+    const incoming = value || "<p></p>";
+    if (incoming !== current) {
+      editor.commands.setContent(incoming, { emitUpdate: false });
     }
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [value === ""]);
+  }, [value, editor]);
 
   if (!editor) return null;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/docx-pleading.ts b/src/lib/docx-pleading.ts
index 062bc81..44df40f 100644
--- a/src/lib/docx-pleading.ts
+++ b/src/lib/docx-pleading.ts
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ export function buildPleadingDoc(input: PleadingInput): Document {
 
   // Signature block (above footnotes, after body) — right-side, indented ~2/3 of page width
   const sig = input.signature;
-  const SIG_INDENT = 6240; // ~4.33" from left margin (page content is 9360 dxa wide)
+  const SIG_INDENT = 5160; // ~3.58" from left margin (shifted 0.75" left of prior 6240)
   const sigParagraph = (children: TextRun[]) =>
     new Paragraph({ indent: { left: SIG_INDENT }, children });
   if (sig && (sig.block?.trim() || sig.imageBytes || sig.typed?.trim())) {
diff --git a/src/lib/pdf-pleading.ts b/src/lib/pdf-pleading.ts
index afa29f9..9f1cbd5 100644
--- a/src/lib/pdf-pleading.ts
+++ b/src/lib/pdf-pleading.ts
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ export async function downloadPleadingPdf(input: PleadingInput, filename: string
 
   // Signature block (above footnotes) — right-side, indented ~2/3 of page width
   const sig = input.signature;
-  const SIG_X = MARGIN + CONTENT_W * (2 / 3) - 54; // shifted 0.75" left
+  const SIG_X = MARGIN + CONTENT_W * (2 / 3) - 108; // shifted 1.5" left of the 2/3 mark
   if (sig && (sig.block?.trim() || sig.imageDataUrl || sig.typed?.trim())) {
     ensureSpace(LINE_H * 6);
     y += LINE_H * 1.5;