Create your first form in Google Forms (2024)

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Get started with Forms in Google Workspace On this page Create a form Add questions Update or arrange questions Customize your design Use an theme with your organization's branding Create sections Change the color or header Change the font Control and monitor access Allow access from outside your organization Collect email addresses of participants Review your form Preview it yourself Send it to collaborators for review Was this helpful? Get started with Forms in Google Workspace FAQs

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Create your first form in Google Forms (2)On this page

  • Create a form
  • Add questions
  • Customize your design
  • Control and monitor access
  • Review your form

Create a form

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  1. Go to forms.google.com.
  2. Click BlankCreate your first form in Google Forms (4).
  3. Name your untitled form.

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Learn more at the Google Docs Editors Help Center

Add questions

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If you're using a template, you can skip to Update questions.

  1. Open a form in Google Forms.
  2. Click Add Create your first form in Google Forms (7).
  3. To the right of the question title, choose the type of question you want.
  4. Type the possible responses to your question. To prevent people from not answering, turn on Required.

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Update or arrange questions

  • To move a question, at the top of a question, click DragCreate your first form in Google Forms (9).
  • To add a description to a question, click MoreCreate your first form in Google Forms (10)Create your first form in Google Forms (11)Description.
  • To add an image to a question, click Add imageCreate your first form in Google Forms (12).
  • To add a YouTube video to a question, click Add videoCreate your first form in Google Forms (13).
  • To delete a question, click DeleteCreate your first form in Google Forms (14).

Tip: To preview your changes at any time, at the top right, click PreviewCreate your first form in Google Forms (15).

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Customize your design

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Use an theme with your organization's branding

  1. In Google Forms, open a form.
  2. Click Customize themeCreate your first form in Google Forms (17).
  3. Under "Themes," click a theme.

Note:Organization-branded themes appear only if your administrator makes them available.

Create sections

Sections can make your form easier to read and complete.Each section starts on a new page.

  1. In Google Forms, open a form.
  2. Click Add Section Create your first form in Google Forms (18).
  3. Name the new section.

Tips:

  • To move questions into a section, at the top of a question, click DragCreate your first form in Google Forms (19).
  • To reorder sections, at the top of a section, click MoreCreate your first form in Google Forms (20)Create your first form in Google Forms (21)Move section.

Change the color or header

Change the font

  1. InGoogle Forms, open a form.
  2. Click Customize themeCreate your first form in Google Forms (22).
  3. Below "Text," you can change the font style for headers, questions, and text. Choose the text style you want to edit, then change the font and size.
  4. Click CloseCreate your first form in Google Forms (23).

Learn more at the Google Docs Editors Help Center

Control and monitor access

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Allow access from outside your organization

By default, access is restricted to people inside your organization. People must sign in with their email address to access your form.

To share a form with people outside your organization:

  1. Open a form in Google Forms.
  2. At the top of the form, click Settings.
  3. Next to “Responses,” click the Down arrow Create your first form in Google Forms (25).
  4. Turn offRestrict to users in [your-company.com] and its trusted organizations.

Collect email addresses of participants

Record the email addresses from people who fill out your form. When someone takes your survey, they will be required to enter their email address before they submit the form.

Collect verified emails

Important: Respondents must confirm their Google Account email address gets collected with their response. The confirmation displays on each page of the form.

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  1. Open a form in Google Forms.
  2. At the top, click Settings.
  3. Next to “Responses,” click the Down arrow Create your first form in Google Forms (26).
  4. Under "Collect email addresses," select Verified.

Collect emails manually

  1. Open a form in Google Forms.
  2. At the top, click Settings.
  3. Next to “Responses,” click the Down arrow Create your first form in Google Forms (27).
  4. Under "Collect email addresses," select Responder input.

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Review your form

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Preview it yourself

At any time, you can preview your form to see what the changes look like.

  1. At the top right, click Preview Create your first form in Google Forms (30).
    The preview opens in a new window.
  2. To edit the form, click Edit Create your first form in Google Forms (31) or go back to your editing window.

Send it to collaborators for review

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Before sending your form, you can let people review and edit it. Whoever you invite can edit any part of your form, including responses and where they are saved.

  1. Open a form in Google Forms.
  2. In the top right, click MoreCreate your first form in Google Forms (33).
  3. Click Add collaborators.
  4. Click"Invite people."
  5. In the "Add editors" window, addemail addresses to share it with others.
  6. Click Send.

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FAQs

How do I create a Google form with multiple short answers? ›

How to add multiple short answers in Google Forms. If you need to combine multiple short answer fields in a group to ask a question in your form, this use case is not possible in the Google form. But you can achieve this using the Pretty Forms Designer Addon on your Google form.

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How do I make a Google form with only one answer? ›

At the bottom right, click More . Check the box next to “Limit to one response per column.”

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Can AI fill a Google Form? ›

Enhance your Google Forms experience with the Autofill bot, making form creation and responses effortless. Efficiency is key in today's fast-paced digital world, and Google Forms Autofill bot is here to revolutionize the way you handle form creation and responses.

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What is the easiest way to create a Google form? ›

You can also create a new Google Form directly from Google Sheets. This is the quickest way to automatically sync your form data with a new or existing spreadsheet. Open the spreadsheet you want to sync with your form. Click Tools, and then select Create a new form.

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How do I create a creative Google form? ›

Setup - Open a Google Form™ --> Open the "Pretty Forms Designer" add-on from the Add-ons menu --> Choose a Theme & set up form designer for the form. 2. Set Form Width - Click on the "Form Page Width" button from the top left header --> Update form width. You can also change the form width from the right pane.

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The best Google Forms alternatives include Visme, Jotform, Typeform, Wufoo, SurveySparrow, LimeSurvey, Formstack Forms, Microsoft Forms, SogoSurvey, Zoho Forms, Formidable Forms and Gravity Forms.

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Can Google Forms have multiple answers? ›

Adding a checkbox grid in Google Forms

Unlike multiple-choice grid Google Forms, checkbox grids allow respondents to choose multiple answers to each question. This format is especially useful for questions where multiple answers might apply.

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How do I add multiple answer types in Google Forms? ›

Open Google Forms, either through forms.google.com or Google Drive > New > Google Forms. Add a new Multiple choice question. Add an option as Option 1. In the next option, click Add other.

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How do I limit the responses in Google Forms? ›

To limit responses in Google Forms, open the form that you want to limit responses for, click on the Settings tab, scroll down to the Responses section, and under Limit Responses, select the option that you want to use.

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What is the difference between dropdown and multiple choice in Google Forms? ›

Dropdown question allows users to select an answer from a [long] list of options. This is similar to a multiple choice question that allows users to select only one answer from the available choices.

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How to get answers for any question? ›

Having a question that you don't know the answer to can be frustrating. Luckily, you can use a variety of different tools to solve your inquiry. Depending on the question, you can use a search engine, conduct extensive research, or contact a professional. Before long, you'll be that much closer to finding the answer.

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