Setting up a form is very quick and easy. There are many controls available at our disposal, covering a broad range of input options. I’ll explain the process of creating a form with an example – a scenario where you’re making a registration form for an event, something that I do a lot on Google Docs.
Let’s Make a Form
First of all, you need to write down all the details (Fields) you need your guests to fill in. It would be helpful if you write down these details before actually getting started for a quick reference. In this example, we will be collecting the Full Name, a primary Email, a secondary Email, an optional Address, Sex, and a few random technical questions.To get started, enter a Title and Description for the form. In our example, I entered the details of our event. A good practice is to provide a brief information about the form, along with any links to external sites with further details.
Since the first logical question in our example should be the full name, we will fill in the form accordingly. Enter Full Name in the Question Title and prove a random Help Text if you want, which would show up as a description for the field. The Question Type determines what kind of controls should be used for the question. Text means that the user has to type the answer in a simple text box.
Now lets add another question. Delete the Sample Question 2 field (for exemplary purpose only) by clicking the trashcan icon and click Add Item on the top and select Text. A new Text filed editor should appear. Fill in this question asking for the Primary Email of the applicant, and also make this a required field.
Next, we need to ask for the Secondary Email. While we can add another Text question, lets make use of the Primary Email we already created because it would require less work. Click the Duplicate icon when you hover over the Primary Email question. A new Text Question field will be created with the exact same information you provided for the first. Just modify this for the Secondary Email but uncheck this field as required because not everyone would have a secondary email.
What we have up till now are three simple text questions.
You can experiment with other controls and items as you like. Here is the published form which I created for this tutorial. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments below.
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