How to Create a Form with Microsoft Forms

Posted on by Summa Lai

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Tip:  Learn more about Microsoft Forms or get started right away and create a survey, quiz, or poll. Want more advanced branding, question types, and data analysis? Try Dynamics 365 Customer Voice.

With Microsoft Forms, you can create surveys, quizzes, and polls, and easily see results as they come in.

Note: Creating a quiz? Start here.

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Start a new form

  1. Go to Microsoft Forms with your Microsoft 365 school credentials, Microsoft 365 work credentials, or Microsoft account (Hotmail, Live, or Outlook.com).Note: You can also log in to Office.com, look for the Microsoft 365 icons on the left, and then select Forms.
  2. Select Add buttonNew Form.
  3. Title your form and, if you want, a description of it.Note: Form titles can have up to 90 characters. Descriptions can have up to 1,000 characters.Note: Your form is saved automatically while you create it.

Add questions

  1. Select  Add buttonAdd new to add a new question to your form.
  2. Choose what kind of question you want to add, such as Choice, Text, Rating, or Date question types. Select More question types Drop down list for more question types in Microsoft Forms for Ranking, Likert, File upload, or Net Promoter Score® question types. To organize sections for your questions, select Section.Tip: You can also format your text. Highlight a word or words in your title or questions, and then choose any of the following: Bold (keyboard shortcut – CTRL/Cmd+B), Italic (keyboard shortcut – CTRL/Cmd+I), Underline (keyboard shortcut – CTRL/Cmd+U), Font color, Font size, Numbering, or Bullets.Important: If you delete a question, it will be permanently deleted along with any response data that’s been collected for it. Learn more.

Preview your form

  1. On a computer, select  Preview iconPreview to see how your form will look. On a mobile device select Preview icon to see how your form will look.
  2. To test out your form, answer the questions in Preview mode, and then select Submit.
  3. To keep editing your form, select Back.

More resources

Now that you have the basics down, you can also customize your form theme, add a picture to a question, create sections, use branching logic, and more.

See what else you can do with Microsoft Forms.

Feedback for Microsoft Forms

We want to hear from you! To send feedback about Microsoft Forms, go to the upper right corner of your form and select More form settings  More options button > Feedback.

See Also

Frequently asked questions about Microsoft Forms

Adjust your form or quiz settings in Microsoft Forms

Send your form to collect responses

Check your form results

Ref: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-form-with-microsoft-forms-4ffb64cc-7d5d-402f-b82e-b1d49418fd9d