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Google Forms, Refreshed
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
With Google Drive, you can do more than just create, store, and share stuff. A variety of apps can help with
everything
from
editing spreadsheets
to
signing documents electronically
.
Forms
let you easily create questionnaires and automatically collect responses in a spreadsheet. Today a new version launches, rebuilt to bring you a faster, cleaner, and more collaborative experience.
Now with collaboration
Create a form faster than ever. Just as with
Docs, Sheets and Slides
, you can now collaborate with others in real-time. If you need to work with two colleagues on a survey, all three of you can work on the same form simultaneously and even have a group chat on the side, without leaving the form.
Better editing
Even if you’re working solo, some new changes will make creating and editing forms easier. All your changes are auto-saved and you can quickly undo/redo edits. Improved copy-and-paste will let you copy a list of bullets from the web or multiple rows of text from a spreadsheet; then, when you paste into a form, each line will be appear as an individual answer. And you can use keyboard shortcuts to get things done more quickly.
Some things unchanged
With the new Forms editor, you can continue using all the features you’re already familiar with:
Scale: Whether you’re collecting responses from ten friends for a baby shower or ten thousand attendees at a conference, you can count on Forms to reliably collect data for any number of responses.
Analyzing: See the responses you’ve received right in Google Forms or collect them neatly in Google Sheets. And you can now download a .csv file for more detailed analysis and reporting.
Sharing: If you share a form directly in Google+, anyone in your circles can respond without leaving their stream. Or if you send a form via email, respondents can submit their answers right from Gmail.
This update to Forms will roll out over the next few days. You can create forms directly from Google Sheets or Drive, or install the
Chrome Web App
for easy access from your browser. Also check the
Google Drive +page
all week for tips and tricks.
Posted by: Nick Santos, Software Engineer
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