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Your First Form in Google Forms

A comprehensive guide to creating, customizing, and sharing forms for any purpose, from surveys to quizzes.

User-Friendly Interface
🎨Customizable Design Options
🤝Collaboration and Sharing

Get Started Creating Your First Form

Ready to create a form? Head over to forms.google.com and click on 'Blank form' to begin. Give your form a descriptive name to get started.

Add ing Questions to Your Form

Adding questions is simple. Click the 'Add question' icon (a plus sign inside a circle). Choose your question type from the dropdown menu. Populate possible answers and toggle 'Required' if the question must be answered.

To reorder questions, click the 'Drag' icon (six dots) at the top of a question. Add descriptions, images, or videos to enhance clarity and engagement.

Customize Customizing Your Form's Design

Make your form visually appealing! Click the 'Customize theme' icon (a palette). Choose a pre-designed theme or create a custom one, including a header image, background colors, and font styles.

Use sections to break your form into logical parts. Click the 'Add section' icon (two rectangles). This keeps your form easy to read and navigate.

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Enhance Your Forms

Explore these advanced features to boost engagement.

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Add Collaborators

Collaborate seamlessly by adding editors who can view and edit the form.

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Preview and Test

Test your form before sharing it to make sure everything works as intended.

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Collect Email Addresses

Gather the emails of respondents for valuable follow-up or contact.

Control & Monitor Controlling and Monitoring Access

By default, access is restricted to your organization. To share with external users, navigate to 'Settings' and disable 'Restrict to users'.

You can collect email addresses, either manually or verified. Verified emails require respondents to confirm their Google Account address.

Review ing and Reporting Abuse

Preview your form at any time by clicking the 'Preview' icon (eye).

Share your form with collaborators for review and editing by clicking 'More' and then 'Add collaborators'.

To report abusive content, click 'Report' or 'Help Report' at the bottom or, if you are an editor, click 'More Report' and submit.