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Tip: If you require more responses, export existing responses to an Excel workbook, and then clear them from your survey or quiz. This will allow you to collect more responses once cleared.
How to create multiple answers in Microsoft Forms? ›
Enter the text you want to display for the question and each of the choices. Click Add Option (1) to add more choices than the default two choices. Click the Correct Answer check box button (2) next to each correct answer. To remove a choice, click the trash can button (3) next to it.
How many questions can I create in Microsoft Forms? ›
In Microsoft Forms, you can create up to 200 questions per form or quiz.
How many responses can Microsoft Forms collect? ›
Each form can receive up to 50,000 responses. If you require more responses, we recommend exporting existing responses to an Excel spreadsheet and then clearing old responses from your survey or quiz. After completing these steps, then you can collect even more responses.
Is there a text limit on Microsoft Forms? ›
As per your description, in Microsoft Forms, a multiple choice question itself doesn't have a strict character limit for the question text. However, each option within a multiple choice question has a limit of 4000 characters.
How to select the correct answer in forms? ›
Fill in your question and answers. At the bottom left of the question, click Answer key. Choose the answer or answers that are correct. At the top right of the question, choose how many points the question is worth.
How to score answers in Microsoft Forms? ›
Add scoring to a survey
- Open the survey.
- On the Design tab, select Customization at the right side of the page, and then select Satisfaction metrics.
- In the Satisfaction metrics panel, select Add metrics, and then select Custom Score.
- Enter the following information: ...
- Select Edit Score.
What's the difference between a form and a quiz in Microsoft Forms? ›
The difference between creating a new Form vs a new Quiz is that in Quizzes you can add answers and scores, as well as math equations, you can also provide feedback on the users selected answer - explaining why it is right or wrong.
Can I have more than 10 options on Microsoft Forms? ›
Microsoft Forms allows you to quickly create surveys with various question types, including choice fields. There may be times, where the number of choices is very large (for example, US states). Based on some initial assessment on the Choice field, there is a limitation of 60 options that can get stored for a response.
How do you create a fillable table in Microsoft Forms? ›
On the Format menu, click Layout. In the Insert layout tables list in the Layout task pane, click the type of layout table that you want. To add extra rows and columns to the table, click in a table cell on the form template, and then click the options that you want in the Merge and split cells list.
Select + Add new > Choice to create a new question that can display correct answers or corrective prompts when a student chooses an answer.
What are the limitations of Microsoft Forms? ›
Microsoft Forms allows you to create up to 200 questions per form/quiz. However, there is no limit on the amount of branching you can use in a form. It's important to note that you can only branch to a question that comes after the current one, and not a preceding question.
How long can a short answer be in Microsoft Forms? ›
The character limit for short answer in Microsoft Forms is 4000 (including space) as well. For long answer, it will display all texts you input. For short answer, it does not adjust the text box to fit the texts you input to display them.
What is the Choice limit in Microsoft Forms? ›
Based on some initial assessment on the Choice field, there is a limitation of 60 options that can get stored for a response. However, you can exceed the number of options in your survey and all that Forms will do is display a courteous warning message at the top of the page.
Can you download Microsoft Forms responses? ›
Your form responses will open in an Excel workbook. From Excel, you can export or save your form responses as a PDF file.
How do I get the most out of Microsoft Forms? ›
B. Setting Up Branching for Different Response Scenarios
- Create Your Survey: Start by building your survey questions in Microsoft Forms.
- Add Branching: For each question, click on the 'More options' (…) button and select 'Add branching. ...
- Specify Paths: Choose the follow-up question for each answer.