
There are over 75 languages available, and the list includes even obscure languages as well as the more common languages seen on multilingual forms. If you need the same form in multiple languages, Microsoft Forms makes this incredibly easy. Some suggested options for this row pop up while you’re editing, but they aren’t particularly useful. You can choose your own options for the top row and add more if you need to. The Likert Scale form field is one of the better Microsoft Form features, and it can be useful if you’re conducting market research or academic research. The themes available are a bit hit-or-miss, with some professional-looking backdrops (as you can see in the screenshot above), among some truly awful themes with backdrops that resemble the artwork of a 5-year-old. With the theme selector, you can change the backdrop of your form with a single click, and you see a preview of what it will look like, too. The feature that Microsoft seems so proud of (since it suggests you use it the moment you create your first form) is its Theme Selector button. Embedding can cause lots of issues, such as putting your website at risk of cross-site scripting (malicious attacks), not working well (or at all) on mobile devices, and having a negative impact on SEO. There’s also the option to embed your form on a website using iframe, but I wouldn’t recommend this option. You can create an email to contact respondents directly, use the auto-generated QR code, or share a link to your form via messaging or social media. When it comes to using your forms with customers, students, or parents, there are several “send” options. There are no options for fields such as file upload or autosuggest, so you’re limited in what you can do with Microsoft Forms. “Choice” or radio buttons (to select just one response, rather than multiple).Net Promoter Score (used to gauge whether customers would recommend your business to others).Likert scale (a scale of choices, with ranges of options like “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree”).You have limited choices when it comes to adding new form fields or building your form from scratch. Microsoft Forms gives you the basics for building forms for your business, or for academic research, but it doesn’t really extend beyond the basics. Simple Form Features That Fail to Impress You can customize the templates with your own questions, change the theme (i.e., the backdrop behind the form), and use the arrows on the question fields to move the questions up and down. Not only are the template types pretty random, they’re also mediocre and pretty basic. It seems like the templates were selected at a time when Microsoft Forms was going to be offered to Personal/Home Office 365 users – and then they changed their minds but forgot to add a relevant set of templates. Seriously, how does a wedding save-the-date form template fit into a product aimed at business and education users? I get that Microsoft Forms is designed for business and education users, but this selection of templates seems like a load of ideas were tossed into a hat and 12 were selected at random. But then there’s also an animal quiz (but don’t let your students see the answers below!), a birthday party invitation template, and a wedding save-the-date template.
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Templates include a customer feedback survey, a course feedback survey, and an event registration form – business as usual. I’m still waiting for Microsoft to confirm whether its forms are actually responsive. Microsoft Forms throws in 12 templates to help you get started, and, according to its FAQ, all forms are optimized for a variety of mobile and desktop browsers – but “optimized” doesn’t necessarily mean mobile responsive. Small Selection of Unimpressive Templates
