Create a form with Microsoft Forms

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.

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.

Add button

Select

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

Add button

  1. Select

<a href=Drop down list for more question types in Microsoft Forms" />

Add new to add a new question to your form. Choose what kind of question you want to add, such as Choice, Text, Rating, or Date question types. Select More question types

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

Preview icon

  1. On a computer, select

Preview icon

Preview to see how your form will look. On a mobile device select

Start a new form

Add button

  1. Sign in to Microsoft 365 with your school or work credentials.
  2. Select

New > Forms for Excel.

Note: Forms for Excel is only available for OneDrive for work or school and new team sites connected with Microsoft 365 Groups. Learn more about Microsoft 365 groups.

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

Add button

  1. Select

<a href=Drop down list for more question types in Microsoft Forms" />

Add new to add a new question to your form. Choose what kind of question you want to add, such as Choice, Text, Rating, or Date question types. Select More question types

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

Preview icon

  1. Select

Start a new form

Add button

  1. Sign in to Microsoft 365 with your school or work credentials.
  2. Open the Excel workbook in which you want to insert a form.
  3. Select Insert >Forms >

Note: To enable the Forms button, make sure your Excel workbook is stored in OneDrive for work or school. Also note that Forms for Excel is only available for OneDrive for work or school and new team sites connected with Microsoft 365 Groups. Learn more about Microsoft 365 groups.

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

Add button

  1. Select

<a href=Drop down list for more question types in Microsoft Forms" />

Add new to add a new question to your form. Choose what kind of question you want to add, such as Choice, Text, Rating, or Date question types. Select More question types

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. Select Preview to see how your form will look on a Computer or Mobile device.
  2. To test out your form, answer the questions in Preview mode, and then select Submit.
  3. To keep editing your form, select Back.

Start a new form

  1. Sign in to Microsoft 365 with your school account.

Note: This feature only applies to Class or Staff Notebooks for Office 365 Education users. Learn more about OneNote Class Notebook and OneNote Staff Notebook.

Note: The Forms button is only available for Office 365 Education users. To access Forms in OneNote for the web, please sign in with your school account.

Add button

  • A Forms for OneNote panel will open and dock on the right side of your OneNote notebook.
  • Under My Forms, select

    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

    Add button

    1. Select

    <a href=Drop down list for more question types in Microsoft Forms" />

    Add new to add a new question to your form. Choose what kind of question you want to add, such as Choice, Text, Rating, or Date question types. Select More question types

    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. Select Preview to see how your form will look on a Computer or Mobile device.
    2. To test out your form, answer the questions in Preview mode, and then select Submit.
    3. To keep editing your form, select Back.

    Your newly created form will appear at the top of your My forms list in the Forms for OneNote panel and can be embedded into your OneNote notebook. Learn more.

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