More and more, bloggers are finding great use for making forms with Google Docs. I’ve seen it used for contest submission organization, link exchange, paid opp application and many, many others. Aside from being free, all you need is a Gmail account to get started. It’s pretty easy to make a form using Google Docs, but if you’re a first-time user, here’s how to make one:
- Log on to Google Docs using your Gmail account.
- Immediately below the Google Docs logo, there’s a Create New drop-down. Click on form to edit your new form.
- A new tab/window will open where you can input the information you need to gather from your target audience.
- You can change the theme to fit the topic of the form! Just look for the button Theme:Plain somewhere in the upper left and click on it.
- When finished, make sure to click the Save button on the far upper right corner of your screen.
And that’s it! You’re done! Now where’s the URL of the form, the one that you give to those who you want to fill up the form? It’s in the bottom part of your screen, highlighted in black. Well, not pure black. It’s actually #F6F6F6, if I have to be exact about it. LOL.
Now, go and make one for yourself and discover all the wonderful options offered by Google Docs!
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.One of the top reasons I like Google Docs a lot is because it is super easy to setup a web form for quick data collection. Sure there are a lot of ways to setup a simple data collection form like surveys etc but where Google Docs shines is that it actually collects the data in the form of a spreadsheet so you can apply any sort of data processing which you please..Setting up a form is very quick and easy. I ll explain the process of creating a form with an example a scenario where you re making a registration form for an event something that I do a lot on Google Docs…
thanks for this another how-to-do-it-myself kaye. I am still a newbie when it comes to these things. I don’t know how to create a form in google docs, honestly:(
i love google docs!! natutunan ko nlng to nung nag start n mag fill up fil up ng forsm from other bloggers 🙂
I first know about google docs because of my previous employer, we communicate online and he used google docs for the forms that i need to fill up.
also un document and excel format nila is really helpful