Creating a form with Microsoft Forms

A satisfaction survey, event registration or a quiz for your class: with Microsoft Forms you build a form in minutes, share it with a link or QR code and see results instantly in charts or Excel. This article shows how.

Create a form

  1. Go to forms.office.com and sign in with your work or school account.
  2. Select New Form or New Quiz. You can also pick a template or let Copilot draft a first version.
  3. Enter a title and short description.
  4. Select Add new and choose the question type: choice, text, rating, date, ranking, Likert, Net Promoter Score or file upload.
  5. Make questions required where needed.
Creating a new form in Microsoft Forms

Branching

Want to show different questions depending on the answer? On a question, select the three dots > Add branching and choose for each answer which question or section to jump to.

Settings

Select the three dots at the top right > Settings:

Share

Select Collect responses and copy the link, create a QR code or embed the form on a web page. In Teams, add it as a tab or use it for a poll.

Collecting responses with a link or QR code

Results

The Responses tab shows charts per question. Select Open in Excel for every response in a workbook. For a form in a group or team, that workbook stays up to date automatically.

Tips

Nederlandstalige versie: Een formulier of quiz maken en delen met Microsoft Forms


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