Creating a survey

Creating a survey is similar to creating a chapter. When added to project, a survey is displayed in the Project Explorer as a new chapter following the currently selected chapter. A Page 1 and a Last survey page will be added by default to the survey. Additional pages can be inserted, and survey questions can then be added to the pages of the survey.

You can also create surveys by importing questions from a comma-separated value (CSV) file. For details, see Importing and exporting a CSV question file.

Standard navigation buttons (Cancel, Back, Next and Done) are automatically added to the pages of your survey. You can remove these controls and add your own custom navigation, if desired.

The Done button that is added to the survey's last page is programmed with the Submit/Process Survey action. This action is necessary at the end of the survey so the results will be submitted and the appropriate completion action is taken. If you add your own custom navigation to the test, the button on the last page of the survey that navigates users out of the survey must have this action. If you later randomize your survey, the Done button should be removed and replaced with the same button used to navigate forward within the survey.

Follow these steps to create and add a survey:

1. In the Project Explorer, select the page after which you want the survey to appear

2. Do one of the following:

• From the Test & Survey ribbon, click Survey from the Add Test or Survey group

• Type Alt+6

• Select Add Survey from the Quick Insert group on the Home ribbon

The survey is added to the project and the Survey Properties ribbons (Properties, Behavior & Results) and the Action ribbon are highlighted.

View these topics to customize the survey:

• Changing the name of a survey

• Removing a survey from the table of contents

• Changing the page size

• Changing the HTML page alignment

• Specifying inheritance settings

• Changing the background properties

• Changing the text properties

• Setting the transition properties

• Adding an action

• Making each question mandatory

• Retaining answers between sessions

• Submitting results

• Setting the resulting action when a survey is completed

• Setting the resulting action when a survey is canceled

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