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Matthias1234
Brass Contributor
Apr 26, 2021

Allow form respondents to save and continue to fill the form later

My comment refers to this voting: https://microsoftforms.uservoice.com/forums/386451-welcome-to-microsoft-forms-suggestion-box/suggestions/18447406-allow-form-respondents-to-save-and-continue-to-fi...
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Jon_Kay
Former Employee
Apr 28, 2021
Great ask. We are tracking this as 2 separate items. The first is save & resume, where a user could save their progress and resume the response later. The second item is collaboration for a form responses, where multiple people could collaborate on response vs today where you can only collaborate at form creation time.

The first ask, save & resume, is something we are actively discussing but no timeline to share at this time. The second is not in short/medium term plans, but might be something we consider in longer term

Thanks,
-jon
Microsoft Forms - Senior Program manager
  • izapab's avatar
    izapab
    Copper Contributor
    May 08, 2024

    Jon_Kay has the pause and save functionality been added to MS Forms since your last post?

     

    Thank you in advance,

    Izabela

    • AngelaB635's avatar
      AngelaB635
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 18, 2024
      DingkunXie I was wondering if there is any update on the Save and Resume function? We recently sent out a survey to external partners and their number one complaint was not being able to save and go back later. The forms we send out are quite lengthy so this is an essential.
      • Kim_Olson526's avatar
        Kim_Olson526
        Copper Contributor
        Sep 18, 2024

        DingkunXie - This is a customer forum for MS to gain feedback.  All of us on this string view this as a high priority need.  How do we further escalate this request with MS?  What is MS prioritizing ahead of this feature/functionality within Microsoft Forms - or is Microsoft Forms just not being prioritized within the overall roadmap.

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    Dave_Lee
    Brass Contributor
    May 16, 2023
    And here we are, years later and still no sign of this. Forms really does feel like its not got a team working on it. It's missing so many basic functions.
  • AnnetteOHerlihy's avatar
    AnnetteOHerlihy
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 10, 2021

    Jon_Kay  Do you have any news on when the "Save and Resume Later" feature for Forms will be available? Many thanks

  • Matthias1234's avatar
    Matthias1234
    Brass Contributor
    May 17, 2021
    Dear Jon,
    thank you for the reply!
    - first item: please keep me updated on your progress.
    - second item: not exactly what I would like to read 😉 I hope that MS will recognice the importance of that feature and will not lose market share to Google Forms or other Survey Tools in ignoring this topic... If you need more arguemts to push the second topic as well, please ask me.

    Best regards,

    Matthias

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