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Replicating paper forms
Hi
I have been asked to replicate a number of paper forms on Sharepoint but as i'm new to this area i'm having difficulty working out the best way to do things ...
On a paper form questions are typically comprised of three items;
A. Question
B. Explanation of question
C. Answer = Text field
When i try to add a new item to the list, the blank form that opens appears as;
A. Question = (comes from the list's Column heading)
C. Answer = text field
B. Explanation of question= (comes from the list's Description from column settings)
Trying to do it this way I have the following issues;
- I can't reorder the items to A, B, C
- I can't find a way to change the font size of the Description (which is probably 9 point)
- I can't find a way to change the font size of the Column name
I come from a web form background where I can do this easily, but in Sharepoint I'm at a loss how to do these things. Any tips how to get this working, or pointing me in the right direction to learn how to do these things would be appreciated.
Thanks
Gary
3 Replies
- Why don't you try Microsoft Forms to digitalize those forms? For your reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-form-with-microsoft-forms-4ffb64cc-7d5d-402f-b82e-b1d49418fd9d
- Thank you, Juan Carlos, I had thought about doing that but wasn't able to figure out how to write the submitted info to an existing list, do you know if this is possible?
Some of these forms will contain confidential information, so submitted information needs to be written from my MS Forms results to a list on our Corporate Site.garyminato it is very straightforward to save a response from Microsoft Forms into a SharePoint list using a flow in Power Automate.
But - and it's a big BUT - as your form contains confidential information you are most likely going to need to look at a different platform than Forms as there is an algorithm which Microsoft has added which automatically checks for that sort of information and doesn't allow the form to be used. If your users are all internal to your company then you might consider using a form in Power Apps where that confidential info algorithm doesn't apply.
Rob
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