Hello! I am currently working on a project where I require people to fill out forms but with exact spelling of names (that might not be theirs). Because the organization has nearly 400 members, I cannot just do a drop-down or check-box item on a form. I am curious if there is any way I can have Microsoft forms suggest / auto-fill the name section of the form once they start typing a name, much like Outlook will autocomplete for emails / contacts? Any help is much appreciated, thank you! - Brian

brianrcaskey no unfortunately there's no way to auto-complete a name or autopopulate data in Forms. A uservoice request for the autocomplete is at https://microsoftforms.uservoice.com/forums/386451-welcome-to-microsoft-forms-suggestion-box/suggestions/33711244-autocomplete-name-as-you-type-based-on-ad-authenti and one to pre-populate fields in the form is at https://microsoftforms.uservoice.com/forums/386451-welcome-to-microsoft-forms-suggestion-box/suggestions/20317225-allow-ability-to-auto-fill-pre-fill-answersRobLos GallardosMicrosoft Power Automate Community Super User

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thommck-on-twitter
Brass Contributor
Jan 26, 2022
You would need to use a "canvas" Power App instead of Microsoft Forms. That lets you put a people picker for anyone in your org's directory. Or if they aren't in your directory you could do a lookup against a CSV or SharePoint List (a little bit more complicated)
RobElliott
Silver Contributor
Feb 11, 2020
brianrcaskey no unfortunately there's no way to auto-complete a name or autopopulate data in Forms. A uservoice request for the autocomplete is at https://microsoftforms.uservoice.com/forums/386451-welcome-to-microsoft-forms-suggestion-box/suggestions/33711244-autocomplete-name-as-you-type-based-on-ad-authenti and one to pre-populate fields in the form is at https://microsoftforms.uservoice.com/forums/386451-welcome-to-microsoft-forms-suggestion-box/suggestions/20317225-allow-ability-to-auto-fill-pre-fill-answers

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- brianrcaskey
  Copper Contributor
  Feb 11, 2020
  RobElliott Thank you for the speedy reply and reference links!
- ccarcallas
  Copper Contributor
  Nov 20, 2020
  RobElliott I desperately need this feature as well. I've voted +1 on the two links you provided.
dmak2020
Copper Contributor
Sep 12, 2020
At present, the names of students are found at the beginning of Microsoft Form > Review > People. After giving feedback to all questions of a student, it'd be more convenient to have a button to go to the next student so that we do not have to scroll up to the top and select the next student.brianrcaskey

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