Form Builder Plus - Setup

Form Builder can be accessible from the following places

  • Google Docs

  • Google Forms

  • Google Sheets

  • Google Slides

  • Google Drive

  • Gmail

  • Google Calendar

Let us see how you can open Form Builder Plus from all these applications

Open from Google Docs

  • Go to add-on section in Google Docs and select Form Builder Plus.

  • If the add-on section is hidden, click on "show side panel" icon on bottom right side.

Open from Google Sheets

  • Go to add-on section in Google Sheets and select Form Builder Plus.

  • If the add-on section is hidden click on "show side panel" icon on bottom right side.

Open from Google Slides

  • Go to add-on section in Google Slides and select Form Builder Plus.

  • If the add-on section is hidden click on "show side panel" icon on bottom right side.

Open from Google Drive

  • Go to add-on section in Google Drive and select Form Builder Plus.

  • If the add-on section is hidden click on "show side panel" icon on bottom right side.

Open from Google Forms

  • Go to add-on section in Google Forms and select Form Builder Plus.

  • If the add-on section is hidden click on "show side panel" icon on bottom right side.

Open from Google Calendar

  • Go to add-on section in Google Calendar and select Form Builder Plus.

  • If the add-on section is hidden click on "show side panel" icon on bottom right side.

Open from Gmail

  • Go to add-on section in Gmail and select Form Builder Plus.

  • If the add-on section is hidden click on "show side panel" icon on bottom right side.

Setting up Form Builder Plus with Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets

Google Docs, Google Slides & Google Sheets have the same setup configuration

  • Click on the Form Builder Plus icon from the add-on section.

  • Click on the Google Docs Template to view a sample Google Docs template.

  • Click on START to start the setup.

  • All the fields that are available will be displayed in the List of questions.

  • Select the fields that needs to be imported by checking the checkbox.

  • If you uncheck the checkbox the fields will not be imported.

  • Click on the preview to check a preview of the form to be generated.

Preview

Users can check how the generated form looks like by clicking on the preview button.

  • Click on the Confirm Changes to confirm the changes done.

  • Click on Cancel to cancel the setup.

  • Click on the star icon to make the questions as mandatory.

  • Click on this clone icon to make a copy of the field.

  • Click on this icon to merge the current section with the above section.

  • Click on this icon to merge the current section with the below section.

  • Click on the delete icon to delete the section.

  • Assign scores to each question by mentioning the score at the top of the section.

  • Mention the correct answers for the question.

  • Click this icon to change the option into a separate question.

  • Click the delete icon to delete the option.


  • Click the Plus icon to add more options.

  • Open any one question field.

  • Click on required if the question needs to be made mandatory.

  • Select the type of question.

  • The supported question formats are

  1. Short answer

  2. Paragraph

  3. Multiple choice

  4. checkboxes

  5. Dropdown

  6. Checkbox grid

  7. Multiple choice grid

  8. Date

  9. Time

  10. Date & Time

  11. Linear Scale

  12. Image

  13. Video

  14. File Upload

  • Click on Create to create a new Google form for importing.

  • Click on Choose to select an existing Google form for import.

  • Select the required position of Google Form where he fields need to be imported.

  • The available positions are

  1. Top

  2. Bottom

  3. After

  4. Before

Advanced Features

Overwrite the form Content: By switching this the existing form content will be overwritten with the new content.

Shuffle Question Order: By switching on this, the question order will be shuffled.

Shuffle Answer Order: By switching on this, the answer order will be shuffled.

Enable Default Points: By switching on this, you can assign default points to questions.

Mention the default points below.


  • Select the Option type questions as Multiple Choice, Checkbox or Dropdown type.

  • Click on Optional to make all questions as optional.

  • Click on Required to make all questions as mandatory.

  • Click on Save Settings to save the settings.

  • Click on Reset to Default to reset the settings to default.

  • Click on Start Again to start the setup again.

  • Click on Import to import the question to Google Form.

Setting up Form Builder Plus with Google Forms

  • Open Form Builder Plus add-on.

  • Consider you have an existing Google Forms. And you want to import few or all fields/ questions from that form into another form.

  • Select Google Forms.

  • After clicking "Google Forms" Google Picker opens, and you can choose any Form to build a new Form or add new fields to the existing one.


  • After selecting the form you can see the form name appearing just below the app buttons.

  • You can access the selected form by clicking on the Open in New icon.

  • Click on the refresh icon to refresh the form.

  • You can shuffle the questions by clicking the shuffle icon.

  • Form Builder lists all fields and makes fields/questions available for you


  • Choose the position where the fields need to be imported.

  • Select the Overwrite Form Content. All existing content from the form will be overwritten when you import fields.

  • If you like to change option types items from listed question to some other options type you can achieve by selecting options from Make options as drop-down.

  • You can import individual field by clicking on the Action button

  • You can also import the selected fields by clicking Import Selected button

  • If you want more fields from other forms, you can click on Change Form Button and do the same steps again.

  • That's it, your Form is ready.

Setting up Form Builder Plus with Google Drive

  • Open Google Drive.

  • Select the file required and click on Start to start the setup.

  • The selected file will be displayed here.

  • Click on the Analyze button to analyze and start setting up the file

Setting up Form Builder Plus with Google Calendar

  • Select any event from your Google Calendar.

  • Click on Start from the add-on setup.

Setting up Form Builder Plus with Gmail

  • Open Gmail.

  • Select the required email and click on Start to start the setup.