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Can I turn off (or change) question numbering?

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You can turn question numbering on or off on the  Survey settings page.  Turning question numbers off will hide the question numbers from your respondents’ view of the survey.  The question numbers will still be visible to you in the Design tab. To show or hide question numbers: Click on Design. Click on  Survey settings. […]

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Can I edit an open survey?

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Yes, you can amend a live survey to correct an error or add information, as long as the survey structure remains the same. You therefore cannot: Delete, move or copy any pages. Delete, move or copy any questions. Delete, move or copy any notes. Delete, move or copy any sections. Add new pages. Convert a […]

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Amending your survey structure

Posted: 9th October 2014

The survey structure consists of the pages, questions, notes and section titles in your Survey builder, along with any routing, screening and/or pre-population options applied to those items. While you survey is still in the ‘Draft’ stage, you can change any element of its structure.  Once a survey has been launched, certain changes cannot be […]

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Pre-populating questions

Posted: 23rd September 2014

There is a known issue with pre-populated question settings. Visit our Known Issues page for more information. As well as asking respondents to fill in information about themselves you can also pre-populate your survey with information you already have about individuals or groups. This information can be shown to or hidden from respondents when they […]

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Sharing a survey with another user

Posted: 9th October 2014

This Help article provides instructions for Organisation account users to share their surveys with other online surveys users via the  Survey permissions functionality. Using the survey permissions functionality, you can give full or limited access to a survey to other online surveys users.  You can, for example, allow another user full access to the survey, or […]

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Exporting and importing a survey structure

Posted: 2nd May 2014

You can download your survey structure by exporting it in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format, which can be shared with other users (for example, as a survey template) and imported back into online surveys. This page explains how to: Export a survey structure. Import a survey structure. To export your survey structure: On your Dashboard […]

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Changing your survey language

Posted: 1st May 2014

The following languages are currently supported: Bosnian English French Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic) German Greek Italian Polish Portuguese Russian Serbian Spanish Ukrainian Welsh To change the language of your survey: On your Dashboard , locate your survey and click Design. Click on Survey settings in the left-hand menu. Under the heading ‘Localisation’, select your required language from […]

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