How To Start A New Microsoft Form

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Start a new form

  1. Go to Microsoft Forms with your Microsoft 365 school credentials, Microsoft 365 work credentials, or Microsoft account (Hotmail, Live, or Outlook.com).

    Note

    You can also log in to Office.com, look for the Microsoft 365 icons on the left, and then select Forms.

  2. Select Add button New Form.

  3. Title your form and, if you want, a description of it.

    Note

    Form titles can have up to 90 characters. Descriptions can have up to 1,000 characters.

    Note

    Your form is saved automatically while you create it.

Add questions

  1. Select  Add button Add new to add a new question to your form.

  2. Choose what kind of question you want to add, such as ChoiceTextRating, or Date question types. Select More question types Drop down list for more question types in Microsoft Forms for RankingLikertFile upload, or Net Promoter Score® question types. To organize sections for your questions, select Section.

    Tip

    You can also format your text. Highlight a word or words in your title or questions, and then choose any of the following: Bold (keyboard shortcut - CTRL/Cmd+B), Italic (keyboard shortcut - CTRL/Cmd+I), Underline (keyboard shortcut - CTRL/Cmd+U), Font colorFont sizeNumbering, or Bullets.

    Important

    If you delete a question, it will be permanently deleted along with any response data that's been collected for it. Learn more.

Preview your form

  1. On a computer, select  Preview icon Preview to see how your form will look. On a mobile device select Preview icon  to see how your form will look.
  2. To test out your form, answer the questions in Preview mode, and then select Submit.
  3. To keep editing your form, select Back.

More resources

Now that you have the basics down, you can also customize your form themeadd a picture to a questioncreate sectionsuse branching logic, and more.

See what else you can do with Microsoft Forms.

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Article ID: 5563
Created
Mon 5/18/26 11:46 AM
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Fri 5/22/26 9:22 AM