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This article explains how to create a new survey.
1. When in the Surveys list, click the + New Survey button in the upper-right corner of the window, or go to the Survey Designer menu and click + Create New Survey.
The Create New Survey page opens.
Figure 1 - The Create New Survey page
2. Select the starting point.
Do you want to create an entirely new survey, do you want to base your new survey on a template, or do you want to import a survey from MSWord? If you select Template, a list of the survey templates you have access to is presented. Refer to the Forsta Professional Authoring documentation for details on how to create a survey template. If you select Import from Word, a field opens into which you can drag-and-drop the Word file (go to Importing from Word for more information).
3. Type a name for your new survey into the Survey Name field.
The survey name can comprise a maximum of 64 characters.
4. Select the layout you wish to use (go to Survey Layouts for more information).
5. Select the modes in which the survey is to be presented to the respondents (go to Survey Settings for more information).
Note: The mode options available depend on the type of layout you have selected. By default, Smartphone and Generic mobile do not display as modes, and also will not display if you select a responsive Layout as they are only valid for non-responsive layouts.
6. If your survey is to be multilingual, click into the Languages field and select the languages that are to be used (go to Selecting the Default Language for more information).
7. Click Create New Survey.
The survey now exists, and the Survey Designer page opens (go to Design for more information). You can now add the questions you wish to present to your respondents, and structure the survey using the nodes available. Note that Forsta has given the survey a unique Survey ID - the pxxxxxxxx number beside the survey name in the Forsta menu bar at the top of the page.
Adding a Survey Description
In this field you can add a description of the survey. Click into the field to show a rich-text editing toolbar giving access to all the editing functionality, and type text as necessary. You can also add images and links to for example other documents.
Figure 2 - The Description field for a survey