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  • Accessing Question Properties

    Each question has a number of properties and options appropriate to the type of question. These allow you to set up the question such that it looks and funct...

  • Question Properties and Options

    Each question has properties and options appropriate to the type of question that allow you to set up the question such that it looks and functions as you wi...

  • Adding Question Types

    All the question types that you can add to a survey are stored in and accessible from the Add Item overlay.Click once on a question type to add it to the su...

  • Applying Display Logic to a Question

    This functionality allows users with little or no scripting experience to quickly and easily apply display logic to a question using Survey Designer’s condi...

  • Previewing Questions

    The question details overlay for each question holds a Preview icon towards the upper-right corner (circled below). Click this icon to open the Preview page...

  • Adding Answers to a Question

    Answer, Prompt and Scale items are all added to the question in the same way, and you add them in the area towards the bottom of the question details page. ...

  • Question ID

    The Question ID (qid) is the identification code used by Survey Designer for the question. This code is generated automatically when the question is created,...

  • Excluding and Including Questions With Masking

    Question masking is used to dynamically exclude and include questions in surveys. If you want to dynamically exclude a question, use this field to create a J...

  • Custom Questions

    The Custom Questions options allow you to simply and quickly create new experiences without having to use scripting, whilst using responsive layouts. Anyone...

  • Dynamic Answers

    The Dynamic Answers functionality enables you to quickly and easily mask a question's answer list based on the answer to a previously asked question. If for ...

  • Translating Questions

    Using the Translate tab for a question, you can edit the question texts in several languages simultaneously. In a question's Details page, go to the Translat...

  • Dynamic Open Text

    The Dynamic Open Text question is a standard Open Text question with additional "encouragement" functionality. You can add prompts and comments to the open t...

  • Formatting Text

    The various text fields in a question are enabled for Rich text editing. When you click into a field, a formatting toolbar becomes available. Here you can f...

  • Triggering Questions

    The Triggering Questions functionality enables you to refresh parts of a page depending on changes made in other parts of the same page. For example, you can...

  • Recoding Data

    Note: For more information on Recoding Data, please visit the Professional Authoring Documentation.There may come a time when your survey includes a question...

  • Validating Answers

    For all questions, you can enter script code to validate the answers provided by the respondent. Depending on the complexity of the validation problem, crea...

  • Scripting in Questions

    All question types allow you to include scripting. Scripting enables you to: Create conditions to control the respondent’s path through the survey. Create c...

  • Background Variables

    Background variables are predefined data points collected about respondents before or during a survey. These variables are not questions asked within the sur...

  • Don't Know and Prefer Not to Answer Choices

    OverviewWhen designing an Open text, Numeric or Date question, you can choose to add "Don't know" and "Prefer not to answer" options. The labels ‘Don’t know’...