如何利用Google Docs进行在线实时调查

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I don’t think many people noticed, but Google Docs released a new feature a while back that lets you create live polls instantly and share the data with the participants while the poll is going on! That’s pretty neat! They can see the live data of the responses as people fill out the form.

Basically, you have to create a Spreadsheet and then setup a form on the spreadsheet. I’ll go through the steps to do this as it’s pretty easy to do and very cool!

How to create a real-time survey/poll

First step is that you need to log into your Google Docs account and create a new spreadsheet.

Now click on the Share tab at the far right of the screen. It’s between the Discuss and Publish tabs.

Name your spreadsheet something that represents the type of poll you are creating, i.e. “Best Game Console” or “Best Looking Celebrity”. Click OK and you’ll be brought to the share options.

Under the Invite People section, you need to choose “to fill out a form” radio button, then click Start editing your form.

A new window will pop up that lets you create your form. It’s pretty self-explanatory in that you can create a text question, multiple choice, check boxes, or a list. You can continue to add as many questions as you like.

Click Done when you are finished and you’ll see a preview of the form. Click Next to choose who you want to send it to. You can choose from your contacts or you can simply copy the link at the right and send that in an email.

To see the form itself, click on Go to live form at the top right. Now to see to the data coming in, simply close the pop up window to get back to your main window. You can now click the X at the right to get back to the main spreadsheet itself. You should now see that it says this spreadsheet is receiving entries via a form.

Go ahead and fill out the form yourself and you’ll see the results show up automatically in the spreadsheet!

Pretty neat! You can keep the form open as long as you like and the data will be updated automatically! Even as the data is coming in, you can create formulas and charts to graphically represent the data! Enjoy!