Prepare Paper Survey

This section explains how to fine tune your survey with SurveyGold. Finally, it shows how to quickly print a survey questionnaire form.

• Previewing Your Printed Survey Form

You can quickly and easily print a professional-looking survey questionnaire form based on your survey questions. You can preview what this printed questionnaire would look like at any time.

	Step 1 - Right-click on your survey and select Print Preview from the popup menu. This displays a preview of your printed questionnaire.
	Step 2 - Right-click in the print preview window to access a popup menu of options to navigate and print your survey.

 

• Printing Your Survey Form

  You can print a professional-looking questionnaire based on your survey questions at any time.

  Step 1 - Right-click on your survey and select Print to produce a survey questionnaire form.

• Saving Your Survey Form as a Text File

If you want to create your survey form with minimal formatting, you may choose to save your survey as a text file. In the following example, you will see how easy it is to save your survey into a text file.

	Step 1 - Right-click on the survey you want to save as a text file. Select "Save as Text File" from the popup menu.
	Step 2 - When the "Save Survey as Text File" window appears, verify that the file name is to your liking. Note: SurveyGold automatically names the file using the survey name (removing any spaces from the name). However, you may rename the file to any name of your choosing prior to clicking "Save".
	Step 3 - Click "Save". SurveyGold then creates your survey in a text file. Upon completion, it opens the text file in the Notepad editor. From there you can use Notepad to further edit the questionnaire and print it accordingly.

• Saving Your Survey Form as a Microsoft Word™ Document

If you prefer even more flexibility in how your survey form is formatted, you may choose to save your survey as a Microsoft Word™ document. In the following example, you will see how easy it is to save your survey into a Word™ document.

Note: SurveyGold only allows a survey to be saved as a Word™ document if Microsoft Word™ is installed on your computer. SurveyGold detects the presence or absence of Microsoft Word™ on your computer and enables or disables the feature accordingly.

 

	Step 1 - Right-click on the survey you want to save as a text file. Select "Save as Word File" from the popup menu.
	Step 2 - When the "Save Survey as Word File" window appears, verify that the file name is to your liking. Note: SurveyGold automatically names the file using the survey name (removing any spaces from the name). However, you may rename the file to any name of your choosing prior to clicking "Save".
	Step 3 - Click "Save". SurveyGold then creates your survey in a Word™ document. Upon completion, it opens the Word™ document in Word™. From there you can use Word™ to edit the questionnaire, alter the formatting to your liking and print it accordingly.

Continue on to the next section: Conducting a Paper Survey