To start Form Builder for Docs
Open a Google Docs
click on Extensions => Add-ons => Start add-ons
Select Form Builder for Docs from Extensions
Click on Start to start Form Builder for Docs
Note: If you have not installed Form Builder for Docs yet, please refer to Installation for instructions
Consider that you have the questions/fields for the form in Google Docs. And you want to build a Google Form using that data.
Select the pattern Full Document or Selected Content.
Full Document: If you select the Full Document as the name suggests it selects the entire document content and loads all the fields available for you.
Selected Content: If you want only selected content to be loaded then you can select this pattern.
Click on the GET button or Generate Button
Form Builder lists all fields and makes fields/questions ready for you to import
Below is the sample data you can see the pattern.
Click on Choose or Create to add new fields to the existing Form or to create a new Form
After selecting the Form you can see the Form name just below the Change and Create button.
You can access the selected Form by clicking on the Open in New icon.
Importing
You can import individual field by clicking on the pin icon button under Action
You can also import the selected fields by clicking Import Selected button
You can configure the question i.e its type, option values by clicking setting icon.
Advanced Features
Switch on the Overwrite Form Content if you want the content of selected form (fields/questions) to be cleared (deleted) before import.
If you like to change option types items from listed question to some other options type you can achieve by selecting options from Make options as drop-down to choose Multiple choice or check box or drop down.
Before doing actual import, you can (optionally) customise the configuration of any field/question that is listed
Click on GEAR/ Settings icon in the list to open comprehensive custom configuration GUI. You can mark a field as required, change type and setup answer options using this custom configuration GUI
Configuration example:
Example: if question type is multiple choice and you want to change to drop down you can easily change its type or even its option values also can be easily change.
If the question is custom configured and marked as required, then GEAR icon's color will change.
Enjoy simplified Google Form Building!