If you have a checkbox question in your Google Form, Form Publisher lets you choose how to separate the different options in your template if the respondent ticked multiple answers.
Choose your separator formats for checkbox questions
When you open the Template configuration sidebar, you will notice different separators for the checkbox marker / item.
For example if you're using a template from Google Sheets, these options will be displayed as follows:
More separator formats (like the numbered and bulleted list) are available for Google Docs templates:
Just select the format that you want to separate answers from checkboxes. The results are summarized in the table below.
Available standard separator formats for checkboxes
| Separator Format |
Result |
|---|---|
| , | Option 1, Option 2, Option 3 |
| ; | Option 1; Option 2; Option 3 |
| / | Option 1 / Option 2 / Option 3 |
| - | Option 1 - Option 2 - Option 3 |
| whitespace | Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 |
| list (Google Sheets template only) |
- Option 1 |
| Numbered list (Google Docs template only) |
|
| Bulleted list (Google Docs template only) |
|
Comments
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Hi, I am creating a checkbox grid, whereby the respondent can select multiple columns in a row. I'm having problems with the output creating a list seperated by commas, but with no space between them. So it's looking like this:
Sessions Required [Monday]: Early start club,Morning session,Lunch club
Is there any way that I can get it to display as either a bulleted list or at the very least, with a space after each comma? Many thanks - I love this plug in and it's really helped streamline our processes :)
Hi,
This is not possible for the moment but this is a great idea to let you the possibility to change the separator just like with a Checkbox question.
We will implement this a s soon as possible.
Thank you for your request!
That's great, thank you!
With Checkboxes. is there a way to actually check a box? I have a form where they want all of the options listed and only want the box selected.
Hi,
This is currently only possible with formulas inside a Google Spreadsheet template.
Hi,
First of all, thanks for your add-on and congratulations.
I'm writing because, although I am using a google doc as a template, this option to choose the Checkbox question output doesn't appear.
Thank you.
Hi,
Could you contact support@form-publisher.com so that we can help you find the option ?
Is it possible to edit the checkbox results upon submission? I have a list of options that start with a number, followed by text, and I always have to edit my user's forms by clearing out all the text before saving the final file.
Example (bold represents selected fields):
Result in form should be: 55.1, 55.2
Thanks!
Hi,
It's possible to do so using a Spreadsheet Template and Formulas. It's unfortunately not possible in Slides and Docs.
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