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2022

Find out about the latest releases of Form Publisher in 2022!

 

Sept 29th

Improvement

Form Publisher now displays a tooltip for truncated file names in the dashboard.

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Sept 19th

Bug fix

Form Publisher correctly displays the first item for list outputs with spreadsheet and slide templates.

Sept 14th

Improvement

When you configure Form Publisher on a Google form for the first time, you will be prompted to try the form and generate a document. However, if you have already generated 5 documents or more, you will have the option to try the form to generate a document or click Customize more settings and access the menu screen.
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Sept 7th

Announcement

The marker <<CurrentYear>> is now available. It retrieves the current year in the following format: YYYY. For example, 2022.

You can add this marker anywhere you need to insert the current year in your output: for example, templates, dynamic folder naming, or personalized email notifications.

Sep 6th

Bug fix

We fixed an issue in the Form Publisher for Google Forms add-on: you can now use special characters (like *) in markers without failing file generation.

We fixed an issue in the Form Publisher for Google Sheets add-on:

  • The Keep PDF value will not be deleted when you save the Naming convention screen.
  • Even if your Google spreadsheet doesn't contain any column, you can now successfully save the Form Publisher configuration.

Sept 1st

Improvement

To protect you against unauthorized use, Form Publisher will be automatically disabled on Google forms that didn't generate files for more than four years. From the Google form, open Form Publisher and go to the Form status and account info screen to enable it again.

July 21st

Improvement

This has been a long-time improvement, but it will simplify your life a lot if you use Sheets templates!
You can now choose a specific sheet to use as the template for your documents instead of having to generate a page for all the sheets.
This feature allows you, for example, to have all your templates in the same spreadsheet for convenience, or to have useful information that you do not want to publish in the same spreadsheet as your template.

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July 19th

Improvement

We released a new feature in the Form Publisher add-on for Google Forms that is available if you have configured at least 5 forms with Form Publisher. It is now possible to import settings from another form:

  • If you open a new form that has never been configured with Form Publisher, you can import configuration from an existing form from the Welcome screen.
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  • If your Google Forms is already configured with Form Publisher, you can import a Form Publisher configuration from another form. In that case, it will overwrite the current configuration of the form.
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July 7th

Improvement

With this release, if you select the wrong template (for example, you don't have edit access, or you pick a Microsoft file), Form Publisher will inform you instantly and ask you to pick another.

 

Bug fix

We solved an issue that prevents users from selecting the field "Is answered by" when setting up Additional templates (with connected forms).

July 6th

Form Publisher for Google Forms

With this release, if you want to use Form Publisher for the first time, it is now possible to skip the demo flow.

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June 29th

Bug fix

We solved an issue that prevents Form Publisher for Google Sheets from generating files because of filters and hidden rows in spreadsheets.

June 22nd

Form Publisher for Google Sheets

You can now generate files with Form Publisher for Google Sheets when the spreadsheet template contains images in cells.

June 21st

Form Publisher for Google Forms

The Form Publisher onboarding is now simpler and intuitive.

You can now access to the Destination folder, the Email notification, and the Responses spreadsheet directly from Form Publisher.

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June 13th

Form Publisher for Google Forms

In this release, we fixed an issue where saving the Save increment option in the File generation options screen was impossible.

Form Publisher for Google Sheet

If you faced an issue where you couldn’t generate documents because Form Publisher was not recognizing you as Editor of the Google sheet, this is now resolved.

June 9th

Form Publisher for Google Sheet

With this release, if you need to generate a long list of files, you will now be prompted to “Continue” the generation from where it left about every hour.

June 2nd

Bug fix

We solved an issue that prevents Form Publisher from generating files when the template contained images that were inserted in cells (and not over cells).
The fix is currently available only to the users who are affected. If things go well, we will make it available for everyone.

May 24th

Bug fix

In this release:

  • File naming convention is now being sanitized from carriage return characters. If you go to the Naming convention screen and create line breaks, they will be removed when you save the settings.
  • Generated file names are also sanitized during the generation process. This prevents line breaks in generated file names, which sometimes prevents you to open the PDF file attached in the email notification.
  • We fixed an issue that prevents Form Publisher from opening the Google Picker when selecting Template / Folder.

May 23rd

Add-on

In this release, we updated the date and time markers that no longer lets you type custom date formats in the same field. An input field named Use custom format is now available.
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May 9th

Bug fix

In this release, we fixed the following issues:

  • Fail loading the Status & Quota screen if Form Publisher cannot retrieve data about Destination folder (none set or if you do not have permissions to access it).
  • Fail loading the Personalize email notifications window if there are no recipients in the Sharing list in the Sharing Options and Notifications screen.

May 5th

Bug fix

We fixed links issues in the Settings summary screen where each element was a clickable link that redirected you to a blank page.

April 26th

Bug fix

You should no longer experience error messages when canceling Paypal auto-renewals via the web app.

April 20th

Add-on

We added a tooltip explaining the result of disabling the Form Publisher Status under the Form status and account info screen.

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Bug fix

We solved an issue that prevents the Form Publisher add-on for Google Sheets from working when you open it for the first time in a brand new spreadsheet (empty spreadsheet, without even a title).

April 19th

Add-on

  • In this release, we updated links in each screen help tooltip. They are now pointing to the many updated articles.
  • We also added a numeric representation of steps during the installation flow. Now, you will see how many steps there are and how many were done.

April 14th

Add-on

  • In this release, we added a tooltip explaining why Form respondent is greyed out when Approval Workflow is enabled.

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  • We also added dynamic installation steps to explain what the add-on is currently doing when you are configuring it.

April 7th

Announcement

We are happy to announce that Form Publisher has a brand new look! 🎉 This release includes a new installation flow, this fresh UI is more intuitive and straightforward. If you need, feel free to check the documentation that is also completely updated.

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March 24th

Bug fix

With this release, a duplicate icon now appears next to the duplicate question titles under the Matching markers dropdown (no matter if your question is a date, time, file upload question, and so on).

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March 3rd

Bug fix

Filtering on date and time in Google Sheets now works better across all timezones.

February 15th

Bug fix

When the Collect email addresses option is disabled in Google Forms and the form contains an Email address question that is not filled properly by the respondents, Form Publisher was not generating documents. This issue is now fixed.

February 9th

Announcement

We now provide an ISO certificate that is accessible at the bottom page of the Form Publisher website.

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February 7th

Google Sheets add-on

  • We fixed behavior in the add-on which now warns you that it is not possible to filter empty Google sheets.
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  • We solved an issue that didn't allow you to change the destination folder after the initial setup.

February 3rd

Bug fix

If you cancelled the auto-renewal of your Form Publisher plan, you can now go to Stripe from the Billing page and renew your plan. We're no longer redirecting you to the Pricing page.

January 27th

Improvement

With this release, if you log in with the wrong account on the approval page, the error message will tell you which account is active and which account is expected for approval.

Bug fix

In the new version of the web app, the Manage plan button is no longer displayed if you are not the owner of a Business plan.

January 17th

Bug fix

  • We fixed an issue for the Form Publisher for Google Sheets add-on where filtering Dates and time was not working properly.
  • We fixed an issue which prevented Form Publisher from showing a new error message when trying to select a Google Sheets template that contains a chart imported via the Move to own sheet option.
  • We fixed an issue which caused Form Publisher to add markers randomly in the Sharing list in some rare instances.

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