Online Form Builder Powered by Google Docs & Spreadsheet
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I'm a big fan of Google Docs' Management. The service I utilize the most is their WORD Online application, which is part of my daily tasks. However, once in a while, I use their Spreadsheet application as well. I have to admit, it is the best online Spreadsheet I've ever tried. Unfortunately, this application has some features that are not as exciting as the ones on their WORD app, such as: The ability to chat with other collaborators while editing (I'd love to have it on the WORD Online creator), other than that, the spreadsheet is richer and almost every week or two, the GoogleDocs team adds something new so it's worth using and makes frequent visits more inviting.
One of the features that is almost hidden from users is 'Create a Form." It actually doesn't have much to do with the Spreadsheet itself, it's just a cool feature to have in combo with the app.
The new feature enable users to create a form and send it out to anyone with an email address. They won't need to sign in and they can respond directly from the email message or from an automatically-generated web page. Here are the full instructions for how to create a form on Google Docs and Spreadsheet.
I just want to add a little tip I got:
If you use blogger, you know that there are options that allow you to post directly to your blog via email. Along those same lines, if you "invite" your blog (from Google Docs and after you finish the form), the form will show up as a post in your blog that people can fill out. How awesome is that? (Thank you JR)
More online form creators:
Wufoo is an Internet application that helps anybody build great online forms. When you design a form with Wufoo, it automatically builds the database, backend and scripts needed to make collecting and understanding your data easy, fast and fun. Because Wufoo host everything, all you need is a browser, an Internet connection and a few minutes to build a form and start using it right away.
icebrrg allow you to make all kinds of form that you need and share them on the web for free. The drag & drop interface makes it very easy-to-use and the results are simply good.
Completely web-based control panel so you can create and configure forms with a web browser (supports Internet Explorer 6, Firefox and Safari). No need to install additional software. Easily create multi-page forms with skip/branching logic to hide non-applicable questions. Use the FormSpring form importer to automatically generate forms from an external webpage or HTML file.
JotForm is a web based WYSIWYG form builder. Its intuitive drag and drop user interface makes form building a breeze. Using JotForm, you can create forms, integrate them to your site and collect submissions from your visitors.
I'm a big fan of Google Docs' Management. The service I utilize the most is their WORD Online application, which is part of my daily tasks. However, once in a while, I use their Spreadsheet application as well. I have to admit, it is the best online Spreadsheet I've ever tried. Unfortunately, this application has some features that are not as exciting as the ones on their WORD app, such as: The ability to chat with other collaborators while editing (I'd love to have it on the WORD Online creator), other than that, the spreadsheet is richer and almost every week or two, the GoogleDocs team adds something new so it's worth using and makes frequent visits more inviting.
One of the features that is almost hidden from users is 'Create a Form." It actually doesn't have much to do with the Spreadsheet itself, it's just a cool feature to have in combo with the app.
The new feature enable users to create a form and send it out to anyone with an email address. They won't need to sign in and they can respond directly from the email message or from an automatically-generated web page. Here are the full instructions for how to create a form on Google Docs and Spreadsheet.
I just want to add a little tip I got:
If you use blogger, you know that there are options that allow you to post directly to your blog via email. Along those same lines, if you "invite" your blog (from Google Docs and after you finish the form), the form will show up as a post in your blog that people can fill out. How awesome is that? (Thank you JR)
More online form creators:
Wufoo is an Internet application that helps anybody build great online forms. When you design a form with Wufoo, it automatically builds the database, backend and scripts needed to make collecting and understanding your data easy, fast and fun. Because Wufoo host everything, all you need is a browser, an Internet connection and a few minutes to build a form and start using it right away. icebrrg allow you to make all kinds of form that you need and share them on the web for free. The drag & drop interface makes it very easy-to-use and the results are simply good. Completely web-based control panel so you can create and configure forms with a web browser (supports Internet Explorer 6, Firefox and Safari). No need to install additional software. Easily create multi-page forms with skip/branching logic to hide non-applicable questions. Use the FormSpring form importer to automatically generate forms from an external webpage or HTML file. JotForm is a web based WYSIWYG form builder. Its intuitive drag and drop user interface makes form building a breeze. Using JotForm, you can create forms, integrate them to your site and collect submissions from your visitors.
5 Comments:
I'm a fun of Gdocs as well, although it can't yet compete with OO of MSWord (even less on the spreadsheet sides) yet - i'm using it almost daily for the simple stuff I need.
Have a look at Zoho (writer and spreadsheet) really good competition. They are full featured, yet keeping fairly good balance between the 30% (features you need and use) and 70% (features you don't use and rarely need :))
.. ah yes.. and they have offline ..
If I could only use Zoho and store the docs on Gdocs ... (or even organize them on Gdocs and store them on e.g. Xdrive)... but I guess I'm asking just too much :)
oops.. forgot to mention their web application/db platform.. quite a nice one
I think Zoho have better applications yet Google's ae more easy to use.
Than you very much, Orli Yakuel, for that hint. This feature is really great! And I didn't notice it before.
I can suggest you to look at http://www.mytaskhelper.com
it's basically the same but Free
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