{"id":11509,"date":"2024-03-05T15:52:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&#038;p=11509"},"modified":"2024-03-19T09:51:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T09:51:24","slug":"inserting-open-ended-questions","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/snapxmp\/inserting-open-ended-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Inserting Open Ended questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can use an&nbsp;<strong>Open<\/strong>&nbsp;question to collect free format text, numbers, dates or times. There are three alternative styles to use<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Open Ended<\/strong>&nbsp;is for a single free format response.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Open Grid First<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Open Grid Next<\/strong>&nbsp;are for free format responses for a series of similar questions, which can come under the same overall question heading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inserting an Open Ended question<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use an&nbsp;<strong>Open Ended<\/strong>&nbsp;question to collect free format text, number, date or time. A common use is to provide space for general comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Press Enter to create a new question.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the style selection drop down list change the style to&nbsp;<strong>Open Ended<\/strong>, which allows the respondent to enter free format text.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/openended-png.png\" alt=\"OpenEnded.PNG\" class=\"wp-image-1212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/openended-png.png 627w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/openended-png-300x78.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\n<li>Use Click on the box that reads&nbsp;<strong>Click here for text<\/strong>&nbsp;and type in your question text.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To make the box bigger hold down the&nbsp;<strong>Ctrl<\/strong>&nbsp;key and press the&nbsp;<strong>+<\/strong>&nbsp;key. Press&nbsp;<strong>Ctrl<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>\u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;to make the box smaller.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you wish to change the responses to quantities, dates or times, select&nbsp;<strong>Responses&nbsp;<\/strong>in the toolbar topic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/opengridnextresponse-png.png\" alt=\"OpenGridNextResponse.png\" class=\"wp-image-1216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/opengridnextresponse-png.png 473w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/opengridnextresponse-png-300x18.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/snapxmp\/question-styles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explore more question styles here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can use an&nbsp;Open&nbsp;question to collect free format text, numbers, dates or times. 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