A commentary question allows you to prompt the respondent to provide a narrative response to a question.

 

Adding a Commentary Question

 

Select Question Text from the drop down box and then choose Commentary. The form designer will then be configured as follows:

 

 

 

Enter the text of your question at the Enter Question Text prompt.

 

Depending on the nature of the question, the space requirements for the response will vary. In order to specify how much space should be provided on the form, set an appropriate value for Number of lines for response.

 

To choose whether to number the question or not, you can check or uncheck Number this Question. You can change this setting at any time if you change your mind by editing the question and making the relevant change.

 

By default your question will be added to bottom of the form.  However if you want to place the question directly into position you can use Relative Positioning. See Working with Relative Positioning for more information.

 

Even if you choose to work with the default, you can move the question into place by using the Move up or Move down options. First select the item you want to move and then:

 

 From the menu select Modify Layout -> Move Up/Move Down

or

 Right Click and then select Move Up/Move Down

or

 From the menu select the relevant icon or

 

With all your selections complete, click on the Add to form button and your question is added to the form.

 

 

Editing a Commentary Question

 

To edit a Commentary question, first select it in the layout panel then:

 

 From the menu select Modify Layout -> Edit

or

 

 Right click and select edit from the shortcut menu

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 Select the edit icon from the toolbar

 

 

This window will open with the text of the question presented for edit:

 

 

 

 

Make any changes as required.  Once you are satisfied with your changes, click OK.  Your form will be updated to reflect your changes. You will also see the changes reflected on the layout panel.

 

 

Deleting a Commentary Question

 

If you decide to remove a Commentary Question from your form, you can delete it by first selecting it and then:

 

 From the menu select Modify Layout -> Delete

or

 Right click and then select Delete

or

 Click on the delete icon in the toolbar

 

You will prompted to confirm your action. Once you confirm that you indeed want to delete the question, it will be deleted.  You will be unable to undo the delete action once it has been performed.