Tech Tip: Add branching logic to your Microsoft form

Now that you have created a form to be used as a quiz or survey, you may find that some questions may not be relevant to all respondents. Rather than adding a n/a answer option, branching logic can be applied to any question within your form, even if you have added sections. See add sections to your form for details.

To access the Forms application, start by opening your Outlook – Office 365 web account. Click on the waffle icon (nine small boxes) in the upper-left corner. Select Forms, or if you do not see the application, select All apps. The forms that you have created, pinned as a favorite or that have been shared with you as collaborator are listed. Open the form you want to add branching logic to.

In a survey or quiz that branches, questions appear only if they are relevant to the respondent. If the questions do not apply, the respondent is redirected to a different set of questions or will skip them altogether.

  1. Add all questions to your form before you add branching.
  2. Select the appropriate question to open for editing.
  3. Select More settings for question … , and then choose Add branching.
  4. Select the drop-down arrow to the right of Next at the Go To option.
  5. Select the question or section that you want to branch to when this answer is chosen. When selecting a question or section, you are limited to one branch per answer within a question, and must be a question or section not yet completed by the respondent.
  6. Add additional branches to your form as needed.
  7. Select Preview at the top of the design window to see how branching works in your form on a computer or mobile device.

View a video on Branching Logic to a Form from the Microsoft Office Trainer Center.