How do I create a form? | Paperform Help Center

When you first log in to Paperform, you'll be taken to your account Dashboard. From here, you can click the "Create a form" button to get started.

You can enter a prompt into the AI form creator, choose from over 30,000 pre-made templates, or create a form from scratch.

AI Form Creation

Getting started from scratch can be daunting, especially when you're building something new. Crafting the right structure and questions for your form takes time and know-how, but now Paperform's AI will do the thinking for you and create your form in seconds. With AI-powered form creation, you can generate a form as simple or robust as you need in just a few moments, giving you a strong starting point to refine and customize.

Prompt the AI

After you click "Create a form," you can enter a prompt to guide the AI in creating your form. Here, you can describe the form's purpose and desired outcome. To get the best results, consider adding as much detail as possible, specifying your audience, and providing relevant context. These details help ensure the AI generates a form that meets your needs.

AI Prompting field and suggested AI form creation buttons

As a shortcut, you can select a simple prompt from the buttons below the text box.

If you are recreating a form from another place (e.g. digitizing a physical form), then you could also upload a PDF or image of the original. The AI will pull the questions from the original form to generate the Paperform version.

The button labeled "Attach PDF or images of a form to import" in the bottom-left corner of the AI form creation prompt box.

After you enter a prompt and/or attach a file, click "Create with AI →." The following page may ask you to add some additional details to further refine the questions that will be asked on the form.

Additional fields to provide more details for the AI form creation

Modify the form

You will see the AI generated form on the right and another AI Prompting field on the left panel. This field allows you to continue to add prompts to further instruct the AI to modify the form. Once you've typed the desired modification, click on the "Request Changes" button.

In this example, I would like my products to be displayed at the top of the page and ask the respondent's contact information later in the form.

Example prompt of a modification for the form

After implementing and executing the prompt, the AI has now moved my products to the top of the page to be the first question that is asked to the respondent.

Successful prompt execution of form modification

When you're satisfied with the form, click on the "Continue to Editor" button to navigate to the Form Editor where you can add the finishing touches.

Choose a template

If you'd prefer to browse pre-made forms, or search for something specific to your use case, you can scroll down to the templates section below the AI options.

The section below the AI form creation options starts with the heading "Or browse 30,000+ templates," followed by a search bar, and some example templates to select from.

Click a form to preview it, and then click "Use this template" to get started.

We also have a dedicated templates page which you can visit if you'd like to filter the many options by categories, industries, and roles.

Screenshot of the templates page. The search bar includes dropdown filters for categories, industries, and roles.

Start from scratch

Finally, you can of course select the "Start from scratch" button if you'd prefer to skip straight to the editor with a blank form.

From there, you can manually add and edit questions and other content however you like.

Gotchas

Can't find the "Create a form" button? Paperform doesn't currently support creating or editing forms on mobile devices or tablets.