What types of questions or fields does Paperform offer?
Field Types
Are calculations shown to the user?Can a user type in their own price (for example, donation or pay-what-you-want)?Can all questions and fields have a default answer?How do I add an e-signature to my form?Can I add or remove fields in the address question?Can I change the format of a date question?Can I check availability on and make bookings on multiple calendars?Can I control how many columns multiple choice answers are spread across?Can I include a yes or no question?Can I let customers buy more than one product or choose more than one subscription plan?Can I let submitters choose multiple answers for a multiple-choice or dropdown question?Can I let the user select multiple dates using one date question?Can I let the user type in their own answer for a multiple-choice or dropdown question?Can I limit the number of options that can be chosen for a Multiple Choice?Can I make a question for URLs?Can I prevent double bookings when people make appointments?How do I prevent users from entering decimals in a number field?Can I require only dates in the past or future?Can I require only "yes" to a yes or no question?Can I limit the number of characters for a response?Can I restrict which colors a submitter can pick with the color picker?Can I restrict the country in the address question?Can I set a description for each multiple-choice option (not just its option title)?Can I set the placeholder of a date question to text (MM / DD / YYYY) instead of numbers?Can I show just a calendar for a date question?Can I use answer piping to add answers to multiple-choice or dropdown questions?Can Multiple Choice options have images?Can my audience upload files to Paperform forms, and how do I make that happen?Can users directly capture and upload a picture from their mobile device into a form?Creating Terms & Conditions QuestionsDo you have a scale question and how do I add it to my form?What are the formatting options for phone numbers and can I validate them?Can I customize how products are displayed?How can I insert a checkbox?How can I let respondents provide a rating?How can I specify certain color swatches for the Color Picker field?How do I add a Country field to my form?How do I add a dropdown field to my form?How do I add a long text question field quickly?How do I add a matrix question?How do I add a name question field quickly?How do I add a number question to my form?How do I add a phone number field to my form?How do I add a question to my form?How do I add a question with radio buttons quickly?How do I add a rank question to my form?How do I add a slider question?How do I add a URL field?How do I add a Yes/No question to my form?How do I add multiple choice questions to my form?How do I add or remove subscription plans?How do I make the answer to a text question take up more than one line?How does the address field work and how do I add one?How does the color picker work and what does it look like?Is Google Address Search available on address fields?Is it possible to choose multiple countries in the country question?How do I randomize the option order for a Multiple-Choice or Dropdown question?Is there a way to show users a thumbnail of the image they uploaded?What are date fields, and how do I use one?What can I modify about an address question?What do Time fields look like, and how do I add one to my form?What is a hidden field?What types of questions or fields does Paperform offer?Can I restrict users to upload certain file types only?Why are answers to the country question not the full country's name in submissions?Will a user ever see a hidden field?Appointments GuideCalculations Cheat SheetThere are 27 fields available with Paperform forms, plus some additional controls that govern them. We’ve summarized them below — click on a field type to learn more about it.
Question Types
Text
Allow the respondent to enter free-text as a response.
Capture an email address.
URL
Capture valid URLs.
Yes/No
Ask your audience to answer either yes or no.
Color Picker
Select the desired color with a color picker, find colors by hex code, or restrict colors to specified swatch.
Number
Capture a numerical response (whole or decimal).
Phone Number
Capture a phone number, optionally in a specific format.
Address
Capture a physical address
Country
Choose from a list of all countries.
Appointment
Schedule appointments and optionally connect to your Google Calendar to automatically handle availability and create events.
Date
Type or select a valid date.
Time
Type an exact time.
Scale
Choose on a scale of X to X.
Select a value from a minimum and maximum scale
Multiple Choice
Choose one or more of your options - text, and/or images! This can be configured to behave like a checkbox (multiple answers) or a radio button (only one answer).
Dropdown
Choose option(s) from dropdown.
Image Upload
Upload one or more images.
File Upload
Upload one or more files.
Signature
Draw a signature that is stored as an image.
Price
Add a simple price to the form, or allow the respondent to enter in their own price (great for donations).
Product
Select from a list of products, with SKU and quantity management built-in.
Subscription
Choose from a list of Stripe or Braintree subscription plans for the submitter to subscribe to.
Calculation
Get creative with Excel-style functions that are run live on respondents' answers. Great for complex calculations, or transforming answers into more desirable formats.
Hidden
Used to pre-fill answers from the URL and not show them to the submitter.
Rank
Show a list of pre-determined options in a list, and ask respondents to rank them in order.
Rating
Show up to ten symbols of your choosing, and allow respondents to select a rating using these symbols.
Matrix
Show a grid with a list of questions along each axis, and allow respondents to select one or more options on the grid per row.