Microsoft Forms - Share Responses for Surveys and Polls

Posted on:  08/20/2022 Microsoft Forms - Share Responses for Surveys and Polls

Microsoft Forms is easy to use for surveys and polls. One of my features is how Forms summarizes responses and shows Pie Charts and Graphs.

Microsoft Forms - share responses

Microsoft Forms - share responses

You can always share the Excel file that contains all the responses, but you lose the charts automatically created by Forms. To share the summary data, including the charts, you can copy a sharing link. This link is different from the link to take the survey.

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Steps to share Forms responses

  1. Open the Form
  2. Click Responses
  3. Click More Options for Responses
  4. Click Share a summary Link
  5. Copy the link
  6. Share the link
MS Forms - More options for Responses

Share a summary link in MS Forms

How to stop sharing a Forms survey link

To stop sharing a link, use the same five steps to set up the link.

  1. Open the Form
  2. Click Responses
  3. Click More Options for Responses
  4. Click Share a summary Link
  5. Copy the link
  6. Share the link
  7. Click the trash can and then click Remove Link (see image below).
MS Forms - Remove sharing link

MS Forms - Remove sharing link

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