This article is for people who use a screen reader program such as Windows Narrator, JAWS, or NVDA with Windows tools or features and Microsoft 365 products. This article is part of the Accessibility help & learning content set where you can find more accessibility information on our apps. For general help, visit Microsoft Support.
Use Microsoft Forms with your keyboard and a screen reader to create a new form. We have tested it with Narrator in Microsoft Edge and JAWS and NVDA in Chrome, but it might work with other screen readers and web browsers as long as they follow common accessibility standards and techniques. You'll learn how to name the form, add questions to it, and share the form to get responses.
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New Microsoft 365 features are released gradually to Microsoft 365 subscribers, so your app might not have these features yet. To learn how you can get new features faster, join the Office Insider program.
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To learn more about screen readers, go to How screen readers work with Microsoft 365.
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Create a new form
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On the Microsoft Forms main page, press the Tab key or Shift+Tab until you hear "New form, button," and then press Enter. You hear: "Untitled form." If you hear "Button" instead, press Enter to close the dialog box before continuing.
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To add a title to the form, press the Tab key until you hear "Untitled form, button," and then press Enter. Type a name for the form.
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To add a description for the form, press the Tab key until you hear "Form description," and then type the form description.
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To add a question to the form, press the Tab key until you hear: "Add new question or section, button, collapsed," and then press Enter. The focus moves to the first option, "Choice."
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To select a question type, do one of the following:
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To select the Choice question, simply press Enter.
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To select the Text, Rating, or Date question, press the Tab key until you hear the type you want, and then press Enter.
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To access the additional options at the end of the Add new menu, press the Tab key until you hear "More question types, button, collapsed," and then press Enter. With Narrator, press the SR key+Right or Left arrow key until you hear the option you want. With JAWS and NVDA, press the Down or Up arrow key instead. Press Enter to select an option.
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You hear: "Question title." Type the question.
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If you selected the Choice question, add the first two response options to the question. Press the Tab key until you hear "Enter a name for this option," and then type the option text. Repeat for the second option. To add additional response options, press the Tab key until you hear "Add option," press Enter, and then add the option text as instructed above.
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To customize the questions, you can do one or more of the following:
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For the Choice question, to allow respondents to select multiple response options, press the Tab key until you hear "Multiple answers," and then press Spacebar.
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For the Text question, to allow respondents to enter multiple lines of text, press the Tab key until you hear "Long answer," and then press Spacebar.
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To make answering a question mandatory, press the Tab key until you hear "Required," and then press Spacebar.
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To finish editing a question, press Esc. The question is saved in your form.
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To add additional questions, press the Tab key until you hear "Add new question or section, button, collapsed," and then press Enter. Then repeat the steps from step 5 onward as needed.
Preview a form
Before you share the form with the respondents, check the form in the preview. You can even complete the form yourself and make sure that everything works as it should.
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In the form you want to check, press Shift+Tab until you hear "Preview," and then press Enter.
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Press the Tab key or Shift+Tab to navigate the fields in the form preview.
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To test the form yourself, respond to the questions and submit the form as instructed in Use a screen reader to respond to form or quiz questions in Microsoft Forms.
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To exit the preview, press Shift+Tab until you hear "Back, button," and then press Enter.
See also
Use a screen reader to create a new quiz in Microsoft Forms
Use a screen reader to apply a theme or add images to forms and quizzes in Microsoft Forms
Use a screen reader to respond to form or quiz questions in Microsoft Forms
Use a screen reader to check and share your form or quiz results in Microsoft Forms
Basic tasks using a screen reader with Microsoft Forms
Set up your device to work with accessibility in Microsoft 365
Use Microsoft Forms with your keyboard and VoiceOver, the built-in macOS screen reader, in Safari to create a new form. You'll learn how to name the form, add questions to it, and share the form to get responses.
Notes:
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New Microsoft 365 features are released gradually to Microsoft 365 subscribers, so your app might not have these features yet. To learn how you can get new features faster, join the Office Insider program.
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This topic assumes that you are using the built-in macOS screen reader, VoiceOver. To learn more about using VoiceOver, go to VoiceOver Getting Started Guide.
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Create a new form
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On the Microsoft Forms main page, press the Tab key until you hear "New form," and then press Return.
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Press Control+Option+Left arrow key until you hear "Form title," and then press Control+Option+Spacebar to edit the form title. Type a name for the form.
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To add a subtitle for the form, press the Tab key twice. You hear: "Form description." Type a subtitle for the form.
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To finish editing the form title, press Esc.
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To add a question to the form, press the Tab key until you hear "Add new," and then press Return. You hear: "Choice."
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To select a question type, do one of the following:
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To select the Choice question, press Return.
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To select the Text, Rating, or Date question, press the Tab key until you hear the type you want, and then press Return.
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To access the additional options at the end of the Add new menu, press the Tab key until you hear "More question types," and then press Return. To browse the options, use the Down and Up arrow keys, and then press Return to select an option.
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You hear: "Question title." Type the question.
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If you selected the Choice question, add the first two options to the question. Press the Tab key until you hear "Choice option text," and type the option text. Repeat for the second option. To add additional options, press the Tab key until you hear "Add option," press Return, and add an option text as instructed above.
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To customize the questions, you can do one or more of the following:
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For the Choice question, to allow respondents to select multiple options, press the Tab key until you hear "Multiple answers," and then press Spacebar.
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For the Text question, to allow respondents to enter multiple lines of text, press the Tab key until you hear "Long answer," and then press Spacebar.
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To make answering a question mandatory, press the Tab key until you hear "Required," and then press Spacebar.
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To finish editing a question, press Esc. You can now add additional questions by repeating these instructions starting at step 5.
Preview a form
Before you share the form with the respondents, check the form in the preview. You can even complete the form yourself and make sure that everything works as it should.
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In the form you want to check, press Shift+Tab until you hear "Preview," and then press Return.
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Press the Tab key or Shift+Tab to navigate the fields in the form preview.
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To test the form yourself, respond to the questions and submit the form as instructed in Use a screen reader to respond to form or quiz questions in Microsoft Forms.
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To exit the preview, press Shift+Tab until you hear "Back, button," and then press Return.
See also
Use a screen reader to create a new quiz in Microsoft Forms
Use a screen reader to apply a theme or add images to forms and quizzes in Microsoft Forms
Use a screen reader to respond to form or quiz questions in Microsoft Forms
Use a screen reader to check and share your form or quiz results in Microsoft Forms
Basic tasks using a screen reader with Microsoft Forms
Set up your device to work with accessibility in Microsoft 365
Use Microsoft Forms with VoiceOver, the built-in iOS screen reader, in Safari to create a new form. You'll learn how to name the form, add questions to it, and share the form to get responses.
Notes:
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New Microsoft 365 features are released gradually to Microsoft 365 subscribers, so your app might not have these features yet. To learn how you can get new features faster, join the Office Insider program.
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This topic assumes that you are using the built-in iOS screen reader, VoiceOver. To learn more about using VoiceOver, visit Apple accessibility.
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You can also use the Microsoft 365 app to create a form. For more information, refer to Create a form with Microsoft Forms on your mobile device.
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Create a new form
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On the Microsoft Forms main page, swipe left or right until you hear "New form, button," and then double-tap the screen. You hear: "Form title, untitled form, button."
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To add the form title, double-tap the screen, swipe left once, and then swipe right once. You hear: "Text field." Double-tap the screen, and then use the on-screen keyboard to type the title. When you're done, swipe left until you hear "Done, button," and then double-tap the screen.
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To add a description for the form, swipe right until you hear "Form description," double-tap the screen, and then use the on-screen keyboard to type the description. When you're done, swipe left until you hear "Done, button," and then double-tap the screen.
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To add a question to the form, swipe right until you hear "Add new question or section, button," and then double-tap the screen.
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To select a question type, do one of the following:
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To select the Choice question, double-tap the screen.
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To select the Text, Rating, Date, Ranking, or Likert question, swipe right until you hear the type you want, and then double-tap the screen.
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You hear: "Question title." Double-tap the screen, and then use the on-screen keyboard to delete the default text and type the question. Swipe left until you hear "Done, button," and then double-tap the screen.
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If you selected the Choice question, add the first two options to the question. Swipe right until you hear "Choice option text," and then double-tap the screen. Use the on-screen keyboard to delete the default text and type the option text. Swipe left until you hear "Done, button," and then double-tap the screen. Repeat for the second option. To add additional options to the question, swipe right until you hear "Add option, button," double-tap the screen, and then add the option text as instructed above.
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To customize the questions, you can do one or more of the following:
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For the Choice question, to allow respondents to select multiple options, swipe right until you hear "Multiple answers, checkbox," and then double-tap the screen.
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For the Text question, to allow respondents to enter multiple lines of text, swipe right until you hear "Long answer, checkbox," and then double-tap the screen.
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To make answering a question mandatory, swipe right until you hear "Required, checkbox," and then double-tap the screen.
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To add additional questions, swipe right until you hear "Add new question or section, button," and then double-tap the screen. Repeat steps 5 to 8 for each new question.
Tip: Your form is saved automatically after each change you make, so you don't need to save it when you're done.
Preview a form
Before you share the form with the respondents, check the form in the preview. You can even complete the form yourself and make sure that everything works as it should.
You can preview a form immediately after finishing it as described in Create a new form, or you can open a previous form from the Microsoft Forms main page.
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In the form you want to check, tap at the top of the screen with four fingers, swipe right until you hear "Preview, button," and then double-tap the screen.
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Swipe right to navigate the fields in the form preview.
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To exit the preview, tap at the top of the screen with four fingers. You hear: "Back, button." Double-tap the screen.
See also
Use a screen reader to create a new quiz in Microsoft Forms
Use a screen reader to apply a theme or add images to forms and quizzes in Microsoft Forms
Use a screen reader to respond to form or quiz questions in Microsoft Forms
Use a screen reader to check and share your form or quiz results in Microsoft Forms
Basic tasks using a screen reader with Microsoft Forms
Set up your device to work with accessibility in Microsoft 365
Use Microsoft Forms with TalkBack, the built-in Android screen reader, in Chrome to create a new form. You'll learn how to name the form, add questions to it, and share the form to get responses.
Notes:
-
New Microsoft 365 features are released gradually to Microsoft 365 subscribers, so your app might not have these features yet. To learn how you can get new features faster, join the Office Insider program.
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This topic assumes that you are using the built-in Android screen reader, TalkBack. To learn more about using TalkBack, go to Android accessibility.
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You can also use the Microsoft 365 app to create a form. For more information, refer to Create a form with Microsoft Forms on your mobile device.
In this topic
Create a new form
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On the Microsoft Forms main page, swipe left or right until you hear "New form, button," and then double-tap the screen.
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Swipe right until you hear "Form title, untitled form, button," and then double-tap the screen. Use the on-screen keyboard to type a title for the form. When you're done, swipe down-then-left to close the keyboard.
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To add a description for the form, swipe right until you hear "Edit box, form description," double-tap the screen, and then use the on-screen keyboard to type the description. When you're done, swipe down-then-left to close the keyboard.
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To add a question to the form, swipe right until you hear "Add new question or section, button," and then double-tap the screen.
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To select a question type, do one of the following:
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To select the Choice question, double-tap the screen.
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To select the Text, Rating, Date, Ranking, or Likert question, swipe right until you hear the type you want, and then double-tap the screen.
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You hear: "Edit box, question title." Use the on-screen keyboard to type the question. When you're done, swipe down-then-left to close the keyboard.
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If you selected the Choice question, add the first two options to the question. Swipe right until you hear "Edit box, Choice option text," and then double-tap the screen. Use the on-screen keyboard to type the option text. When you're done, swipe down-then-left to close the keyboard. Repeat for the second option. To add additional options to the question, swipe right until you hear "Add option, button," double-tap the screen, and then add the option text as instructed above.
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To customize the questions, you can do one or more of the following:
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For the Choice question, to allow respondents to select multiple options, swipe right until you hear "Multiple answers, switch," and then double-tap the screen.
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For the Text question, to allow respondents to enter multiple lines of text, swipe right until you hear "Long answer, switch," and then double-tap the screen.
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To make answering a question mandatory, swipe right until you hear "Required, switch," and then double-tap the screen.
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To add additional questions, swipe right until you hear "Add new question or section, button," and then double-tap the screen. Repeat steps 5 to 8 for each new question.
Tip: Your form is saved automatically after each change you make, so you don't need to save it when you're done.
Preview a form
Before you share the form with the respondents, check the form in the preview. You can even complete the form yourself and make sure that everything works as it should.
You can share a form immediately after finishing it as described in Create a new form, or you can open a previous form from the Microsoft Forms main page.
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In the form you want to check, swipe left until you hear "Preview, button," and then double-tap the screen.
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Swipe right to navigate the fields in the form preview.
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To exit the preview, swipe left until you hear "Back, button," and then double-tap the screen.
See also
Use a screen reader to create a new quiz in Microsoft Forms
Use a screen reader to apply a theme or add images to forms and quizzes in Microsoft Forms
Use a screen reader to respond to form or quiz questions in Microsoft Forms
Use a screen reader to check and share your form or quiz results in Microsoft Forms
Basic tasks using a screen reader with Microsoft Forms
Set up your device to work with accessibility in Microsoft 365
Technical support for customers with disabilities
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