Google Forms is the company’s free tool that allows users to create forms to collect and organize information. It can be used to manage event registrations, conduct surveys, interactive activities, and more.

Google Forms offers features like customization (you can change colors, add a logo, or embed videos) and a wide range of question types. One of its main advantages is responsive design. Every form created with Forms adjusts to any screen size and looks perfect, whether on a smartphone or a computer.

All the information is collected and stored automatically in real-time, generating reports and informative charts that, in most cases, meet all needs.

Here’s a practical example: in one of our projects, we found ourselves “falling short” with Google Forms reports. We needed more power to manipulate the collected data.

Google Sheets: The Power of Spreadsheets

To solve our problem, we used one of Forms’ greatest resources—its automatic integration with Sheets, Google’s spreadsheet tool.

Sheets offers the same functionalities as its more well-known sibling, Excel, but with the added advantage of being free.

Below, we provide a step-by-step guide to using this powerful combination:

• Access Google Sheets
• Create a new spreadsheet
• From the top menu, select Tools > Create a form
• A new response sheet will be created, and responses will be automatically added in real-time
• To edit the newly created form, you can go to Form > Edit form in the top menu

It’s that simple to integrate, and from that point on, you can process the information captured through the form using all the features of the spreadsheet.

In summary, Google’s tools continue to evolve, and new combinations keep emerging to solve new challenges. Have you ever used a different combination with the Google suite? Or would you like to create a custom integration or development with Google Workspace?

At icorp, we can help discover our value proposition here.

Originally published on November 29, 2017, by Gustavo Andrade, updated on May 26, 2023.

This article has been translated using AI and may include errors.