Google Forms to PDF in seconds

Antonio G
3 min readJul 21, 2020

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With the new Add-on DataScope for Google Forms, you can generate your custom PDF in a few minutes. Follow these steps to build your own PDF.

Installation

To install the DataScope Add-on, access this link and click the Install button:

Then, you must grant authorization to access your DataScope account (if you do not have one, you will be redirected to create your account in this step).

How to use

1. Exporting a form from Google Forms to DataScope

  1. When the installation is complete, you need to open the Google Form you want to link to run the plug-in. Then, click on the Add-on icon and select the option “DataScope”, as shown in the following image:

2. The message below will be displayed and you must select the option “Launch DataScope”:

3. This will open the DataScope Add-on menu, where you can export your form:

4. After the form is exported, if you send a new response automatically you will receive a PDF to your email.

How to customize PDF?

you can click “Edit PDF” on the menu to start building your own PDF.

There you will be able to configure the standard PDF or build your own using our PDF Builder:

PDF Builder for Google

Advanced Settings

Menu

  • Export form: replicate the Google form in your DataScope account.
  • Edit exported form: on the Mobile Form Builder at DataScope
  • View App Responses: see responses to this form in your DataScope account.
  • Invite users: add users to your DataScope account so that they can respond to forms using our application.
  • Google Spreadsheet: Integrate your DataScope account with Google Sheets. This way, your form responses will appear on a Google spreadsheet.

The “Show advanced configuration” button allows you to view the advanced settings for the integration. The options are:

  • Change email: allows you to change the DataScope account to which you want to export the form.
  • Reset settings: allows you to return to the default settings.
  • Configure response trigger: allows you to enable or disable the response sending from your Google Forms account to your DataScope account. (By default all responses received on the Google Form after the exportation will be automatically sent to your DataScope account.)
  • Import form: allows you to import a form from DataScope to Google Forms (see below

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Antonio G

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