Change form layout

Boobesh Ramalingam
Boobesh Ramalingam
Co-founder of Guesswork.co.

This is a common need for Google Forms users who collect filled forms as PDF files. You want each one saved in the right folder as soon as it comes in. A Google Form only keeps the answers. So you print each response as a PDF, download it and upload it to Google Drive yourself, one response at a time. With Formesign, you can automatically generate form responses as PDF documents and sync them to your Google Drive folder when a user submits the form. Even better, each PDF keeps the layout of your own form instead of Google's.

Let's start. Upload your form as a PDF and follow the steps below.

Sync filled forms to drive

  • Upload your PDF and click Proceed. On "Do you need the signed document to match your original PDF?", select Yes, keep my PDF exactly as it is and click Continue.
  • About a minute later, check the fields and click Proceed. On "How do you want the signature?", select Create a reusable link for recurring forms and click Continue. Your form opens in a new tab so that you can try it. Back on this tab, click View signed documents.
  • Each signer starts on Google Sign-in. If your users have no Google account, click Form, click the signature field and click Not required beside Verify identity.
  • Click on "Signed PDF" tab
The tabs PDF Template, Form, Preview, Share, Signed PDF and Responses, with Signed PDF marked
  • Click Save to Google Drive
The Signed PDF tab's bar with the Save to Google Drive button marked
  • Select the preferred folder and click Next
  • Select the page you want to save to Drive and click Proceed
  • Authorize Google Drive access to complete the setup.
This will create a subfolder for the PDF documents generated when the user submits the form. Additionally, if you are collecting files or signatures in your form, this option will automatically create separate subfolders for each file upload and signature question, syncing the files to their respective folders.
To collect responses, click on "Share" tab, copy the link and share it with your users.

Summary

If you save each filled form to Google Drive by hand, it takes time. With Formesign, each response is generated as a PDF document and synced to your Google Drive folder when a user submits the form. Upload your form as a PDF and complete the steps above. If you have any questions, write to support.

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