Set Question Page Text

Select this option on the Question Form to set text for the Question, Header, or Footer.

• Question - This is the actual text for the question that will appear in the questionnaire. Question text is limited to 1000 characters. If you need to make a question longer than 1000 characters, you can use the question header option. If you need special formatting for your question text, use standard HTML tags.
• Header - Use this option to add text, such as a section title, instructions, or more question text. The text you enter in this field appears at the top of the page for this question.
• Footer - Use this option to add text to the bottom of the page. Footers can be used for footnotes, to provide information about the questions to follow, or as instructions to the respondent. 

Once you select Question, Header, or Footer from the Set Question Page Text menu, the HTML Editor appears. Use this full-feature HTML editor to enter and format your text. See Using the HTML Editor for more information.

Using Equations in Question Text

SurveyWriter allows you to use equations inline in your survey wherever you can enter text. You must enclose equations within double brackets, [[ ]], and insert your question IDs between single bars, ||. For example:

Of those [[|Q11-C1-R2|*|Q23|]] patients you managed in the past year who had Rosecea and were unable to use retinoid in first line treatment, please fill in the number of patients receiving each type of therapy 2nd line.

In this example, we've multiplied the result from two questions and piped them into the question text of a follow up question.

You can use the following mathematical operators in your equations: