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Creating blocks of questions
Blocks are used to group questions for presentation or organizational purposes. For example, a block called Demographics might be used to group the demographic questions in a questionnaire.
See also Grouping questions in pages and Grouping questions in sections.
Note The Routings section of the Properties pane allows you to select an interviewing mode for the questionnaire. This controls the supported question types. Paper - Scanning mode does not support True or False, Date/Time, Loop, or Block question types. So if you select Paper - Scanning for the interviewing mode, selection of these question types will be automatically disabled.
Creating a new block
1 From the menu, choose Insert > Question > Block or press Alt+I, Q, B.
2 Create the questions you want to add to the block.
3 Select the questions using Shift+click or Ctrl+click.
4 Drag the questions in the Routings pane and drop them on top of the block icon.
The questions are added to the block.
5 The block has an automatically generated name. Optionally, select the default name and change it to a more meaningful name. See Automatically generated names.
6 Optionally, enter a block description in the box under Name. The description will display at the top of the page.
Specifying additional question details in the Properties pane
See Specifying additional question details in the Properties pane.
Grouping questions in a block
1 Use Shift+click to select all the questions you want to group.
2 From the menu, choose Group > Group In > Block or press Alt+G, G, B.
A new Block item appears in the Routings pane, and the selected questions are moved into the block.
3 The block has an automatically generated name. Optionally, select the default name and change it to a more meaningful name. See Automatically generated names.
4 Optionally, enter a block description in the box under Name. The description will display at the top of the page.
See also
Question type overview