Editing responses
You can edit response text that you have added to a question, and you can insert new responses, delete responses, and reorder responses in the question. You can also edit responses or subjects that you add to a grid question.
If the subjects or responses come from a shared list, you must edit them in the list itself, not in the question. For more information, see
Editing a shared list.
Editing the text of a response
1 In the Routings pane, select a question.
2 In the Design pane, do one of the following:
▪Double-click the response you want to edit.
▪Click the response text, and then press F2.
This selects and highlights all of the response text, placing it in edit mode.
3 To replace the existing response text with new text, simply type the new text.
4 To edit the existing text, click again to position the cursor in the response text. You can then use the left or right arrow keys to move the cursor backwards and forwards through the text of the response, and then type the characters you require or use the Backspace or Delete keys to delete the characters left or right of the cursor.
5 Press Enter to accept the changes in the response, or Esc to cancel.
Adding a response
1 In the Routings pane, select a question.
2 In the Design pane, click once on the response above which you want to add the new response.
3 From the menu choose Insert > Response/Subject
Note The Response/Subject option is not available when the selected response is in edit mode.
A new response line appears.
4 Type the response text.
Deleting a response
1 In the Routings pane, select the question.
2 In the Design pane, click the response once to select it. To select multiple responses, use Shift+click or Ctrl+click.
3 Press the Delete key or click the Delete toolbar button
.
Moving a response
1 In the Routings pane, select a question.
2 In the Design pane, click the response once to select it. To move multiple responses, use Shift+click or Ctrl+click.
3 Right-click the selected responses, and choose Cut from the context menu.
4 Place the cursor on the response below which you want to place the selected responses and choose Paste from the context menu.
Note Moving responses in the Design pane changes the order in which the responses are stored in the questionnaire file. If you want to keep the responses in the same order in the file but change the way in which they are displayed in the questionnaire, choose an order in the Response Order field in the Properties pane for the question.
Editing subjects or responses in grid questions
1 In the Routings pane, select the grid question.
2 In the Design pane, both subjects and responses are available; simply select the items you want to edit. In the Design pane, click either the
Advanced Responses Editor button
or the
Advanced Subjects Editor button
.
Advanced Responses Editor button
. When clicked the Advanced Category Editor displays in Responses mode, allowing you to edit, add, delete and move responses.
Advanced Subjects Editor button
. When clicked the Advanced Category Editor displays in Subjects mode, allowing you to edit, add, delete and move subjects.
Grouping responses into sub-lists
Similar responses, within a containing response list, can be grouped into separate sub-lists:
In the Routings pane, select a question.
1 In the Design pane, select all of the responses that you want to group into a sub-list.
2 Do one of the following:
▪Select Group into Sublist from the Group menu.
▪Right-click the selected responses and select Group into Sublist.
▪Press Alt+G, S.
The selected responses should now display under the new sub-list SubList.
You can rename the sub-list name to a more suitable name.
Ungrouping responses from sub-lists
1 In the Routings pane, select a question that contains at least one response sub-list.
2 In the Design pane, select the sub-list from which you want to ungroup responses.
3 Do one of the following:
▪Select Ungroup Sublist from the Group menu.
▪Right-click the selected sub-list and select Ungroup Sublist.
▪Use the Alt+G, N keyboard shortcut.
The sub-list heading disappears and sub-list responses display as normal responses.
See also