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looking how to create a question where the respondent can see a long answer...

  • January 9, 2026
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Hi there.

I am a long time typeform user but I cannot figure out how to create a form where a person can write a few paragraphs. Say 300-600 words to answer a single question and SEE the entire answer before going on to the next question.

I do not see where to limit characters. I do not see how to choose that the respondent can see their response.

I used long text question from the dropdown, but when testing, I can only see the first few words of my tested response.

Please advise thank you.

Best answer by Grace

 Hi ​@candacecrawgoldman I agree it can be a bit tricky as a responder to go back and re-read a long text answer, this is good feedback for our team. 

In terms of you reviewing the answers you get, it might be worth integrating with something like Google Sheets to make it easier to review long answers. 

You can set a maximum number of characters for long text and short text question types, you should see the toggle in the right panel:

 

 

Hopefully that helps, but let us know if you still have questions.

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      john.desborough
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      • January 9, 2026

      ​@candacecrawgoldman - can you show a screen shot of what you are seeing please? that will help us troubleshoot. 

      des

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      HI there. I actually think I was confused because testing this morning I have a different result. I am still somewhat confused about long form answers that we recieve all the way around. Because historically they have been quite hard to view/read in the response form.

      Is there a help video or topic one can point me to? I did try to go through help videos but could not find what I was looking for.

      What would be ideal if it exists: A “long text” question being answered by a respondent. Very long. Say 600 words. And how it is received and collected on the back end easily (not a several page long column?)

      I know one can ask respondents to upload files… I just wonder about people not wanting to bother creating a file...clicking away.

      Thank you in advance for any advice.

      Grace
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      • January 16, 2026

       Hi ​@candacecrawgoldman I agree it can be a bit tricky as a responder to go back and re-read a long text answer, this is good feedback for our team. 

      In terms of you reviewing the answers you get, it might be worth integrating with something like Google Sheets to make it easier to review long answers. 

      You can set a maximum number of characters for long text and short text question types, you should see the toggle in the right panel:

       

       

      Hopefully that helps, but let us know if you still have questions.

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