Calculate the weighting factors

In the example used, there are more female respondents than male respondents, and the instructions show how to change the sample proportions to represent half the respondents as female and half as male, without changing the current base.

1. Click to display the Analysis Definition dialog for a table.
2. In Analysis, enter the variable that you want to weight. Build the table and note the totals for each code.

3. Calculate the Weighting Factors for each code. To calculate the value, divide the target figure (384÷2=192) by the actual figure.
   • Code 1, Male = 192 ÷ 152 = 1.263
   • Code 2, Female = 192 ÷ 232 = 0.828

Create the weight

1. Click to display the Weights window.
2. Click to add a new weight and specify the Weight Details as follows:
   • Name: WT1
   • Label: Weight male/female
   • Decimal places: 3
   • Number of codes: 2

3. Click to save the weight.

Use the weight in an analysis

1. Click to redefine the table or to display a new Analysis Definition dialog.
2. In Analysis, enter the variable that you want to weight.
3. Specify the Weight as WT1 (Q12), which tells Snap to use weight WT1 based on the results for Q12.
4. Select the Cells tab. In the Accuracy section set the Calculations d.p. to 3 decimal places to avoid rounding errors.
5. Click OK to build the table. Check that the table shows the Weighted Values correctly, in this example there should be 103 males and 103 females. Any errors are due to rounding errors or the incorrectly calculated weighting factors.

The table shows the Unweighted Base and the Weighted Base. You can exclude the Unweighted Base in the Tailor | Analysis option.

The weighting can be applied to any other tables and charts. However, there are 2 limitations that multiple-response variables cannot be weighted and you can only use one weight in an analysis.

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Watch this 30-minute pre-recorded webinar to understand how WCAG 2.2 guidelines can make your surveys accessible to everyone. Dive into accessibility essentials, from visual and auditory to cognitive and mobility support. See how implementing these standards extends your reach and improves usability on all devices. By adhering to WCAG 2.2 and aligning with US Section 508 and EN 301-549 standards, you’re not just meeting compliance—you’re committing to inclusivity, ensuring every voice is heard.

Related help

Creating an accessible version of your questionnaire

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Showing the labels as buttons

The As Buttons option is available in the Show toolbar topic.

1. Select the Single Choice, Multi Choice or Grid question.
2. Select Show from the toolbar topic menu.
3. Select As Buttons from the next drop-down.

1. Select the Show checkbox. This enables the Options button.
2. Click on the Options button. This opens the Code labels as buttons dialog where you can customise the appearance of the question.

Choose the colours

You can change the text and background colours displayed for both the unselected and selected labels.

1. Click the colour drop down to select the text or background colour.
2. Select the colour or click More Colours to create custom colours.
3. Click OK to save the changes.

Check that the colours are correct by previewing the questionnaire.

Choose the border

You can choose whether to show a border around the active code label, and set the properties of the border style.

1. Select the Use border check box. This enables the border options.
2. There are 4 border style options
   • Rounded border gives a round shape at the each end of the border.
   • Add margins adds space around the code label text.
   • Text only changes the border width to the width of each code label text.
   • Reduce width decreases the code label size to the largest text width of the code labels.
3. Choose the border colour that is shown when labels are selected or unselected.
4. Click OK to save the changes.

Check that the border appearance is correct by previewing the questionnaire.

Default border

When you select Use border, this will show the default border options.

This displays the code labels with a square border, no margins at the top and bottom. If the question has multiple columns, the labels are equally spaced across the page.

Rounded border

Selecting the Rounded border option, shows the buttons with rounded ends.

Add margins

Selecting the Add Margins option, adds a margin at the top and bottom of the text and/or image.

Text only

Selecting the Text Only option, shows the border around the code label text without spacing.

Reduce width

Selecting the Reduce width option, moves the labels closer together and does not use the full page. The label border reduces to the width of the code label border to the width of the longest text.

If both Reduce width and Text only options are selected then the label border widths are defined by the Text only option.

Append box image

You can display a checkbox using either the Off image or the On image, which shows when the code label is selected.

For example, when the On image is selected, this is shown after the code label text on the selected codes.

Displaying with no columns

You can also display the code labels adjacent to each other, without any columns. This uses the Columns settings.

1. Select Columns in the topic drop-down.
2. Select the None button.

During the interview each code label displays adjacent to the next across the full width of the page.

Examples

Image only

Label only

Image and Label

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Traditional approach

Snap Surveys traditional approach is to create a survey that makes use of different editions. The edition presented to the respondent is based upon the screen size of the device they are using. This allows the designer to specify how questions are formatted, and which images and logos are displayed. For example a respondent using a larger device sees a wide banner, whereas someone using a smaller device, sees a smaller image which fits the screen without the need to zoom in or out.

This approach provides the respondent with a more tailored view, but involves greater design work. It involves the designer deciding how the project will appear on multiple devices, such as, phones, tablets and monitors. In addition, some features must be added to each edition individually. For example, if all screen sizes require a page break then the designer must add this to each edition.

Single Edition Template

In many scenarios, there are minimal differences between the editions. This leads to the extra effort required to consider all the editions giving little perceived benefit. For this reason, Snap XMP now offers a Single Edition Template with just one online edition that can fit multiple screen sizes. As with all our supplied templates, there is also a Paper Edition.

Single Edition vs Multiple Editions

As with any ‘one size fits all’ approach, there are times when you may require a more custom fit. Here are some considerations to help you decide whether to use the Single Edition Template or a multiple edition template.

Logos and Images

The size of the images and logos affects which option may be best for your project. Typically we would recommend a maximum image size of 600px, scaled (zoomed down) to 50%.

In a Single Edition Template, the width of the questionnaire or form will be the widest image on the page. Using the Single Edition Template works best when your images and logo’s fit on a smaller phone screen (in portrait mode), without the need to zoom out. If they are wider than this, a respondent using a phone will have to either zoom out to see everything on the screen, or scroll left and right to view the full question text.

If you have wider images and logo’s, a multiple edition questionnaire or form displays different images on different sized devices. For example, a larger banner would be shown on a PC, Laptop or Tablet device, and a different smaller image would be viewed on a smaller phone sized device.

Grid Questions (Rating Scales)

Grid question and answer formats can affect which option to choose.

These can include:

• Long questions
• Long answer labels
• Large number of answer labels

With a multiple edition template, a grid question displays as an individual drop-down menu on a phone sized device. This makes it easier to see all the answers on a smaller screen.

In the Single Edition Template, the question remains in a grid format. On a smaller screen, the question rows and answers are moved closer together to try and fit the screen. This means that longer question and answer text, or a larger number of possible answers can become too close together and difficult to read. If this is the case, it is preferable to use the ‘Carousel’ question style, which makes better use of a smaller screen when there are larger amounts of question and answer text.

If your grid question has a smaller answer set, such as, a simple Yes | No, then the standard grid question style within the Single Edition Template works well on both larger and smaller devices.

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You can use the Page paradata variable to handle page navigation as an alternative or additional to Next and Back buttons. You control the content that is displayed by setting page breaks and the respondent selects the page by selecting a code in the Page paradata variable.

Enable the Page paradata variable

For surveys created using the latest survey templates, the Page paradata variable is already included in the questionnaire as a hidden system variable.

1. Select the question and use the mouse right-click to display the pop-up menu
2. Click Show Variables to show the Page variable

For existing surveys, enable the Page system setting using Questionnaire Properties.

1. In the Questionnaire window, click on Questionnaire Properties.
2. In Section, select the Paradata option.
3. In System Variables, select Page then select Display in questionnaire. This adds a question at the start of the questionnaire. Click OK to save the settings.

The Page paradata variable is a single choice question which you can use to define the number of pages. Questions are automatically assigned to a page based on the page breaks. You can choose how to display the Page paradata variable using the ‘Show’ menu option. When a respondent selects a code in the Page question the questions assigned to that page will show. 

When there are a large number of pages to be displayed on a small screen, such as a smartphone, the Page question can be shown, for example, as a drop down. Where you have larger screens, it can be useful to show as a Tab control 

You can use different show options for each edition of the questionnaire. 

The Page paradata variable is only available in online editions and will show as unavailable in a paper edition.

Using show as tab control with the Page paradata

A tabbed view of your questionnaire allows you to group together questions on the same page and enables your respondents to navigate quickly from one tab to another without the need to go through the pages one by one. This is especially useful where different respondents complete sections of the same questionnaire, or where a respondent needs to move between sections such as in a conference questionnaire.

Set the Page paradata variable to display in the questionnaire prior to setting it to show as a tab control. The codes in the Page paradata variable question will define the number of tabs and the tab names when shown as a tab control. Questions are automatically assigned to a tab based on the page breaks. 

Add the tabs

The new Page question created is a single choice question, where each choice will define a tab. The code label will be used as the name of the tab.

The tab control is only available in online editions. In a paper edition, the Page system setting is shown as unavailable.

Add an entry for each tab that you want on the tab control. Enter the first tab name in the first answer choice, labelled “Code Label”, then press Tab to create and move to the next code label. 

We recommend displaying the question text above the tabs although you can hide the question text, by selecting Show and Text, then clearing the Show checkbox.

Add the Page Breaks for each tab

When you have entered the tab names, use page breaks to group the questions that appear on each tab. 

The questions between the Page question and the first page break will appear on the first tab, the questions between the first and second page break will appear on the second tab. Repeat this until you have created page breaks for all the tabs. 

To add a page break above the selected question, select the Break option in the Toolbar Topics list then select or clear the Page Break checkbox.

Show as a Tab Control

1. Select the Page question.
2. Select Show in the toolbar topic list.
3. Select As Tab Control in the next list and select Show.

4. Repeat this for each online edition that you want to show a tabbed page.

The Page question will not change appearance in the Questionnaire design window.

Using the tabs in an interview

You can select the tab to show the questions for that page or use the Next and Back buttons to move between tabs. You can go to any tab and you do not need to complete the questions in the tab order shown. The Next and Back buttons can be removed so navigation is only possible with the tabs.

If there are a large number of tabs, or you are using a smaller display, such as a smartphone, the tabs will wrap around to form multiple rows of tabs that you can select.

Page randomisation of groups of questions is not available on tab controls.

Editing a tab

You can edit a tab by

• Changing the code label in the Page question to update the tab name
• Changing the position of the page breaks to include different questions on a tab

Removing a tab

Deleting a code label from the Page question removes the tab.

This does not remove the questions associated with that tab. You will need to remove the questions separately or reposition the page breaks, depending on your survey design. 

Removing the tabbed page

If you wish to stop using a tabbed page, you need to hide the Page system setting.

1. Click on Questionnaire Properties.
2. In Section, select the Paradata option.
3. In System Variables, select Page then clear Display in questionnaire.

You may wish to reposition your page breaks, depending on your survey design.

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Over the past few years, computer, smartphone and now TV screens have more than doubled in pixel resolution. This means the individual pixels that make up the screen have become so tiny they are virtually imperceptible to the human eye at a typical viewing distance. Apple first named these high resolution screens Retina displays, though the generic industry-wide names are HDPI (high dots per inch), high density, and more recently 4K or UHD though these are usually just TVs.

In this guide we’re focusing on smartphones as these are the most common high density devices.

Logos on high density screens

Due to high density screens having such tiny pixels, logos created for traditional low density screens would be displayed much too small on modern devices. To correct this, high density devices typically double the size of these images to make them look the same physical size as seen on low density screens. Unfortunately, the result of this re-sizing is images that appear blocky or blurry on high density screens.

But there is a solution…

Creating images for both low and high density screens

If you want your company or brand logo to look its best on both low and high density screens, use an image that is double the pixel resolution required on a standard low density display, then set the dimensions to 50%. This way it will look its best on both low density desktop screens, as well as modern high density screens like smartphones and tablets.

Using high density logos in Snap XMP

For this worksheet, our example survey logo on a standard definition screen is a 300px wide image, but we want it to look sharp on high density devices.

1. First, obtain or create a 600px wide version of the normal 300px logo. Your graphics or branding department may need to help out.

2. Using Insert › Image, choose the 600px logo to insert into the survey.

3. Using the Zoom input, change the value to 50%.

4. Click OK to insert the image.

Note: The logo may look a little blocky at this point. Don’t worry, that’s just how Snap XMP Desktop previews scaled images to prevent slowing down your computer.

Publish your survey to test on various device screens. It should look good on low density screens and sharp on high density devices.

Dos and Don’ts

• Do create high-resolution logos and graphics from original artwork files. Your branding, graphic design or marketing department may need to help out.
• Do consider the maximum width of your logo or graphic on the smallest devices. We recommend high definition logos being no larger than 600 pixels wide.
• Don’t use this method with photos as this could cause surveys to load slowly on poorer internet and data connections. Only create high definition logos, icons or diagrams.

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Page Setup dialog

You can open this dialog from the menu File|Page Setup or click Setup on any Print Report dialog . You can also click the Page Details on the Tailoring|Reports dialog.

The available options are:

• Printer setup to change printer settings such as type of printer and page orientation
• Margins and border to change the distances between the edge of the page, the drawn border and the analyses.
• Header and footer to change the contents of the headers and footers.
• Fonts to set the default font used in the title, details, header and thumb.

Click the relevant button to change the settings. Select Page Numbers Omitted to print the report without page numbers, even if they are in the headers or footers.

When you have completed the setup, click OK to save the changes.

Printer setup

Printer Setup allows you to change printer settings such as type of printer and page orientation (portrait or landscape). The Printer Setup dialog depends on the currently installed printer. You can choose to print to a printer or create a PDF file.

1. Click Printer Setup to open the Print Setup dialog.

2. Select the printer in the Name drop-down list. Click Properties to set the properties and advanced options for the selected printer. The options available are dependent on the selected printer. Click Network to add a network printer.
3. Choose the paper size and orientation.
4. Click OK to save the changes and return to the Page Setup dialog.

Setting margins and borders

Margins and border change the distances between the edge of the page, the drawn border and the analyses.

1. Select Margins and Borders and click the Margin/Border button to open the Report Borders dialog

2. Change the margin dimensions to the values you need.

3. Click OK to save the changes and return to the Page Setup dialog.

Adding headers and footers

You can add additional text and graphics to the header and footer of the first page and/or the subsequent pages.

1. Click the Header/Footer button to display the Headers/Footers dialog.

2. Select the boxes to display the headers and footers on the first page and/or subsequent pages.
3. The header and footer each consist of the three areas (left, centre and right). The header/footer may contain:
   • free format text
   • images
   • variable fields
   • survey fields
   • date and time of printing or publication
4. To insert a field click Insert and choose from Image, Variable Field, Survey Field or Date/Time Field from the menu. You can also select a Survey Field from the drop-down list in the top left corner in the dialog toolbar.
5. Use the format buttons and fields at the top of the dialog to set the font name, size, style and colour. You cannot change the justification in each area.
6. Click OK to save the changes and return to the Page Setup dialog.

Default fonts

The fonts section sets the default font used in the title, details, header and thumb.

Print report

The behaviour of the Print Report command is different for each active window. The layout of the printed report is controlled via a Page Setup dialog and depends on the type of report being printed.

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Open this dialog by clicking Fill in the analysis Map Control Editor.

Select the drop down to insert the {value} field at the current cursor position.

Set the number of decimal places for the calculated values displayed in the legend.

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Open this dialog by clicking Fill in the analysis Map Control Editor.

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Open this dialog by clicking Fill in the analysis Map Control Editor.

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Open this dialog by clicking Fill in the analysis Map Control Editor.

Check Visible to display the legend on the analysis map. Select a radio button to position the legend.

If you select Custom location, you must specify the dimensions of the legend box. For all other locations, the box is auto-sized. The number of items displayed in the legend is the same as the number of data points defined in the shading.

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Open this dialog by clicking Fill in the analysis Map Control Editor.

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The Designer tab contains the tools to load and edit an analysis map.

First, you need to load a map control or an image into the map control. The image used for the map control can be one of the following:

• Snap XMP map control
• image
• HTML image map

Snap Surveys provides a range of rating scales that you can download and use.

After you have loaded the images into the map control, you are able to

• define clickable areas of the image with different shapes
• click Fill to change the shading, legend location, legend backdrop, legend font and legend labels
• assign areas of the image to the question codes
• zoom the map control
• save the map control for future use

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Enter an expression describing the table cell data to insert the current table cell data into the report field, when you run the report.

The expression is defined as the table name, and an expression identifying the cell to be inserted. You can use the appropriate operators within the expression, e.g., A21 R1C1 – A22 R1C1 where both table cells contain quantities.

The cell referred to can be

• A row label description: tablename RNlabel.
• A column label description:  tablename CNlabel.
• A data cell described by its row and column number: tablename RNCN.
• A statistic value described by its row and statistic number, where the statistic number is the position in the list of statistics, S1 being the top, given by tablename RNSN.

You can also use the expression tablename empty to test if a specific table contains any data.

You can choose to modify the case and set the number of decimal places to display.

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Map from case

This provides a set of colour coded blocks representing the current cases in the survey.

Map from case	Description
	An unscanned page or case. The case may have been entered without scanning, set to unscanned, or the image may have been deleted.
	A page/case that has been scanned, but is skewed and needs deskewing or manual keying.
	A page/case that has been scanned but not detected.
	A page/case that has been scanned and detected.
	A page/case needs keying or cleaning.
	The more red on the image the greater the amount of keying or cleaning required on the case.

View options

Mark As

Other options

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1. Open your survey in Design mode  .
2. Select File|Translation. The translation wizard opens. Select Apply External Translation from the Action list.
3. Click Next>. The translation wizard import dialog appears.
4. Select the language in the survey that you are translating from. You would normally use the text file that you previously exported as the Reference Language file.
5. Specify the language that you are translating to as the Translation Language. Select the file that you have received from your translator as the File name.
6. Check the Complete variables only box if you wish only to use translations of complete questions.
7. Uncheck the box if you want to translate partial questions where the automatic translator finds matching strings or words (for example, Yes and No).
8. Check the Overwrite existing content box if you wish to overwrite any translated text which is already present in your survey. Clear the box if you want to preserve any existing translated text.
9. Click Start.
10. When the translation has finished, a translation report is displayed. You can save this to a file or print it by clicking the Send To… button.
11. Inspect the translated version of your survey. Questions or parts of questions which have not been translated will display the original language in grey.

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Preparing external translation

1. Open your survey in Design mode
2. Select File|Translation to open the translation wizard.
3. Select Prepare External Translation from the Action drop down list.
4. Click Next.

Setting the export languages

1. If you already have translated some of the questions, export to a Reference with a matched translation. This creates two files, one with the list of text to be translated, and one with the list of texts that have been translated with gaps for untranslated text. If you do not have an existing translation, you can create a Reference file only.
2. Specify the Reference Language (the language that you will translate from) and the name of the file where the list of texts will be saved. By default, the file name is the survey filename with a TXT suffix.
3. If you are creating a matched translation, specify the Translation Language (the language that your text will be translated into) and the name of the file where the list of existing translation texts will be saved. Ensure that this is a different file name to the reference language file name.

Setting the export options

1. Select the Omit repeated content box to limit the number of texts in the translation file. This omits duplicates of complete questions, instructions and labels (such as “Other”).
2. Clear the Omit undefined translations, if available. Use this when you are exporting a translated survey for use in translating other surveys.
3. Select the Omit defined translations if you are creating a single file. This leaves out already translated phrases. If you are not sure about your existing translations, clear this box to translate all the survey text.
4. Click Start to start the export. When the export completes, you will see a translation report. You can save this to a file or print it by clicking the Send To button.

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You can also use a SurveyPak as a source for your translations, so that a survey can include any translation text in the SurveyPak.

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• selected the send email invitations option

• selected the login participants with email invitations options

Email invitations and reminders

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Adding an edition

1. With the Questionnaire window open, click  to display the Editions and Style Templates dialog box.
2. The dialog will display any editions of the questionnaire that currently exist.
3. Select New from the Edition area of the screen. A New Survey Edition dialog box will display.

4. Enter an edition name to appear on the edition tab that identifies this edition. You must choose a name that is unique in the questionnaire.
5. Select the publication medium details from the drop-down list. The choices are Snap Online, Paper and Scanning.
6. Select which current edition to copy styles from, or select a template to load styles from.
7. Click OK.
8. The editions list shows the new edition of the questionnaire.
9. Click OK to return to the Questionnaire window.
10. You can toggle between the various editions by
    • clicking on the tabs at the bottom of the screen
    • using Alt +PageUp and Alt +PageDown to switch between the tabs

11. If you have multiple languages in your questionnaire, the new edition will include a tab for each language.

Deleting an edition

1. You can only delete editions from unpublished questionnaires. You cannot remove any editions after publishing the questionnaire.
2. Open the Questionnaire window.
3. Click  to display the Editions and Style Templates dialog.
4. Select the edition you wish to delete and click Delete.
5. This displays a message to confirm that you want to delete. Click Yes.
6. Click OK to return to the questionnaire.

Hiding an edition

You can always hide editions. Hidden editions are not visible in the Questionnaire window and they are not part of the published questionnaire.

1. Click  in the Questionnaire window to display the Editions and Style Templates dialog.
2. Displayed editions have a check mark in the box next to them. To hide an edition, uncheck the box.
3. Click OK to return to the questionnaire. The hidden edition(s) will no longer be in the edition tabs at the bottom of the pane.

Renaming an edition

1. Open the Questionnaire window.
2. Click  to display the Editions and Style Templates dialog.
3. Select the edition you wish to rename and click Rename.
4. The Format Name dialog opens displaying the current name. Change the name to the one you require and click OK.
5. Click OK to return to the questionnaire.

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The menu that appears will vary depending on the current mode (Design, Style or Data View) and on what is selected. Each mode has its own standard menu that will appear in most cases, but in two of the modes (Design and Style) a shortened version will appear if one or more entire questions are highlighted.

Styles menu

Edit menu

Properties menu

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Action	Commands
Move question below	Page Down
Move question above	Page Up
Move to the first question	Ctrl + Home
Move to the last question	Ctrl + End
Move down a line	Down cursor key
Move up a line	Up cursor key
Move one character left or right	Left or Right cursor key
Move one word left or right	Ctrl + Left cursor key or Ctrl + Right cursor key

Editing questions

Action	Commands
Add a new question	Move the cursor to the required location. Press Enter to create a new question after the current one. Click  to insert a new question before the current one. Alternatively, use the menu option Edit | New or Ctrl + N.
Add a new part of a question	At the end of a Multi Choice, use Ctrl + Enter to add an Other style question, or to create a Grid Next after a Grid First, or Open Next after Open First.
Delete a question	will delete the question currently highlighted.
Clone a question	will copy the currently highlighted question and insert it immediately after the current question. Alternatively, use the menu option Edit | Clone or Ctrl + O.
Move a question	Use Ctrl +  and  to move a question up and down within the questionnaire.
Add new codes	Move the cursor to the required location in the list of codes and press Tab.
Delete existing codes	Use Ctrl + Y to remove the entire code. Alternatively, use the Backspace key or Delete key to remove a character at a time.
Change box size	Use Ctrl+ + on the numeric keypad to increase the size of the box and Ctrl + – to decrease the size of the box for Open Ended questions.

Adding breaks

Action	Commands
Add a new line	Move the cursor to the required place in the text. Use Shift + Enter to force a new line.
Add a page break	Highlight a question and press Ctrl + Shift + B and a  will appear above the current question. Press Ctrl + Shift + B again to remove the page break.
Add a column break	Highlight a question and press Ctrl + Shift + A and a  will appear above the current question. Press Ctrl + Shift + A again to remove the column break.
Add a section break	No shortcut available.

Selecting questions

Action	Commands
Selecting consecutive questions/ codes	Either drag down with the left mouse button depressed, or use Shift + to select the required questions or codes.
Select all	Use Ctrl + A to select the whole questionnaire.

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Spell checking the questionnaire text

1. With the Questionnaire window open, click  to start a spell check. The spell check searches the entire questionnaire from the current editing position of the cursor.
2. When the spell check identifies an incorrect spelling, you will see the word in the Change to field. The Suggestions list shows a list of alternative spellings that you can choose from.
   • Click Ignore to leave a word unaltered.
   • Click Ignore All to skip all occurrences of that word.
   • Select Change to put the text in the Change to: box into the text of the questionnaire.
   • Select Change All to change all occurrences of that word to the new spelling.

3. At the end of the questionnaire, the spell check automatically restarts at the beginning. The spell check process stops once the entire questionnaire has been checked. It will then display a message showing the number of words checked and replaced.
4. Click OK to return to the survey.

Spelling options

You can set the default settings for spell checking in the Spell Checker Options dialog. Click Options in the Spellings dialog or use the Tailor | Spelling menu in Snap XMP Desktop to change the spell checker options.

The default setting for spell checking is to ignore both numbers and partial numbers, so that numbers that appear in the questionnaire, such as Q1, Q2A, 100, 1997 are ignored.

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This only affects the appearance on the screen. It does not alter the look of the questionnaire when printed or viewed online. The Zoom setting resets when you close the Questionnaire window. The questionnaire always opens with zoom set to 100%.

1. Click the Zoom button  on the toolbar and this shows a drop-down list of options, from 25% up to 400%.
2. Choose a larger value to zoom in to get a close-up view of your questionnaire.
3. Choose a smaller value to zoom out to make more questions visible but at a reduced size.
4. Alternatively you can type in any value between 25% and 400% to display the zoom setting you want.

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Button and menu options

Button	Menu option	Alternative	Description
			Switch to Design mode.
		Ctrl + M	Switch to Style mode.
		Ctrl + Shift + D	Switch to Data View mode.
	Edit | New	Ctrl + N	Create a new question. The name of the question must be unique within a survey. Digits and stops are allowed, e.g. Q1, Q1.1, Q1a
	Edit | Clone	Ctrl + O	Clone the existing question to create a new question with a different name.
	Edit | Delete	Delete	Delete the current question.
	Edit | Undo	Ctrl + Z	Undo the last action.
	Edit | Redo		Redo the last action.
	File | Save		Save the questionnaire but keeps the Questionnaire window open. This is only active once you have made changes.
			Opens the Variable Properties dialog, where you can change the property values for the selected variable.
			Opens the Style Picker dialog, where you can select a style to apply to a question.
			Opens the Routing Rules dialog, where you can create routing rules.
			Renumber the questionnaire. Double-click to switch on auto-renumbering. Single-click to return to manual mode.
	File | Page Setup		Questionnaire Properties. Options available depend on the edition of the questionnaire.
	File | Editions		Editions and Style Templates assigns a Format or Language or saves a template of the current questionnaire layout.
	File |Print Report	Ctrl + P	Produce a print preview of the questionnaire with the option to print a copy.
	Edit | Spell check	F9	Spell checks the questionnaire.
			Zoom in or out to change the size of the questionnaire on the screen.
			Define scanning. This button is only displayed if the scanning module is installed and a scanning questionnaire is being designed.

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Snap XMP Desktop comes with a number of style templates. These provide a range of alternative layouts and colour schemes. You can also create your own style templates from questionnaires.

Loading a style template

1. With the Questionnaire window open, click  to display the Editions and Style Templates dialog.

2. The three tick box fields relate to Page Setup (portrait/landscape etc.), Colours (the individual colors for the background of the questionnaire and the color of all the fonts used in the text of the question and the code labels) and Layout (the arrangement and format of individual styles of questions). If you select all three options, this loads all parts of the style template.
3. Click Load in the Style Template area.
4. Select one of the style template files, with extension QSF, from the list and press Open to load the template in to the questionnaire. This updates the questions using the new style settings. Save the questionnaire to save the new layout/colors as well.

Saving a template

If you make changes to the styles, you can save them as a template for re-use in other surveys.

You can only save named styles (not like styles) which you have saved in the Style Organiser in Style mode.

1. Click  to change to Style mode.
2. Click  to display the Style Organiser dialog.

3. Convert any new like styles into full styles by clicking the Properties button and renaming the style. Click OK to save the style.

4. Click  to display the Editions and Style Templates dialog.

5. Select the Page setup, Colours and Layout boxes to specify which attributes to save in the style template. You will need to check the Layout box to store the new styles.
6. Click Save.
7. Enter the file name of the style template. The style template files have the extension QSF. Click Save to save the style template. The new template will now be available to other Snap XMP questionnaires.

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1. Click  to display the Questionnaire Properties dialog.
2. Select the Page section.
3. Click the Header/Footer button to display a Headers/Footers dialog.

3. Check the relevant boxes to specify whether the headers and footers are to appear on the first page and/or subsequent pages.
4. The header and footer each consist of the three areas (left, centre and right). The header/footer may contain:
   • free format text
   • images
   • variable fields
   • survey fields
   • date and time of printing or publication
5. To insert a field click Insert and choose from Image, Variable Field, Survey Field or Date/Time Field from the menu. You can also select a Survey Field from the drop-down list in the top left corner in the dialog toolbar.
6. The contents can be formatted using the format buttons and fields at the top of the dialog to set the font name, size, style and color. The justification is fixed for each area.

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• Click Save  on the Questionnaire window toolbar to save changes to the questionnaire.
• You can also select the File|Save menu to save any changes to the questionnaire.

When closing the Questionnaire window by clicking on  in the top right corner of the window, you will be asked if you wish to save the changes to the questionnaire.

• Click Yes to save the current changes.
• Click No to close the Questionnaire window and abandon any changes made.
• Click Cancel to return to the Questionnaire window.

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No response

These styles are used to give information. They provide the title, instructions and notes in your questionnaire.

Select a response

Respondents can select one or more pre-defined answers. These types of questions are also known as closed or coded questions, as the respondent must select one or more question codes as their answer.

They can appear as drop-downs, grids, interactive images, sliders and semantic scales.

Examples can include

• a single choice question asking what age range the respondent is in
• a grid of questions asking respondents to rate different aspects of a service

Open response

Respondents can enter responses in their own words, often in a comment box. The data can be free format text, a quantity, date or time. When you need the response to match a specific format, you can use a pattern to define the expected format, for example, a phone number or zip code.

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1. Open the Map Control Editor on the Designer tab.
2. Select the area(s) to associate with the code. You can select multiple areas using Ctrl + click.
3. Either right-click and select Assign to Code|variable code or select Shape | Assign to Code | variable code.

4. When you have associated an area with a code, the code appears below the image when the area is selected.

To make the area inactive, click unassign to remove the assigned code from the selected shape.

You can attach the same image codes to multiple areas. This means when any of the areas is clicked or has the mouse go over it, all the areas associated with that code will appear according to the changes you have applied.

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1. Select the area that has the applied format that you want.
2. Click the Format painter button .
3. Click the area you would like to apply the format to. The filter, brightness, contrast and pen settings will all be copied to the selected area.

If you would like to apply the same format to multiple areas, double click the Format painter before you apply it to an area. Click the button again to exit this mode.

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These are available in the Map Control Editor from the Designer tab toolbar and the Shape menu.

Fill		Fill the area with the selected colour.
Color filter		View the picture through a lens of the selected colour.
Grayscale		Change the area from colour to grey.
Invert colors		Reverse the red, green and blue colour in the area.
Blur		Blur the selected area.
Oil painting effect		Speckle the selected area.
Emboss		Make dark patches indented and light patches raised.
Edge detect		Emphasize edges and simplify plain areas.
Clear filters		Remove any of the effects above.
Brightness/ Contrast		Increase or decrease the brightness or contrast of the selected area. This may be combined with any of the filters above.
Pen		Specify the colour and thickness of the area outline, and whether it is displayed. This may be combined with any of the effects above.

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Drawing precisely

To draw more accurately use the Zoom tool on the bar to change your view of the picture.

Changing the shape type

1. Select the area by clicking it.
2. Right-click the area, click Shape Type and select a new shape from the context menu. You can also select the new type from the Shape|Type sub-menu.

Deleting a shape

1. Select the area by clicking it.
2. Right-click the area, click Delete Shape.

Moving the selected area

You can move a selected area by dragging it with the mouse or by moving it with the cursor keys [↑] [↓] [←] [→]. To move a pixel at a time, use the [Ctrl] key with the cursor keys.

Rotating a polygon

You can rotate the polygon when it is complete.

Combining shapes

You can assign more than one area to the same image code. This will have the effect of grouping the areas, and all the areas will be highlighted if the respondent clicks or puts their mouse over one of them.

Using layers

You can create complicated shapes by layering shapes on top of one another. Either by using inactive shapes, or by using grouped shapes (several shapes linked to one code). The topmost shapes are always the ones which are used if a respondent clicks on them. You can change which shape is on top by using the Shape|Bring to front or Shape | Send to back  commands.

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You define the clickable areas of the map control in the Designer tab of the Map Control Editor.

Set the pen style

After loading the map control or image, the default pen style is a 2 pixel wide yellow line.

You can change the pen style, by clicking the Pen icon or selecting Shape | Format | Outline pen. This opens the Edit Outline dialog where you can set the colour and width of the pen style.

Choose the shape

Next, choose the type of shape to draw the outline. You can

• Click the appropriate toolbar button.

• Select the shape from the Tools menu.

If you want to draw several areas of the same shape type, double-click the toolbar shape icon. Click a shape icon again to go back to normal mode.

Define the clickable area

If you are drawing a regular shape, click and drag to create it.

If you are drawing a polygon, click at each point of the shape you wish to create before moving to the next point. Right-click to close the polygon. You can rotate the polygon when it is complete.

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In the Map Control Editor, enter a new percentage value in Size or use the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the size.

The map resizes to the new percentage size. For example, 100% is the default size when the image or map control loads. When the size is set to 50 %, this resizes to 50% of the original size.

Click OK to save the map control.

Use Zoom if you want to see the image in more detail without changing the size of the image in the map control.

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1. In the Map Control Editor, select File | Save map control
2. Browse to the folder location where the map control will be saved.
3. Enter a name to identify the Map Control file.
4. Click Save to save the map control.

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• Snap XMP map control
• image
• HTML image map

Snap Surveys provides a range of rating scales that you can download and use.

Loading an existing Map Control

Snap XMP comes with a number of map control files, including numbers, stars, smileys, and UK and US maps. Your organisation may also have their own map control files, which have been created using the Map Control Editor.

1. Double click the Map Control to open the Map Control Editor.
2. Select File|Load map control.
3. Browse for the saved map control file, which use the file extension ISF.
4. Click Open to load the map control, including the image, formatting and default codes.
5. You can now edit the map control and save it for future use.

Importing an HTML map

If you already have map files that have been created in the HTML format, you can import these, together with the associated image, and then associate the pre-defined areas with variable codes.

1. Double click the Map Control to open the Map Control Editor.
2. Select File|Import HTML map.
3. Browse for the file containing the HTML image map, which use the extensions HTML and HTM.
4. Click Open to load the HTML image map. If there are multiple maps in the file, the Map Control Editor loads the first one.
5. You need to edit the map control by assigning codes and defining the areas to change on selection.
6. You can save this as a Snap XMP map control for future use.

Importing an image

You can create a Map Control using an image with a supported format; jpg, bmp, png or gif.

1. Double click the Map Control to open the Map Control Editor.
2. Select File|Import image.
3. Browse for the image that you wish to use as a basis for your map.
4. Click Open to load the image.
5. You need to edit the map control by assigning codes, formatting and defining the areas to change on selection.
6. You can save this as a Snap XMP map control for future use.

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The Designer tab contains the tools to load and edit a map control or image. The Preview tab lets you test the map control.

First, you need to load a map control or an image into the map control. The image used for the map control can be one of the following:

• Snap XMP map control
• image
• HTML image map

After you have loaded the images into the map control, you are able to

• define clickable areas of the image with different shapes
• change the appearance of an area
• assign areas of the image to the question codes
• define what changes take place in the Map Control when the respondent clicks on an area or puts the mouse cursor over an area
• zoom the map control
• resize the image in the map control
• save the map control for future use

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Snap XMP uses Map Controls to add this feature. With a Map Control each image or part of an image represents a choice. When the respondent clicks on one this highlights the image, showing their response.

You can customise the Map Control by

• defining the areas to click on
• defining how the areas map to the question codes
• setting the type of highlighting

Converting a question to a map control

1. Open the questionnaire in Design mode.
2. Select the single or multi-response question that you wish to convert.
3. Select Show in the toolbar topic list.

4. Select As Map Control in the next list and check the box.

5. The question layout changes to a grey box with the text “Double-click to define Map Control”
6. Click the Map control button on the toolbar or double-click the grey block to open the Map Control Editor window to define your clickable picture.

The codes in the selected question will be loaded into the Map Control Editor so you can associate them with defined areas of the image.

Removing a map control

You can remove a map control from a question.

1. Select your Map Control question.
2. Select the Show toolbar topic.
3. Select As Map Control.
4. Clear the Show box to revert to the original question style.

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1. Open the Slider Control wizard. This displays the available Slider Control templates. If the one you want is not visible, press the Browse button to find the folder containing it.

2. Select the Slider Control template with graphics that you wish to use.
3. Click Extract. A Browse for Folder dialog appears.
4. Select the folder where you wish to save the graphics, or create a new folder and click OK.
5. This displays a message box showing whether extraction was successful. You will see the extracted graphic files.

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The Slider Controls for quantity questions are very similar to those used for single-response questions, but they do not have the associated graphics for each code point. Instead, you need to supply a range of values for the quantity. You can either display a code box so that respondents can type in a numeric value, or display the draggable Slider Control.

Using a template Slider Control

1. In the Questionnaire window, select the quantity question that you wish to turn into a Slider Control.
2. Select Show in the toolbar topics, then select As Slider Control in the drop-down list, and check the Show box. The Questionnaire window changes to display a grey box for the question. If a Slider Control has been previously defined for this question the selected Slider Control is displayed.
3. Double-click the Slider Control area to open the Slider Control wizard. The existing slider bar templates will be displayed. The default templates show five code positions.
4. Select the one with the bar you wish to use. It will appear in preview, allowing you to move the slider to see how it displays at different settings.

The associated code graphics shown in the template window do not appear for quantity questions. They are only available for coded questions. Instead, you have a code box for respondents to enter their value.

If you wish to change the code box visibility and location:

1. Select Advanced.
2. Click Next until you get to the Code labels/ response box page.
3. Change Size to the required size of the code box (the proportion of space the box uses)
4. Change Horizontal space to change the distance from the left edge that the response box appears.

5. Click Finish.

Creating a new Slider Control

1. In the Questionnaire window, select the quantity question that you wish to turn into a Slider Control.
2. Select Show in the toolbar topics, then select As Slider Control in the drop-down list, and check the Show box. The Questionnaire window changes to display a grey box for the question. If a Slider Control has been previously defined for this question the selected Slider Control is displayed.
3. Double click the grey area to open the Slider Control wizard. The existing Slider Control templates will be displayed. The default templates show five code positions, but this will be changed to fit the number of codes that exist in your question.
4. Click Advanced without selecting a template. You are taken to the Bar section.
5. Click Browse to find an image to use as the bar for your Slider Control.

6. If the image is greyscale, you can change the color by using the Colourize button.
7. Click Next to go to the scale marker page. These mark divisions on the bar. You can ignore these for a quantity slider.
8. Click Next to choose an image to use for the slider that respondents drag or stretch across the bar.
9. Click Next to set how the Slider Control behaves. Clear the Use steps box so the respondent can position the slider wherever they like on the bar.

10. Click Next to set the maximum and minimum values respondents can enter. You can also set the position of the code box to type in a response and the direction the slider travels in.

11. When you have made all the changes, click Finish. You have the options to save your Slider Control as a template. Slider Control tempate files have the SLD extension and contain all the images to create the Slider Control.

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Using a Slider Control template

1. In the Questionnaire window, select the single response question that you wish to turn into a Slider Control.
2. Select Show in the toolbar topics, then select As Slider Control in the drop-down list, and check the Show box. The question changes to a grey box for the question. If a Slider Control has been previously defined for this question, that Slider Control is shown.
3. Double-click the Slider Control area to open the Slider Control wizard. This shows the available Slider Control templates. The default templates have five code positions, but change to fit the number of codes in your question.

4. Select the one you wish to use. It will appear in preview, allowing you to move the slider to show how the template looks at different settings.

5. When you have the Slider Control you want, click OK.

Creating a new Slider Control

1. In the questionnaire window, select the single-response question that you wish to turn into a Slider Control.
2. Select Show in the toolbar topics, then select As Slider Control in the drop-down list, and check the Show box. The questionnaire window changes to display a grey area for the question.
3. Double-click the Slider Control area to open the Slider Control wizard. This displays the existing Slider Control templates.

4. Click Advanced without selecting a template. This displays the Points on slider page. This is where you can choose an image to go with each point on your Slider Control.

5. Click the Browse button to browse for an image for that point. If the image is greyscale, you can change its colour by using the colourize button.

6. Repeat this for each point.

7. Click Next to choose an image for the bar. You can specify the position of the bar image.

8. Click Next to choose an image to use as a scale marker between codes.
9. Click Next to choose an image to use for the slider that respondents drag or stretch across the bar.
10. Click Next to set how the slider behaves. Select the Use steps box if you want the slider to jump between points, clear it if you want the respondent to be able to position it anywhere on the slider.

11. Click Next to set how the point graphics behave. This step allows you to change which direction the slider travels in, and where the graphics appear.

12. When you have the slider you want, click Finish. This asks if you wish to save your Slider Control as a style. The file is saved with the .sld extension and contains all the images to create the Slider Control.

Changing the number of points

If you have created a question with a Slider Control and then realise that you need to add more points to it, you must do this.

1. Select the question in the Questionnaire window.
2. Click on the toolbar to change to Style mode.
3. Click the Slider Control button on the toolbar to open the Slider Control wizard.
4. Click the Advanced button on the Slider Control wizard. There will be extra and buttons, allowing you to add and remove codes in the slider style.

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The questionnaire seeding page is displayed if you have selected Import from or Export to a database. It is also shown if you have selected Seed database data into questionnaires when setting up the options for online surveys.

Instructions to map variables

1. To seed (transfer) data from a database field to a question variable in the survey, click in the area to the right of the field and select the survey variable from the drop-down list.

2. Single and multiple-response questions in Snap XMP Desktop have a code for each possible answer. You can seed data directly into one or more codes.

3. Select the code that you wish to seed for a given value of the database field. The example shows different age range fields in the database being seeded into the single-multiple response question Age. If the Age field in the database is set to 2 the age range 25 to 44 will be seeded into the field.
4. Click Next. You will see a summary of what the database link does.
5. Enter a name for the link and click Finish.

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Email invitations

Select the Send email invitations only option to send an email invitation only to your participants. This does not provide tracking options. This requires email addresses to be provided in the participant data. With this option, clicking next opens an email editor, where you can create the email invitation.

Log in participants

Select the Log in participants option to provide the option to track and manage participants in Snap XMP Online. The participant data must contain a field containing unique values to use as the login. You have the option to require a password, send email invitations, seed the questionnaire as well as use group questionnaires.

Email and login settings

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Table of fields

Selecting a database

1. In the Select Database page, you can select the link to your participants’ data. There are two choices depending on the format in which your data is stored.
   • Click Select Database File and browse to the Excel or MS Access file containing the participants’ data. This needs to include a unique id, such as a username or login id.
   • Click Build Data Link to build a link to an Oracle or SQL Database containing the participants’ data. This needs to include a unique id, such as a username or login id.
2. The Select the Table to use drop-down automatically displays a table name. If this is not the table you require, select a different table from the list. If you wish to filter the participants so that this survey is only available to some members of the database, set an appropriate filter in the Where condition box. Click Next.
3. The next step depends on the options required for the survey. Click on the link that matches your required choice and follow the instructions given:
   • Sending email invitations only with the option to seed the email invitation
   • Using logins only with the option to seed the questionnaire
   • Using Logins and sending email invitations with the option to seed both the email invitation and the questionnaire

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General

SQL Quotes

This tab enables you to specify how SQL keywords will be quoted. 

Types

Specify the data types used when creating new fields in the database on an export. The default types will be suitable for all standard operations.

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Changing the variable codes

1. Click the Variable codes button on the Map Control Editor toolbar to open the Variable codes dialog.
2. Click Add to add a new response code to your question.
3. Type the new code label in the Codes field.
4. Double-click in a field to edit the code label. The triangle changes to a pen when you are in edit mode. Changes made here will affect the variable properties of the map control question.
5. Click OK to save your changes.

Setting the codes to match the Map Control defaults

If you click the Defaults button, all the response codes are set to the defaults code labels for the Map Control. For example, if you have a geographical map, the defaults might be geographical regions. If you do this by mistake, click Cancel to discard your changes.

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1. Select Tools|Options in the Map Control Editor. The Options dialog appears.
2. Set the required options.
   • Show shapes on hover displays the changed areas when the mouse pointer is over them.
   • Show code labels on hover displays the variable code label when the mouse pointer is above the associated area.
   • Select Highlight codes in scale displays all codes up to the one you have selected. For example, if you have a five-star map, checking the third star will highlight the first three stars.
   • Reverse scale reverses the highlight order, so if you have a five-star map, checking the third star will highlight the last three stars.
3. Click OK to apply the changes to the map control.

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2. Type in a sample of data into the Text box. For example, for the date pattern you might type in 20201231.
3. If the pattern works correctly it will show that it has matched the data, the result that will display in Snap and the Values of each of the component parts.

If the test fails either the text does not fit the pattern or the pattern needs editing.

Result and Modify Case only alter the way the data is displayed in the analysis.

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Viewing the patterns

1. Open the Patterns dialog from the View | Patterns menu on the Snap XMP Desktop menu.
2. To open the Pattern Properties dialog you can
   • Select a pattern in the list and click the View or Modify button. The patterns supplied with Snap XMP are read-only.
   • Click the New button to create a new pattern.

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1. In the Page Layout instruction, click the Page Setup tab.
2. Select Modify Columns.
3. Select Custom widths. This lets you use the Define button.

4. Click the Define button to open the Custom column width dialog where you can set the column widths.

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Use the  button to change any of the settings in terms of Next Object, Next Part or Previous. Any changes you make to individual style properties remain with that style for the current survey. The changes are not available to other surveys created with Snap XMP.

To alter any of the settings in the copy fields, ensure that you select the appropriate Clone Next Object, Clone Next Part or Clone Previous. This highlights the selected elements of the question. Then you can use the cursor or the space bar to identify which element you want to copy.

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1. To rename any of your own styles, switch to Style mode 
2. Select one of the questions using the style that you want to rename.

3. Select the Style Properties button 
4. Click in the Name box at the top of the Style Properties dialog box.
5. Type in a new name and click on OK to save the style name within the current survey.

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Click  to display the Style Organiser dialog.

Viewing styles

• Select the type of styles you would like to view in the preview window from the Styles drop-down list.

Select All Variables to display all the questions in the current questionnaire in a list. This can be useful if you are not familiar with style names.

• Check the Fit to Window box to fit the question inside the preview window. This is especially useful when previewing titles and subtitles, which normally fit across the width of the whole page.
• The Sorting option orders the styles in the style list. There are three choices:
  • By Name lists the styles in alphabetical order.
  • Recently Used First lists the styles in most recently used order.
  • By family lists the styles in the family they belong to. The list shows style families in alphabetical order.

Creating new styles

Create a new style based on an existing style by clicking the New button. This copies the attributes of the style and allows you to give it a new name.

Managing temporary styles

Snap XMP Desktop creates temporary styles if you edit a question within questionnaire design.

1. You can convert these temporary styles into full re-usable styles by clicking the Properties button and renaming the style. Click OK to save the style.

2. You can also use a temporary style to overwrite the style it was based on, or set it back to being the base style. Click the Re-assign button to display the Extended Style Assignment dialog. The available choices depend on the selection.
   • Make the style “base style” look like variable changes the base style so it matches the selected style
   • Make all “base style” variables look like variable changes all the variables which have the same style base as the selected one look like the selected one.
   • Assign the style “base style” to variable is re-applies the original style to the variable.

Displaying style information

Click the Properties button to display the Style Properties dialog box. You can make changes to style names, or edit parts of the question. You cannot edit the names of the styles supplied with Snap XMP.

Deleting styles

When you Delete a style any questions in that style return to the appropriate base style. You cannot delete the base styles supplied with Snap.

Renaming a style

If you make changes to elements within an individual question and are working within Design mode  , the new changes will be saved as a new style called (like Grid First). If you have several questions that will be using the same layout as the (like Grid First) one, then you could choose to rename the style.

1. To rename any of your own styles, switch to Style mode 
2. Select one of the questions using the style that you want to rename.

3. Select the Style Properties button 
4. Click in the Name box at the top of the Style Properties dialog box.
5. Type in a new name and click on OK to save the style name within the current survey.

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1. Select the question you would like to change.
2. Select More Styles from the drop-down list of style names, or click the Style Picker button  .
3. The Style Picker dialog appears with the selected question displayed in the preview pane. You can see a list of all of the styles in the questionnaire on the left of the dialog box. To show the question with a different style, select a new style in the list. The preview will change accordingly.

4. Showing ‘All Variables’ displays all the questions from the current questionnaire with their associated style name in a list. This can be useful if you are not really familiar with style names as it allows you to pick styles by variable rather than by style name.
5. This updates the question showing the new style in the Questionnaire Window.

Style Picker options

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Click the Finish button to create or update the Slider Control.

If you want to change anything, click the Back button until you reach the relevant page.

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2. Click the Browse button to browse for an image for that point. If the image is greyscale, you can change its colour by using the Colourize button.

3. Repeat this for each point.

4. Click Next to choose an image for the bar. You can specify the position of the bar image.

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Click Browse to find an image file to use as the slider bar. Snap XMP comes with a number of bars to choose from.

When you have finished, click Next to add points to the slider.

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4. Select the one you wish to use. It will appear in preview, allowing you to move the slider to show how the template looks at different settings.

5. When you have the Slider Control you want, click OK.
6. Click the Advanced button to customise the slider bar.

Explore how to customise the Slider Control templates.

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A preview pane opens with the wizard and shows how the slider will be displayed during the interview.

Click the Advanced button, if you want to customise the slider. This guides you through all the options to edit the slider.

BY clicking Next to go to each page, you can customise:

• the label or image to display at each code point
• the bar image for the slider
• the scale marker image to specify the code positions on the slider
• the image to represent a slider that moves along the bar
• whether the slider moves smoothly or in discrete steps
• the properties of the code labels and response box

At the end of the Slider Control wizard, there is a summary page that gives a brief report on the options you have chosen. Click the Finish button to update the slider.

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Change the Questionnaire window to Data View mode by clicking    on the Questionnaire window toolbar. This shows the case data in questionnaire format. There are two options available:

• Select Case Data to view or print individual responses

• Select Counts to view or print a summary of responses

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1. In the Questionnaire window, click Questionnaire properties  to display the Questionnaire Properties dialog box.
2. Select Buttons  in the Section panel to display the buttons properties.

4. Click Design to choose a style for your buttons. This opens the Navigation Design dialog.

5. Select the button design.
6. Click OK to save the changes to all buttons.

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• choose the image used for the navigation buttons
• choose the style of the navigation progress bar

Open the Select Image dialog from the Navigation Design dialog.

Button design

Progress Bar design

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1. Click the Tailor | Questionnaire design menu option on the Snap XMP Desktop menu.
2. Click the Fallback info button to open the Fallback Fonts information.

View all the Questionnaire Design tailoring options.

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Displaying a question in a different formats

1. Select the question in the Questionnaire window.
2. Select Show in the topics drop-down list.

3. Select one of the question formats available in the next drop-down. The question formats available depend on the selected question.

4. Select the Show checkbox to change the question to the new format. Clear the Show checkbox to return to the original question style.

Question formats

You can also use the Show topic to show or hide a question and to insert a separating line between questions.

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1. Select the question in the Questionnaire window.
2. Select Show in the topics drop-down list.
3. Select Line Before in the next drop-down.
4. Select the Show checkbox. This lets you use the Line Style button.

5. Click the Line Style button. This opens the Separating Line dialog where you can set the appearance of the separating line.

Separating Line dialog

You can also use the Show topic to show or hide a question and to display the question in a different format.

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1. Press Enter to create a new question.
2. In the style selection drop down list change the style to Open Grid First. This will allow you to set up the heading for the first of a series of questions, each of which can contain numbers or text.

3. Click on the box that reads Click here for text. Type your question text and press  or Tab.
4. The cursor will move to the Grid Label of the first row where you can enter your text. Use Ctrl and + to make the box larger if necessary.
5. Press Tab and type the next question text in the next line of the question.

This is an Open Grid Next question. Its question box (and all subsequent boxes) will be the same size as the first box in the question.

6. If you need more questions press Tab again and repeat the process.

If you wish to change the responses to quantities, dates or times, select Responses in the toolbar topic. Following questions will keep the new response type and box size.

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• Open Ended is for a single free format response.
• Open Grid First and Open Grid Next are for free format responses for a series of similar questions, which can come under the same overall question heading.

Inserting an Open Ended question

Use an Open Ended question to collect free format text, number, date or time. A common use is to provide space for general comments.

1. Press Enter to create a new question.
2. In the style selection drop down list change the style to Open Ended, which allows the respondent to enter free format text.

3. Use Click on the box that reads Click here for text and type in your question text.
4. To make the box bigger hold down the Ctrl key and press the + key. Press Ctrl and – to make the box smaller.

If you wish to change the responses to quantities, dates or times, select Responses in the toolbar topic.

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1. Press Enter to create a new question.
2. In the style selection drop down list change the style to Semantic Scale First. If it is not available in the list, select More Styles and scroll to Semantic Scale First in the Style Picker dialog, then click OK. This creates an empty question with two codes.

3. Type your question text, for example “How would you describe the product?” Press the  key to move to the first label. Type the adjective at one end of the scale, such as “Cheap”.
4. Press the  key to move to the first code in the question.
5. Press Tab to add further codes
6. Press the  key to move to the second label and type the adjective at the other end of the scale (such as “Expensive”).

7. Press Tab if you wish to create a grid of semantic scale questions or press Enter to create a new question.

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1. Press Enter to create a new question.
2. In the style selection drop down list change the style to Grid First. This will allow you to set up the headings for the first of a series of grid questions.

3. In the area marked Click here for text, type your question text, for example “How did you rate the following?” Press the Tab key on your keyboard.
4. The cursor will now move to the list of codes across the top of the first grid question. Type the first of the possible answers, such as “Good”. Press Tab to create the next code. Type each subsequent answer and follow each by pressing Tab. After the last code press  instead of Tab.
5. The cursor will move to the text of the first Grid Label. Type the first item, such as “Speed of service” and press Tab.

6. This creates the next grid row automatically changing the style to Grid Next for the second and subsequent rows. Type the next Grid Label.
7. Press Tab to create another grid row or press Enter to complete the grid and move to a new question.

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1. When you complete your list of choices, press Ctrl + Enter to add an Other style question after the Multi Choice question. The style of an Other question contains a question text label and a text box for free format comments.
2. In the area marked “Click here for text”, enter your question text.
3. To make the text box larger press Ctrl + +. Press Ctrl + – to make the box smaller.

The question number is not displayed but can be identified in the notification area of Snap XMP Desktop.

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1. Press Enter to start a new question after the currently selected question. By default, this is a single response question and the question style is Single Choice on the toolbar.
2. Select the question style drop-down list on the toolbar and choose Multi Choice in the Style selection drop-down menu. The shape of the response boxes changes from a radio button to a checkbox.

3. You can see an area with “Click here for text”. Type your question text here.
4. Press the Tab key on your keyboard to move the cursor into the area by the first box. This is labelled “Code Label”. Type your first answer code here then press Tab to create and move to the next code label.
5. Continue with the text for the other code labels and press Tab after each one.
6. When you have finished the question, press Enter to start the next question. Press Ctrl + Enter if you wish to add an “Other” question.

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To switch between the drop-down list or separate boxes:

1. In the questionnaire window, select the question that you wish to turn into a drop-down.

2. Select Show in the toolbar, then select As Drop-down in the next drop-down list
3. Select the Show box to show the question as a drop-down. The question is now shown as a drop-down.

4. Clear the Show box to show the question as response boxes.

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1. Press Enter to start a new question after the currently selected question. By default, this is a single response question and the question style is Single Choice on the toolbar, showing radio buttons as the response box style.

2. You can see an area with “Click here for text”. Type your question text here.
3. Press the Tab key on your keyboard and the cursor will move into an area by the first box, labelled “Code Label”. Type your first answer code here then press Tab to create and move to the next code label.
4. Continue with the text for the other code labels and press Tab after each one.
5. When you have finished the question you can press Enter to start the next question.

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• Title
• Sub Title
• Instruction

Add a note to your questionnaire by inserting text in one of these styles.

Inserting a title or sub-title

A questionnaire normally starts with a heading together with text to explain its purpose and how it should be completed. As soon as a new questionnaire starts, there are placeholders for a title and then a sub-title.

1. In the area marked “Click here for text”, type the name of your survey. The style displayed in the ribbon at the top of the window is pre-set to Title. The default layout and font for the title is black text in Arial font on a white background.
2. Press Enter when you have set up your title. This displays a sub-title area automatically. The Sub Title style is on the toolbar.
3. Type your sub-title text.

4. Press Enter when you have set up your title and sub-title.

The text of the sub-title automatically moves onto the next line as you type. If you want to force a new line as part of the text of the title or sub-title, click on the appropriate location and press Shift and Enter.

Inserting an instruction

An Instruction can appear anywhere in the questionnaire and can be a note to an interviewer or guidelines to a respondent on how to complete the next section of the questionnaire.

1. Press Enter to create a new question when you have set up your title and sub-title.
2. Change the style to Instruction in the style selection box. This allows you to enter free format text that appears across the entire column of the questionnaire.
3. Type your instruction or information text in the box.

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This allows you to capture which link the participant used, so you can track the participants’ engagement on each platform.

Step 1: Creating a variable to capture the seeded data.

1. Create a variable to capture the data you want to collect. This example uses an Open Ended Literal variable, but you can also use a coded single choice variable.
2. Change the name of the variable to something that helps you recognise it easily. Do this by right-clicking on the variable, then selecting Variable Properties. In this example, the variable name is changed to “Website”.

3. If you don’t want the participants to see the variable in the survey, you can then hide it. To do this simply right click on the variable, then select Hide Variable. The participant cannot view a hidden variable, but the questionnaire uses the data behind the scenes.
4. When the questionnaire is ready, you can publish it, which creates the survey URL in Snap Online. You can find out more about publishing your survey here.

Step 2: Creating the URL for each website.

1. Log in to Snap Online.
2. Select the survey and open the Collect tab.
3. In the Collect tab, you will find the Interview URL.

4. Copy the URL using the Copy button, then paste it into a text editor, such as Notepad or Microsoft Word.
5. To make a unique link for each website the questionnaire can be accessed, you need to add some code to the end of the URL. This code is: ?VariableName=Data
6. Replace the ‘VariableName’ with the name of the variable you want to seed data into. Replace ‘Data’ with the data you want seed. In this example, there are three websites being used, so you need to seed the words ‘Facebook’, ‘Twitter’ or ‘Snap Surveys’ into the variable called Website in the survey. The links created are:
   • Facebook: https://online1.snapsurveys.com/199hgw?Website=Facebook
   • Twitter: https://online1.snapsurveys.com/199hgw?Website=Twitter
   • Snap Surveys: https://online1.snapsurveys.com/199hgw?Website=Snap%20Surveys
7. Publish these links onto the relevant websites, each link takes the participant to the same questionnaire. The questionnaire captures the website information within their response, and you analyse this to check your engagement for each platform.

Please note that because Snap Surveys is two words, you need to use the HTML code for a space. This is %20. You cannot use a space within the URL, as anything after the space is ignored.

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Statistic	Description
Count	The number of data cases
Mean	This is often called the average. It is defined as the sum of the items divided by the number of items. For example, for ten responses Mean = (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 4 + 6 + 2) = 34 10 = 3.4
Mode	The mode of a distribution is the most frequent or most popular item. If two values tie for the mode, Snap chooses the lower. With the same ten responses: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6 Mode = 4, since 4 is the most frequently occurring value (three occurrences).
Quartile 1	25% through a range of values
Median	The midpoint or 50% through a range of values. To calculate the median, the items of the distribution are arranged in order of magnitude starting with either the smallest or the largest, then: if the number of items is odd, the median is the value of the middle item. if the number of items is even, the median is the mean of the two middle items. 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6 Median = (3 + 4) ÷ 2 = 3.5
Quartile 3	75% through a range of values.
Sum	The sum is calculated by adding all the values of a distribution. Sum = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 4 + 6 + 2 = 34
Minimum	The minimum is the smallest value of the distribution. Minimum = 1
Maximum	The maximum is the largest value of the distribution. Maximum = 6
Range	The range shows the spread of the distribution and is calculated by subtracting the smallest value (minimum) from the largest value (maximum). Range = 6 – 1 = 5
Standard Deviation	The standard deviation is a measure of dispersion of values in a distribution. It gives an indication of how much the values deviate from the mean. Thus, a distribution with a large range would have a larger standard deviation than one with a small range. The standard deviation is calculated as: where xi is each value in the distribution, is the mean of the values and n is the number of cases. For the sample in question: Standard Deviation = 1.428286
Variance	The variance is another measure of dispersion of values in a distribution and is used in the calculation of the standard deviation: Snap calculates the standard deviation and variance by assuming the data represents a sample rather than an entire population.
Standard Error of the Mean	The standard error of the mean is calculated by dividing the standard deviation by the square root of the number of items in the sample. It is defined as the standard deviation of the distribution of the sample mean and gives an indication of how far individual scores deviate from the mean score shown. The larger the sample, and/or the closer the individual scores are to the mean score, the smaller the standard error. Standard Error of the Mean = 1.428286 ÷ √10 = 0.451664
Skewness	A distribution that is not symmetrical but has more cases toward one end of the distribution than the other is called skewed. The measures of central tendency (mean, mode and median) can vary considerably. If the mean is larger than the mid point of the range (the median) and the most frequently occurring value (the mode), the sample is said to be positively skewed. If the mean is smaller than the mid point of the range (the median) and the most frequently occurring value (the mode), the sample is said to be negatively skewed. A small skewness value (close to 0) indicates that the data is evenly distributed about the mean. With this type of distribution it would be expected that the values for mean, mode and median be similar. The skewness of the example is 0.098843 indicating a small positive skewness.
Kurtosis	Kurtosis also gives an indication of the shape of a distribution in the form of the extent to which, for a given standard deviation, the data clusters around a central point. A positive value for kurtosis indicates a distribution that is more peaked than usual. A distribution of this type would typically have most of the values clustered around a central point. A negative value for kurtosis indicates a flatter or more widely dispersed distribution. The kurtosis for the example is -0.75202
Average Absolute Deviation	The average of the absolute deviations. It is a and tends to ignore distant outliers. It is a summary statistic of statistical dispersion and would normally only be displayed if specifically requested
Sample Standard Deviation	An estimate of the population standard deviation based on the sample.
Sample Variance	An estimate of the population variance based on the sample.

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This table shows the meaning of the options which appear when a given statistic is selected. These options specify how the statistic is calculated and displayed. The default options are set in the Analysis tailoring dialog.

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Area	Description
Title	Defines the title for table window and text report. This defaults to a summary of the analysis.
Insert	Insert an Image, Variable field, Survey field, Date/Time field, HTML field, Analysis field or Cell value field at the current cursor position.
Chart Axis titles	Specify the titles for the chart axes
Analysis	Defaults to the analysis definition as title
Break	Title for the x-axis (not for pies or doughnuts) Defaults to the break definition
Value	Title for the y-axis (not for pies or doughnuts)
Use Defaults	Set the chart axis titles back to the default values.
Text style area	Specifies the font typeface, size, colour and formatting used in notes.
Insert	Insert an Image, Variable field, Survey field, Date/Time field, HTML field, Analysis field or Cell value field at the current cursor position.the note
Notes panel	Enter text for more information about the current analysis. Text entered here can be viewed and edited in a text panel below the window displaying the result (visible by clicking in the display window toolbar). It will be included in exports and printed results.

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1. In Title enter a name for the Instruction.
2. In N/A enter a condition where the Text Grid is not shown in the report.
3. Adjust the size of the grid in Rows and Columns.
4. Select Style to change the look of the Text Grid.
5. Click and select Edit Styles to change the Text Grid style and Sizing to change the column sizing.
6. In each grid cell enter text or click Insert to add an image, variable field, survey field, date or time, HTML field or cell value.
7. Click Reset to set the font settings back to the defaults.
8. Click OK to save the Text Grid.

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1. In Title enter a name for the Instruction.
2. In the N/A enter a condition where the Information is not shown in the report.
3. Enter text in the contents box.
4. Click Insert to add an image, variable field, survey field, date or time, HTML field or cell value.
5. Click Reset to set the font settings back to the defaults.
6. Click OK to save the Information.

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Setting the window size

1. To use the default window size select Standard in the Size box.
2. To set custom window dimensions click Set Custom.
3. In the Set Window Size dialog, change the size of the dialog by dragging the sides or bottom corners.
4. When you have set it to the required size click Save .

Setting the analysis placement

1. Resize the analysis to always fit the specified space, select Scale in the box.
2. Resize the analysis only if it is larger than the specified space, select Limit in the box.
3. Set the percentage of the Page or Column that the analysis occupies.

Example

Scale the plot to 80% of the Column resizes the analysis to fill 80% of the current column.

Limit the plot to 80% of the Page reduces the size of the analysis if it is larger than 80% of the page.

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1. Select the Start New Page check box to create a page break and put the subsequent content on a new page.
2. There are three types of Page Breaking.
   • Unchanged uses the existing method of page breaking.
   • Break between items puts a page break between every instruction.
   • Continuous report starts a new page if the next item does not fit on the current page.
3. Select the Restart Page numbers check box to start the page number from the entered number.
4. Select the Start New Document check box to put the subsequent content in a new file. This is normally used when creating multiple reports.
5. Use Insert to use one of the fields as part of the filename.

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• Page Breaks
• Page Setup
• Report Fonts

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1. Enter an Analyses or Report in the Execute box.
2. Click View Analysis to see the selected analysis or report.
3. If you have selected a report, enter the range of instructions to be executed in the Instruction box.
4. Filter your report or analysis data by entering an expression in the Filter box.
5. Specify a condition which stops the report or analysis executing by entering an expression in the N/A box.
6. Click OK to create the Instruction.

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The Results definition window is a simplified version of the Analysis Definition window that includes the Definition and Notes/Titles tabs.

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Click New to create a new email alert or click Clone to create a copy of an existing alert.

Select an alert then click Edit to edit an existing alert or Delete to remove the alert.

See also Setting up email alerts.

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To include a paradata variable, select the system variable, then select Display in questionnaire.

Paradata settings

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For more information on the options, go to the Accessibility section.

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The Layout section allows you to specify which standard components, such as a logo or title, appear on every page of your survey and how they look.

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A new interviewer that runs the live survey interviews has been introduced in build 12.10. This was previously set in the Interview section by selecting the option Use new interviewer (beta). The new interviewer is used by default on all new surveys. The legacy interviewer settings are accessed using the Advanced button. The legacy options are set on for any previously created survey where Use new interviewer (beta) was not selected.

New features will only be implemented in the new interviewer. These include question carousels and displaying calculations on the same page without enforced page breaks. If a new feature, such as a question carousel, is added to a survey, the new interviewer will be used automatically.

To use the new interviewer, click the Advanced button and clear the options Use legacy interviewer engine and Generate legacy HTML layout.

Interview settings

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The available options are

• Default which displays a default thank you page provided by Snap Surveys
• Web page which allows you to specify a web page that the participant is taken to after they submit or save their response. This option can be left blank, in which case participants will receive the default thank you page.
• Close which closes the web browser window after the participant submits their response when the survey is displayed in a pop up window. Please note this will not work when the survey is being displayed in a normal web browser. In this case, the default page is displayed.

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In paper editions, click the Column Separator button to set the appearance of the column separator.

• Style selects the type of vertical line with <none> set as the default.
• Width selects the width of the printed line
• Colour selects the color of the printed line.

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In paper editions, you can

• set the page size
• set the background colour and picture
• choose the page orientation as portrait or landscape
• choose to print the questionnaire as a booklet
• set the headers and footers on each page

In online editions, you can

• set the screen size
• set the background colour and picture
• choose whether to allow scrolling

Changing the page or screen size

This changes the questionnaire page layout for online editions or page size for paper editions. In online editions, the page size determines which edition is displayed on a device, letting you produce adaptive questionnaires.

1. In the Questionnaire window, change to the edition for the required output, for example, Paper, Phone or PC/Laptop.
2. Click Questionnaire Properties  to open the Questionnaire Properties dialog.
3. In Section, select the Page section.
4. In online editions, in Width, enter the screen width of the device you want this edition to display. The screen width will be different if the device in held in landscape and portrait mode, so choose the appropriate value. Alternatively, select a standard screen size in the drop-down.
5. In paper editions, in Width and Height, enter the page width and height you want to print this edition on. Alternatively, select a standard paper size in the drop-down.
6. Click OK to save your changes.

If the questionnaire will be used on a specific devices then you can test the questionnaire works as expected on that device. Often, participants will use a variety of devices and you will need to test on a number of different sized devices to ensure the layout of each edition is correct.

Note that if you change the page size for one edition, it may affect which of the other questionnaires is delivered to a device.

Adding a picture to the background

Snap Surveys provides a range of background images for surveys that you can download and use in your surveys.

1. Select Background in the topic drop-down.
2. In the next drop-down, select the area to apply the background. To apply the background to the entire question, select (All). To apply the background to the all pages, select (Page).
3. Click the Picture button. This displays the Picture dialog.
4. Select a picture from the file name drop-down or click Browse to browse for the picture file. The picture path name is shown in the drop-down. Click Remove to clear the picture.

5. You can align the picture horizontally using the Horizontal drop-down, with Left, Centre and Right options. You can align the picture vertically using the Vertical drop-down, with Top, Centre, Bottom options.
6. The area assigned for the selected part of the question determines the size of the picture. For an online edition you can select Tile or Fixed to repeat or fix the image. For a paper edition you can select Stretch or Fit to resize the image or Tile and Zoom to repeat or scale the image. This can be done both horizontally and vertically.
7. If available, you can colourize the GIF file by selecting a color from the drop-down.
8. Click Zoom and enter a percentage value to resize the image in the background.
9. Click OK to save the changes.

Using a picture with a background

If the background uses a color and a picture, the color shows in areas where the picture does not fill the space. The background preview area on the toolbar shows a split view with the color in the top half and the picture in the bottom half.

Changes to the background are the same in all language editions for a single output edition, but will not change other output editions as this affects the style.

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The editions can be edited in the Editions and Style Templates window, available from the Questionnaire toolbar.

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1. Click on the Variable window toolbar to display the Print Variable Details dialog. You can also select File | Print Report, or press Ctrl + P.

2. Select the report settings you would like.

2. When your selection is complete, press Print to output the required report.

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This happens when a variable is:

• used in routing
• used by a derived variable
• inserted in the label of a variable
• used in an analysis variable

You can view Sources and Dependencies by clicking .

1. Click to open the Variables window.
2. Highlight the variable you wish to inspect and click .
3. The Sources/Dependencies window opens, showing the selected variable together with any source variables (variables that it depends on) and any variables, reports or analyses that depend on it.

In the example below, the variable Q3a depends on Q3, as Q3a is only asked if the respondent answers Other to Q3. You cannot delete Q3 until the Not Asked condition in Q3a is removed.

In the Sources/Dependencies window you can

• check the details of a dependent by selecting it and clicking
• display the sources/dependencies of a variable by selecting it and clicking or double-clicking the variable
• move to the previous view in the Sources/Dependencies window by clicking
• move forward by clicking

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Showing or hiding the question

1. Select Show from the toolbar topic menu.
2. Select (All) from the question element list.

3. Clear the Show box to hide the question. Select the Show box to display the question.

When the question is hidden you can still access it by selecting the Hidden label.

Showing or hiding part of a question

1. Select Show from the toolbar topic menu.
2. Select the question element from the element list.

3. Clear the Show box to hide the question element. Select the Show box to display the question element.

You can also use the Show topic to display a question in a different format and to insert a separating line between questions.

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The question text can be placed above or beside the question. The default setting is for the question text to appear above the list of codes and the footnote to appear below the list of codes.

When you select Beside, the question text is to the left of the question codes.

When you change the position of the code box, it is changed relative to the code label. This is usually set to Left or Right for single or multi-choice codes, and Below for the first row of a grid.

The footnote text can be placed below or beside the question. When you select Beside, the question text is to the right of the question codes.

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The elements of the question that you can alter in Margins are: (All), Name, Text, Grid Name, Grid Label, Position, Code Label, Code Value, Data, Check Mark, Code GoTo and Footnote.

You can alter the left, right, top and bottom margins by using the up and down buttons, or typing in new values.

Using (All)

If (All) is selected, the entire question, including the name, text and all of the codes and code labels, moves. Adjusting the left margin moves the entire question to the right. When you increase the top margin, the spacing at the top of each question element increases. The effect is to space out the entire question.

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Change the font type and size

1. In the Questionnaire window, select Font in the topic drop-down list.
2. Select the text, or position the cursor at the start of the change.
3. Select the font type from the drop-down list of fonts available on the device.

4. Select the font size from the drop-down list of font sizes available for the selected font type.

Bold, Italic and Underline

1. In the Questionnaire window, select Font in the topic drop-down list.
2. Select the text, or position the cursor at the start of the change.
3. Click  to make your text bold,  to make it italic or  to underline it.

Highlight the text

1. In the Questionnaire window, select Font in the topic drop-down list.
2. Select the text, or position the cursor at the start of the change.
3. Click  to highlight it in the highlight colour.

4. Change the highlight colour by right-clicking to show the colour palette. Select the highlight colour or click No Highlight at the top of the colour palette.

Change the text colour

1. In the Questionnaire window, select Font in the topic drop-down list.
2. Select the text, or position the cursor at the start of the change.
3. If you wish to change the text colour, select a different colour in the drop-down list.

Clear all formatting

1. In the Questionnaire window, select Font in the topic drop-down list.
2. Select the text that you want to change.
3. Click Reset to clear all formatting from the selected text.

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• Columns where you can display the answer choices or codes over one or more columns.
• Grid sets the number of columns equal to the number of codes in the question.
• Down or Across selects the display order of the codes in the columns.
• Full Page sets the question text and code list to the full-page width.
• Semantic shows the grid rows in a semantic style format.
• Compound places adjacent grids in a column layout horizontally across the page.
• None shows the codes adjacent to each other with no columns.

Setting the column layout

1. Select the question or questions that you want to change.
2. Select Columns in the Questionnaire topics menu.

3. In Columns, set the number of columns to display the answer codes. The default is 1 column. You can choose from 1 column to a maximum of 20 columns. When you have a large number of columns, check that the labels are easy to read. The Columns option is only available for single and multiple-choice questions only.
4. Click Grid to show the answer codes as a single line across the page. The number of columns is always the same as the number of codes. If you have a large number of codes, check that the label text shows fully in the available space. The Grid option is only available for single and multiple-choice questions only.
5. Click Full Page to show the both the question text and answer list using the full-page width. This ignores the columns settings specified in the Page section of the questionnaire properties. This is available for all questions.
6. You can toggle between Down and Across. Down orders the codes with the first code at the top of the first column, the second code underneath it. Across orders the codes with the first code at the top of the first column and the second code at the top of the second column. The Down and Across option is only available for single and multiple-choice questions only.
7. You can only use Compound when there are adjacent Grid questions. This places the grids in a column layout horizontally across the page.

Setting a multi column layout

The default settings are Columns set to 1 and Down set on. The codes are displayed underneath in each other in one column.

In this example, there are 2 columns and the order is set to Down. The codes are positioned below each other before starting the next column

Setting a grid layout

Selecting the Grid option sets the number of columns equal to the number of codes in the question.

When the number of codes is high, you may not be able to see all the code labels or boxes. To resolve this, you can use Full Page, reduce the length of the label text, or organise the question into a number of columns.

Setting the layout down or across

When the codes are displayed in columns, the order can be determined using the Down or Across buttons. The default is Down. The order shows the first code at the top of the first column with the second code underneath it. This continues until the column is broken and the next code is displayed at the top of the next column.

When you select Across, the order of the codes shows the first code at the top of the first column with the second code at the top of the second column, which continues to the maximum number of columns. Then the next code is displayed second in the list of the first column.

Setting a full-page layout

When you select Full Page, the layout of the question uses the entire width of the page and will ignore the columns settings in the questionnaire page setup. This is useful where you require some questions, such as instructions, to be full width and other questions to be a smaller width. If you set the page width as the full width, then the layout will not change.

Semantic layout

Semantic scale questions use contrasting adjectives or objects where each pair of items is at opposite ends of a bipolar scale, such as Good to Poor. When you add a Semantic Scale question, this automatically selects the Semantic option in the Columns topic.

You can also display grids as a semantic scale by selecting the Semantic button.

This takes the first and last grid headers and displays the option boxes in between the two opposite descriptions. Note that the code labels need to be visible for each grid row.

Compound

When you select Compound ,the live interview shows the grids next to each other. The grids do not change position in the Questionnaire design window. There are more options available using the Compound topic.

Setting a no columns layout

This settings removes the column layout. The codes labels display adjacent to each other with no columns. This setting is usually used with questions that show as buttons.

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1. Select Find in the toolbar topics drop-down list.
2. Type in the search text in the empty box to the right of the topics drop-down list.

3. Press Enter to search the questionnaire, from the current cursor position to the end of the questionnaire.This highlights the first example of the search text.
4. Press Enter again and to search for the next example.
5. At the end of the questionnaire, confirm to continue the search from the beginning of the questionnaire.

Use the controls Find Next   to find the next occurrence and Find Previous   to find the previous occurrence.

The box containing the search text will store any previous searches in a drop-down list, so you can repeat searches without retyping the text. This is cleared when the Questionnaire window is closed.

Replacing text

Click Find/Replace to open the Find dialog where you have more options to find and replace text.

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Add the border

1. Select the question or questions in the Questionnaire window.
2. In the topic drop-down, select Border.
3. Choose the style, width and colour of the border. This changes all sides of the border. You can see the border changes in the Questionnaire window.

4. Click the Advanced button to set the appearance of each side of the border.

This change affects all language edition of the same publication, such as all online editions, but the change is not shown in other publication editions, such as paper editions.

Advanced border settings

Set the border properties for each side of the border. You can see the border changes in the Questionnaire window.

Click Close to return to the Questionnaire window.