Voting Buttons, Can I ask multiple questions in one Outlook email?
I would like users to be able to answer four yes/no questions directly in one Microsoft Outlook email. I would like to be able to obtain a tally of the answers also.
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As an alternative you can use a free voting service like:
http://www.ballotbin.com/
http://pollcode.com/
http://www.ballotbin.com/
http://pollcode.com/
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infopath, How hard would it be to use it to accomplish this... any video tutorials?
Here is a tutorial:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/infopath/archive/2007/01/24/survey-creator.aspx
You can download some infopath templates here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/results.aspx?qu=infopath+survey&origin=CT010143633
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/infopath/archive/2007/01/24/survey-creator.aspx
You can download some infopath templates here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/results.aspx?qu=infopath+survey&origin=CT010143633
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The same way you set up a single voting button.Diane Poremsky [MVP] posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 6:30 PM
The same way you set up a single voting button.
If we knew the version of Outlook we could be more specific. The short
generic method assumes you know your way around your version: look on the
options dialog of the compose message window - use voting buttons field.
Type the Vote choices in a semicolon separated list - for example, if we
used voting buttons to figure out what version you used, we'd enter "Outlook
2000;Outlook 2002;Outlook 2003;Outlook 2007" into the field.
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Thanks for the quick reply.Fred4 posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 7:56 PM
Thanks for the quick reply. I am using Outlook 2003 and know how to use
voting buttons for a single question to vote on. What I want to set up is to
have multiple questions and a voting button with a yes or no choice for each
item. Is this possible?
ie.
Do you use sunscreen? yes; no
Do you use baby oil? yes; no
Do you use lemon juice? yes; no
Thanks.
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No, not within one message.Diane Poremsky [MVP] posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:32 PM
No, not within one message. You'll need 3 messages or use a different
method - like a web page.
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The same way you set up a single voting button.
If we knew the version of Outlook we could be more specific. The short
generic method assumes you know your way around your version: look on the
options dialog of the compose message window - use voting buttons field.
Type the Vote choices in a semicolon separated list - for example, if we
used voting buttons to figure out what version you used, we'd enter "Outlook
2000;Outlook 2002;Outlook 2003;Outlook 2007" into the field.
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Thanks for the quick reply.Fred4 posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 7:56 PM
Thanks for the quick reply. I am using Outlook 2003 and know how to use
voting buttons for a single question to vote on. What I want to set up is to
have multiple questions and a voting button with a yes or no choice for each
item. Is this possible?
ie.
Do you use sunscreen? yes; no
Do you use baby oil? yes; no
Do you use lemon juice? yes; no
Thanks.
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No, not within one message.Diane Poremsky [MVP] posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:32 PM
No, not within one message. You'll need 3 messages or use a different
method - like a web page.
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ggupta7 does this allow me to ask multiple questions and get answers to each?`
Hi, kblumen.
As already mentioned, there can only be one set of voting buttons per message which limits you to one question per message. The simplest solution to asking multiple questions is to use either a survey tool (e.g. Survey Monkey) or HTML. If you go the HTML route, then you'd include the questions and answers in the body of the message. The answers will be hyperlinks that either generate a response email or point to a web site that records the answers. This will not work like voting buttons in that the responses will not be tabulated in Outlook. They'll either be a series of emails or they'll be recorded in a database.
Another more complicated solution is to design a custom Outlook form for this purpose. That won't work like voting buttons either, but does offer some advantages over the approaches I described above.
As already mentioned, there can only be one set of voting buttons per message which limits you to one question per message. The simplest solution to asking multiple questions is to use either a survey tool (e.g. Survey Monkey) or HTML. If you go the HTML route, then you'd include the questions and answers in the body of the message. The answers will be hyperlinks that either generate a response email or point to a web site that records the answers. This will not work like voting buttons in that the responses will not be tabulated in Outlook. They'll either be a series of emails or they'll be recorded in a database.
Another more complicated solution is to design a custom Outlook form for this purpose. That won't work like voting buttons either, but does offer some advantages over the approaches I described above.
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bluedevilfan...have you tried infopath?
I've seen it in action, but I'm not an Infopath user myself. I'm sure the Infopath solution is a better approach, but I expect it also requires more work. It also requires a copy of Infopath.
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Infopath is the way to go
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/32961675/how-do-i-set-up-multiple-voting-buttons.aspx