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Answer different kinds of questions
Write text, pick options, enter numbers, fill in tables and upload files.
Each challenge chooses its own questions, and they come in several kinds. Pick a tab to see how to answer each kind. Your idea saves automatically as you go.
For a short question, type your answer in the one-line box.
Longer questions have a bigger box, which grows as you write.
Some questions have a formatting toolbar above the box. Click into the box and type; you can make words bold, add lists, links and more.
See Format your answers for everything the toolbar can do.
For a drop-down question, click Options and pick one answer. To clear it again, click the cross next to your answer.
For a question with tick boxes, tick every answer that applies. Click a ticked box again to untick it.
For a number question, type a number. If it’s outside the range the question allows, a message says so, for example Enter a number between 0 and 1000.
Change it to a number in the range and the message goes away.
For a slider, drag the handle or click the number at either end of the scale. Your choice shows in large type above it.
Under Please provide a reason or explanation, say why you chose it. A required slider needs both a number and a reason before you can submit.
Some sliders don’t ask for a reason; then the number on its own is enough.
A table question starts with one empty row. Fill it in; columns marked with a red asterisk (*) are required.
Click Add Row for another row. Until every required column of every row is filled, the checklist at the bottom of your idea says which column and row still need an answer.
Fill in the missing answer, and the table is complete.
To remove a row, click the bin icon at the end of it.
For a question that asks for an image, click click to browse and pick a picture, or drag one onto the box. It’s uploaded straight away and shows under the question.
Some questions take several images. Pick them all at once; the box says how many you can add (up to 10).
Add a video in the same way. It shows under Uploaded video, with Processing video for the first few minutes; after that you can play it.
Questions that ask for a file take documents such as PDFs. If a question takes several, the box shows the limit, for example Maximum of 3 files.
To replace an upload, remove it with the bin icon next to it and upload another. Each file can be up to the size shown in the box.
A Supporting information box holds guidance for the questions after it. There’s nothing to fill in; read it, then answer the questions below it.
Supporting information only shows while you’re editing your idea, not in the preview or once it’s submitted.
Required questions are marked with a red asterisk (*). Until they’re answered, the checklist at the bottom of your idea lists them and you can’t submit. Some questions also have a word limit, or only appear depending on your other answers.