# Format a Survey

The Questions page includes tools to reorder, indent, edit, and configure questions after they have been added to a survey.

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#### Navigate to the Questions page

Open the survey and click **Questions** in the progress panel.
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#### Reorder questions

Click and drag questions into the desired order on the page.
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#### Indent questions

Click **Increase Depth** to indent questions for visual organization. This is useful for grouping related or multi-part questions together.

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**TIP:** A maximum of 3 depth layers is allowed. Questions increase one layer at a time.
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#### Edit question text

Click the **pencil icon** on a question to edit its wording. You can also adjust alternate text for follow-up surveys and set field names for data exports.
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#### Mark questions as required

Click the **asterisk icon** on a question to mark it as required. Required questions must be answered before the survey can be submitted.
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#### Remove question numbering

Click **Not Numbered** to remove numbering from headings or questions that should not be numbered.
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#### Lock a question

Click **Lock** to prevent a question from being removed in future survey copies.

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**NOTE:** Locking questions prevents removal but may complicate editing in copies of the survey.
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#### Duplicate a question

Click the **copy action button** to duplicate a question along with its response options.
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#### View metadata

Select **Show Metadata** to view advanced information such as the question ID and type.
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#### Continue

Click **Continue** to proceed to the [Permissions](/plan/surveys/survey-permissions.md) page.
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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://support.pears.io/plan/surveys/format-a-survey.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.