How to make a QR code for a form
A QR code turns any printed surface into a form: a flyer, a table tent, a poster, a receipt, a storefront window. Someone points their camera, the form opens, and their answer lands with you. Here is how to set one up, the general way and the one-tap way.
The general way: any form plus a QR generator
- Create your form in whatever tool you use and copy its share link.
- Paste the link into a QR code generator and download the image, ideally as SVG or a high-resolution PNG for print.
- Place it on your design with a short call to action like "Scan to RSVP."
- Test it with your own camera from arm's length before printing a hundred copies.
This works with any form and any generator. The catches: free generator sites often push trackable "dynamic" codes that expire behind a paywall, long form URLs make dense codes that are harder to scan on glossy print, and the QR image lives in your downloads folder, separate from the form it belongs to.
The one-tap way: a form that comes with its QR code
With Formms, every form already has a QR code, no separate generator needed:
- Build the form in the app, by describing it or starting from a template.
- Open the share screen. Your form has a short link like form.ms/ekatas and a downloadable QR code, side by side.
- Save the QR image and drop it into your flyer, menu, poster, or invitation.
Because the link is short, the code stays sparse and scans reliably even at small sizes. The code never expires, and it is always one tap away in the app, attached to the form it opens.
Where QR-code forms work brilliantly
- Events: print the code on invitations for RSVPs or at the door for registration.
- Feedback: a code on tables or receipts to a feedback form catches opinions while the visit is fresh.
- Hiring: a "we're hiring" sign with a code to a job application form.
- Orders and leads: market stalls and pop-ups taking orders or capturing leads without a laptop in sight.
Print tips that save reprints
Keep the code at least 2 x 2 cm for arm's-length scans and much larger for posters. Leave a quiet white margin around it, keep contrast high, and always print with a short instruction line, because "Scan to give feedback" converts strangers into respondents better than a naked square.
