# Importing Questions from Another Survey

Source: PaperSurvey.io Help Center
URL: https://www.papersurvey.io/help/form-design/article/importing-questions-from-another-survey

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PaperSurvey offers two ways to bring questions into a survey: adding questions from another existing survey, or importing from external files.

## Adding questions from another survey

[Image: Add from Survey button in editor sidebar]

1. Open the survey where you want to add questions
2. In the survey editor sidebar, click **Add from Survey**
3. Select the source survey from the list of your existing surveys
4. Tick the questions you want to add, or use **Select All**
5. Click **Import**

The selected questions will be added to your current survey. You can then rearrange, edit, or modify them as needed.

## Importing from external files

You can also set up a survey from an existing questionnaire. PaperSurvey uses AI to parse the content and extract questions automatically.

1. Open the editor of a survey that has no questions yet
2. Click **Setup from Text, Word or PDF**
3. Upload a PDF, Word (DOCX), or plain text file up to 10MB, or paste your questions as text
4. Click **Import**, then review the extracted questions, as some manual adjustments are typically needed

You can add extra sources in other languages in the same dialog to fill in translations for a multi-language survey. File imports are limited to 15 per day (3 per day during the trial).

## What gets imported

When you add questions, the following are copied:
- Question text and type
- Answer options and labels
- Question settings (such as required, help text, and layout options)

Responses from the source survey are **not** imported. Only the question structure is copied.

## Duplicating an entire survey

If you want to reuse all questions from a survey, it may be faster to duplicate the entire survey instead of importing individual questions. See [Survey Duplication](/help/form-design/article/survey-duplication.md) for details.

## Using templates

PaperSurvey also offers pre-built survey templates that you can use as a starting point. Templates cover common use cases like customer satisfaction, employee feedback, and event evaluations.

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