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An Open Text question is a “free text” field - it provides the respondent with a text field into which he/she can type any answer. This type of question form would be used when asking the respondent for comments or explanations.
In the Survey Tree toolbox, the object looks as shown below. In this case the object is being used to elicit the respondent's name - .
Figure 1 - An Open object in the Survey Tree
Figure 2 - Example of an Open question
You can convert an Open Text question to a Numeric question if you need to; to do so right-click on the object in the Survey Tree and select Convert to.
A variation on this question type is the Open Text List object. This object provides the respondent with a list of answer options, and allows him/her to type 'free text' into a text field beside each option. This can for example be used to ask for comments on a number of related items. An Open Text List question can be converted to a Single, Multi, Ranking or Numeric List question; right-click on the object in the Survey Tree and select Convert to.
The various properties and settings available for these forms are listed in the Properties page (go to Question Properties Overview for more information).