Why do my Microsoft Forms question numbers (vertically) align to the middle of the question rather than the top?

Anonymous
2023-03-30T10:50:07+00:00

Something strange in Microsoft Forms.

As you can see from the attached image, in design mode the question numbers are vertically aligned to the top of the question text but in the preview mode they vertically align to the middle of the question text and it looks ridiculous.

Can anyone advise how to resolve this please?

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-04-03T14:41:01+00:00

    Yes Sarah I agree, it is unacceptable but I am reliably informed (elsewhere and not on this forum) that this issue was triggered by an update released by Microsoft. This is the issue with Cloud service products that users have little or no control over what updates they wish to install.

    As has been explained to me the issue is similar to 2 adjacent columns in an excel spreadsheet being centre aligned in the vertical dimension instead of just the one containing the text of the question. I imagine it was done by a junior (unsupervised) staff member whose work was not thoroughly checked before being released as a live update. This is not uncommon with Microsoft because in their keenness to get the products out, they sacrifice thorough testing.

    Whilst we are left, at the moment, with a very untidy looking solution, thankfully the underlying functionality i.e. being able to capture volumes of data, remains unaffected.

    I am inform that Microsoft have been made aware of this issue so let's hope it gets a quick fix.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-04-03T14:14:22+00:00

    I am having the same issue. If the question is long, the question number in MS Forms appears aligned to the middle of the question text to the end user. It's unacceptable and I can't figure out how to fix this.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-30T13:10:11+00:00

    I don't know where the attached file went so here is a screenshot of it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-04-07T19:38:41+00:00

    Seeing this issue as well. I submitted a ticket for this and can keep this threwad updated.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-04-03T15:01:08+00:00

    Wow! Thanks so much for the ultra-fast response. Very appreciated. I'll keep my fingers crossed the Microsoft fixes this issue soon. Thanks again for your help and insight.

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