To change your default language, 

1. In the form builder, click your profile picture in the top right and click  My Account .
   
2. Under  Personal Information , change the Language and Country according to your preference and save your settings.
   

Building a new form    

1. From scratch
   
2. Use the pre-built form templates available
   
3. Create CRM Forms if the purpose of your form is to build a form to automate adding data from the form entries to your Zoho CRM account.
   
4. Create AI Forms if you want to generate form fields automatically by simply entering a prompt.
   
5. Convert PDFs into forms by uploading PDF documents.
   
6. Convert Images into forms by uploading scanned or photographed document images.

Creating a form from scratch   

1. Click + New Form in the top-right corner of your screen under the My Forms tab. 
   
   
2. Click + Blank Form.
3. Select the Form Type to be either Standard (displays multiple fields on a page), Spotlight (focuses on one field at a time), or Card (displays one field on a page).
   
4. Give a name to your form in Form Name. 
   
   
5. Click Create. You can start building your form in the form builder.

Creating a form using templates   

To use a form template,

1. Click New Form in the top-right corner of your screen under the My Forms tab. 

2. Click Form Templates. You can view the list of pre-built form templates on the left.
   
   
   

3. You can search for your required template and select it.
   

4. Click Use this template in the top-right corner.
   

The template will open in your form builder, where you can modify, add, or delete fields, as well as change the theme as per your requirements.

Modifying form properties   

You can change your form's title and description, and set the position of the field labels in your form. To do so, navigate to the top of the form in the builder screen and click the title of your form. The Form Properties pane will appear on the right. This panel will be displayed by default if you haven't added any field in your form yet.

In the Form Properties,  you can modify the following:

1. Form title : You can modify the title of your form here. By default, the Form title will be displayed in the live form. If you wish to hide the title, navigate to Settings > General > Display > Form Header and select the Hide option.
   
2. Description : You can add or modify the description of your form that will be displayed under the form title.  You can include information such as instructions, and special notes in the description.
   
3. Label Placement : Label denotes the name of a field. For example: Single Line, Multi Line, Number, etc . You can adjust the position of the label to be in the Top, Left or Right of the fields in your form. The selected label position will be applied to all the fields added to your form.
   
   
   If you set the label placement to Top, you can choose whether the field instructions in your form should be aligned at the top or bottom of the field input box.
   
                      
   

Form Nickname

Under Form Nickname, you can provide an alternate name to a form for your reference and usage. This name will appear in your form builder as well as in the My Forms listing. It will be visible only to the form owner and to the users with the Modify Form permission. Other users and respondents will see only the Form Title.
For example, if you have multiple forms with the same name, you can give a nickname to each form for easier identification.

Progress Bar

The Progress Bar provides users with a visual representation of their form completion status. 

Show/Hide: Toggle the visibility of the progress bar at the top of your form.

Track mandatory fields only: Check this option if you want the progress to be tracked only when mandatory fields are completed, ignoring any optional fields. This gives users a more accurate sense of their required progress while excluding optional fields. 

You can further customize the style and color of the Progress Bar in the Themes section. Learn more about Form Properties.

Adding fields to your form   

Different types of fields available in Zoho Forms will be listed under the form fields on the left side of your form builder.

To add a field to your form,

1. You can either click a field from the Form Fields or drag and drop the field on your form. Learn more about the field types in Zoho Forms.
   

2. You can re-arrange the fields in your form by clicking and dragging them up or down. You can also duplicate a field along with its properties.
   

3. You can modify the properties of the fields added under Properties of the respective fields and click Save.
   
   

4. By default, a Submit button will be added at the bottom of your live form.
   

   You can customize the appearance of your form as required or use suitable pre-designed themes available in Zoho Forms.

Previewing your form   

After building your form, you can see a preview of how your live form will appear. To do so, click the Preview icon    in the top-right corner to the left of the Access Form button. A preview of your form will open up where you can see  how the theme will look on your desktop, tablet, and mobile before applying it to the form. You can switch to the other themes in the right panel and preview them on desktop, mobile, and tablet to find the one that best suits your needs. You can also click the Access Form button to view how your form would look to your respondents.

You can also access your live form by clicking your form's name under the Forms tab, as shown below: