Google Docs and Slides are great tools for creating and sharing presentations. However, they can also be used to create checklists. Checklists can help you keep track of important information and make sure you are doing everything you need to do in a given situation. To create a checklist in Google Docs or Slides, follow these steps:

  1. Start by opening the Google Docs or Slides document you want to use as a checklist.
  2. Type the name of the item you want to list on the first line of the document. For example, “Checklist for meeting.”
  3. Type the date of the meeting on the second line of the document. For example, “Thursday, January 12th.”
  4. Type any other information you need to include in order to create a checklist such as items that need to be done before the meeting, items that need to be done during the meeting, and items that need to be done after the meeting is over. For example, “Checklist for presentation.”
  5. Click on one of the checkboxes next to each item in order to start listing those items off on your checklist!

Create surveys or to-do lists inside of your Google Docs or Slides file with checklists. With this easy workaround, you’ll be able to insert a simple checklist into your document for others to fill out. Here’s how.

For this guide, we’ll be using Google Docs for the entirety of our examples. However, either method can be used for Google Slides as well.

Fire up your browser, head over to Google Docs or Slides, and open up a document.

Next, click the arrow beside the Bulleted List icon and choose the checkbox option from the list.

Type in some choices as you would any other bulleted list, pressing the Enter key after each one.

After you type out all the answers and want to mark it as your response, double-click the box to highlight it, right-click, and then select the checkmark from the list provided.

That’s it—the checkbox changes into a checkmark, indicating that option as your response. There’s no limit on the number of choices, so repeat this process as you need.

Google Docs or Slides aren’t, by design, meant to be used as a survey or form generation tool. This tip is intended to help you insert a very basic questionnaire into your existing document. If you want to create a beautiful and fully-functional form or survey, check out our beginner’s guide to Google Forms.

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