--- title: "Screenshot to Quiz: Rebuild Any Quiz as a Google Form | Formswrite Blog" description: "Turn screenshots of quiz questions from a slide, website or app into an editable quiz. How to capture them cleanly, what to fix, and what you may reuse." canonical: https://formswrite.com/blog/screenshot-to-quiz last-updated: 2026-10-08 --- # Screenshot to Quiz: Rebuild Any Quiz as a Google Form In short If your questions only exist as a picture, such as a slide, a PDF page viewed on screen or a quiz in another app, you can screenshot them and upload the image to Formswrite. ## When a screenshot is the right input A screenshot is the fastest input when you cannot get the original file. Typical cases: - A colleague shared questions on slides and the file is locked or lost. - A quiz lives inside a platform that has no export button. - You have a picture of a test from a messaging app. - You want to recreate a short quiz you took part in as a student, for revision. When you do have the source file, use it instead. A Word file, a Google Doc or a spreadsheet keeps the exact text, so there is nothing to misread. The [PDF to Google Form converter](/convert/pdf-to-google-form) and the [Excel to Google Form converter](/convert/excel-to-google-form) work from those files. ## How to take a clean screenshot 1. **Zoom to 100 percent or a little above.** Tiny text becomes a blur when it is shrunk to fit a screenshot. 2. **Hide anything that is not part of the question.** Close chat bubbles, notification banners and toolbars, or crop them out. 3. **Capture one question block, or one screen, at a time.** A tall page that scrolls past the screen should be taken as several overlapping pictures, not squeezed into one long strip. 4. **Include the options.** Keep the lettered choices in the same picture as the question. 5. **Use PNG.** Screenshots saved as PNG stay sharp. A heavily compressed JPG adds noise around the letters. 6. **Keep the correct answer if the screen shows it.** Some platforms show a green tick after you answer. That is useful for the key, but check it manually. ## From screenshot to quiz 1. Open the [images to Google Forms](/product/images-to-google-forms) page and upload the screenshot. The page says all image formats are accepted. 2. Wait for the preview. The system reads the document structure and detects each question type. 3. Compare the preview with the screenshot, one question at a time. 4. Fix wording, options and the answer key in the editor. 5. Keep it as a Formswrite form, or export to Google Forms if you are on a paid plan. ## What to check carefully | Problem | Why it happens | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | | A missing option | The screenshot cut it off | Retake, or type the option | | Wrong answer key | A tick mark or colour was misread | Set the key by hand | | Merged questions | Two questions shared one block | Split them in the editor | | Images dropped | Pictures in the source are not copied as images | Add them in the editor | | Strange characters | Fancy fonts or symbols | Retype the symbol | ## An illustrative example Imagine a trainer with six slides from a compliance course, each with one multiple choice question and the correct option highlighted in green. He opens each slide at full size and takes six PNG screenshots, cropping out the slide number and the logo. After the upload he reads the preview against each slide. A long option that wrapped onto two lines might be split in two, so he merges it. He also remembers that a green highlight is not an answer key by itself, so he sets the six correct answers by hand. The work becomes a proofreading pass instead of an hour of retyping. ## Reuse rules A screenshot is a copy of someone's content. Questions you wrote yourself are fine to rebuild. Questions from a commercial test bank, a published textbook or another teacher's paid resource may not be yours to republish, even if you can read them on screen. If you want a quiz on the same topic without copying, describe the topic to the [quiz generator](/tools/quiz-generator) and write your own. ## Screenshot or photo Both go through the same image input. A screenshot is cleaner than a photo of a screen, so never photograph a monitor with your phone if you can capture the screen directly. For a printed page, the post on a [photo of a worksheet to Google Form](/blog/photo-of-worksheet-to-google-form) covers lighting and angle. ## Free and paid You can convert an image to a Formswrite form on the free plan, which allows five Formswrite Forms a month and does not require students to have a Google account. Exporting to Google Forms, and every other format, is paid. [Turn a screenshot into a quiz](/product/images-to-google-forms) ## FAQ Can I turn several screenshots into one quiz? Convert each screenshot and then combine the questions in the editor. Keep the screenshots in order and name the files so you can tell which question came from where. Is a screenshot as accurate as the original file? No, a file is always more accurate because it holds the exact text. Use a screenshot only when you do not have the source, and proofread the preview. Does it keep images that were in my screenshot? Do not count on it. Add any pictures to the questions yourself in the editor or in Google Forms after you export. Can I use a screenshot of a quiz from another quiz website? Technically yes, but you must respect the rights of whoever wrote the questions. Rebuild only content you are allowed to reuse.