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How to add long text/consent information that appears in the final PDF?

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Hi everyone,

I’m building an academic research form on forms.app and I need to display a long introductory text (research description + consent information) on the first page, and I also need this text to appear in full in the final PDF export.

The “Explanation” field doesn’t accept long text, and I don’t understand why some “Explanation” fields appear in red, cannot be edited, and don’t show up in the PDF.

Does anyone know:

  1. If forms.app currently supports long text blocks that export to PDF?

  2. If there is a workaround (custom field, page, or widget)?

  3. Whether this feature is planned for the future?

Thanks for any help or insights!

Posted by Mathieu BOSSOS ·
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  • Salim DIN

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    Nov 24, 2025

    Hey Mathieu,

    It’s Salim here from forms.app. It seems we’ve already been in touch through live support and resolved the issue. Explanation fields now appears on the PDF editor and can be edited.

    I’m adding the steps here for people who have the same question:

    1. First, add an explanation field to your form and enable “Show on responses“ under its field settings:

    2. Fill out your form and go to the results panel. There, you can click on three dots to find PDF editor:

    3. Click on edit and make changes to the title or order of your explanation field:

    That’s it! The text blocks will now be visible on the PDF exports. 🌿

    I’m also happy to inform that notable updates for the Terms & Conditions field is on its way, so it can be used for this purpose.