# Exporting Answers

April 27, 2026

All exports include a '**Completed Questionnaire**' and a '**References**' folder. Exports vary depending on your type of questionnaire format.

**For the best experience, we recommend always uploading a blank questionnaire.** This will ensure 1up can detect all relevant queries, requirements, dropdowns, checkboxes, and answer locations.

## Use Document Editor to Preview Your Export

Open **Document Editor** to preview exactly how your export will look before downloading. Edit answers, move content, and finalize the layout.

Document Editor supports Excel, Word, and CSV for now. PDF support coming soon.

## Excel and CSV Exports

Excel exports are designed to mirror the structure of your original spreadsheet while automatically inserting high-quality responses generated by 1up.

### What’s Included

- **Your preferred response** for every query.
- **Automatic selection of up to 3 dropdown values**, when applicable.
- **A folder of reference files** used to generate answers.
- **All valid answer outputs**, excluding system responses such as _“I don't know.”_

### How Answer Placement Works

1up attempts to detect the correct cell for each answer and will automatically insert responses next to the corresponding question.

Pre-existing answers will not be overwritten by 1up.

- For text answers, new answers will be exported to the rightmost column.
- Dropdowns with already selected values will be ignored.

### If an Answer Location Can’t Be Detected

If 1up cannot confidently determine where an answer belongs, you’ll receive a notification letting you know. These answers will still be exported to the rightmost column so you can reposition them manually.

## If 1up Got the Wrong Answer Column

Sometimes answers may appear in a hidden or incorrect column. Switch to **Document Editor** mode, highlight the correct column, then right-click and select **“Set Answer Column Here.”**

## DOCX Exports

When exporting your questionnaire to DOCX, 1up automatically organizes your content to make the document easy to review and edit.

### **What’s Included**

- **Your preferred response** for every query.
- **A folder of reference files** used to generate each answer.
- **All valid answer outputs**, excluding system responses such as _“I don't know.”_

### **How Answer Placement Works**

1up attempts to detect where each answer should be inserted within the document.

In most cases, answers are placed directly next to their corresponding question.

### **If an Answer Location Can’t Be Detected**

On rare occasions, 1up can’t confidently determine the correct placement for a specific answer. When this happens, you’ll receive a notification titled **“Missing Answer Locations Detected.”**

This message indicates:

- 1up wasn’t fully certain about the placement of one or more answers.
- You can click the provided link to review all affected responses.
- These answers **are still included** in your export—they’ll appear in a separate file named **`Missing_Answer_Locations`**, allowing you to copy and paste them into the document manually.

## PDF Exports

When exporting your questionnaire to PDF, 1up provides clean, structured files to help you review answers and prepare documents for final delivery.

### **What’s Included**

- **An answer file** containing your preferred response for every query.
- **A folder of reference files** used to generate each answer.
- **All valid answer outputs**, excluding system responses such as _“I don't know.”_

### **Important Note About PDFs**

1up can modify text fields, multiple choice options, and dropdowns. If an answer location cannot be detected, the PDF file will be annotated with answers.

## Web Portals

Web-based Questionnaires are automated with the Browser Extension and cannot be exported. See instructions for [Chrome](https://help.1up.ai/en/articles/12997350-chrome) and [Edge](https://help.1up.ai/en/articles/12997351-edge).