One of our users : a university educator : recently converted a 4-page Word exam paper into a Google Form. The document had 48 questions and 120 answer options. The conversion took under 2 minutes.
That number surprised us too, the first time we saw it. So here is exactly what happened and what it means for educators who are still digitising exam papers by hand.
The Document
A 4-page Word document. A past exam paper with 48 questions across multiple sections. Some multiple choice with four options. Some multi-select. Some open text. 120 answer options in total : the kind of document that, if you were building it in Google Forms manually, would take the better part of an afternoon (see how long manual entry actually takes).
This is the document that sits in every faculty's shared drive. The one that gets emailed around at the start of term. The one that was last edited in Word 2013 and has been photocopied so many times the formatting is slightly off. It exists at every university. And until recently, getting it into Google Forms meant one person sat down and typed it all in.
What Happened
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1Upload the Word document The educator uploaded the .docx file to platform.piraiai.com and selected Google Forms as the output. Pirai AI read the document structure, identified all 48 questions and their answer options, and generated a complete Google Apps Script.
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2Download and paste the script The generated .txt file was downloaded, opened, and copied. In Google Forms, the Apps Script editor (three-dot menu > Apps Script) took the pasted code.
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3Click Run One click. All 48 questions appeared in the form with correct question types already applied. Multiple choice options intact. Open text questions as short answer. The form was ready to share. For a full list of supported question types, see the question types reference.
Total time: under 2 minutes.
What This Means in Practice
| Manual entry | Pirai AI | |
|---|---|---|
| 48 questions, 120 options | 2-3 hours | Under 2 minutes |
| Question types set correctly | Manual for each one | Automatic |
| Answer options entered | 120 individual entries | 0 manual entries |
| Risk of transcription errors | High | None |
| Can reuse for next exam paper | Start from scratch | Upload and run again |
The Broader Point
Most universities have years of exam papers, question banks, and practice quizzes sitting in Word documents and PDFs. Digitising them into Google Forms has always been a manual task : one that gets assigned to a teaching assistant or left undone because nobody has the time.
The 2-minute conversion is not a special case. It is what happens every time a structured Word document goes through Pirai AI. The document size determines the accuracy of the output, not the speed. A 100-question paper takes the same 2 minutes as a 48-question one. See how to convert Word documents to Google Forms free.
Question types converted from the exam paper
Pirai AI supports all 8 common Google Forms question types: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer (checkboxes), Matrix (multiple choice grid), Matrix Multiple Answer (checkbox grid), Single Line Text, Essay (paragraph), Dropdown, and Descriptive Block (section headers). For most exam papers, that covers everything. See the full Google Forms import guide.
Upload your exam paper or question bank. Your Google Form is ready in minutes.
Try Free for EducatorsPirai AI is built for educators who need to digitise exam papers, quizzes, and assessments into Google Forms quickly. Upload any Word or PDF exam paper and get a complete Google Forms Apps Script in minutes — no reformatting, no copy-pasting.
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Upload your exam paper or question bank at platform.piraiai.com. Select Google Forms. Download the Apps Script. Paste and run. Free for academic users. See how educators use Pirai AI.
For the full step-by-step guide, see How to Convert a Word Document to Google Forms. For a comparison of all tools in this space, see Best Tools to Convert Documents to Google Forms (2026 Review). For other educator use cases, see Pirai AI for Educators.