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General

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LimeSurvey allows users to quickly create intuitive, powerful, online question and answer surveys that can work for tens to thousands of participants without much effort. The survey software itself is self-guiding for the respondents who are participating. This manual is thus focused on how to install the application, administer the installation, and support survey creators, administrators and report generation users alike.

There has been a big ramp-up in development within the last few years leading to many new features and changes. Make sure to upgrade to the latest version to make use of the capabilities highlighted here.

Look to the far right for the main chapters of the manual. Otherwise, scroll down further to see the complete table of contents here and go directly to the topic you are interested in.

Still having trouble finding what you want? Don't forget the general search box (upper right corner of the wiki), our General FAQ and Workarounds list. If you are looking for community help, join our discussion forums and check the IRC channel.

Remember that LimeSurvey is an open source, free software application. See something missing or incorrect? Then help us fix it. This documentation is a Wiki that can be edited by you or anyone else. Or donate to help support the core development group trying to make a difference.

Manual - table of contents

Installation - LimeSurvey CE
Getting started
- First login - your user preferences
Administering LimeSurvey
- Settings tab
  - Home page settings
  - Global settings
  - Plugin manager
  - Menu configuration^{(New in 3.0 )}
  - Menu entries configuration^{(New in 3.0 )}
- Users tab
  - Manage users
  - Manage user groups
  - Central Participant Database (CPDB)
- Advanced tab
  - Theme editor (LimeSurvey 2.x)
    - New Template System in LS3.x
    - Themes
  - Label sets
  - Check data integrity
  - Backup entire database
  - ComfortUpdate

LimeSurvey development

Version guide - A short guide on version numbering
Development overview - General pages about LimeSurvey development
LimeSurvey 2.x development documentation
New Template System in LS3.x - Quick overview of the novelties of the LimeSurvey 3 template system

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Google Summer of Code / Code-In participation

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-***[[Adding answers or subquestions]]
+****[[Preview function]]
-***[[Default answers]]
+****[[Edit question]]
-**[[Setting conditions]]
+****[[Check question logic]]
-***[[Expression Manager]]
+****[[Delete question]]
-****[[Expression Manager for developers]]
+****[[Export question]]
-****[[Expression Manager how-tos]]
+****[[Copy question]]
-****[[Expression Manager roadmap]]
+****[[Setting conditions]]
-****[[Expression Manager examples]]
+****[[Adding answers or subquestions]]
-****[[Expression Manager sample surveys]]
+****[[Default answers]]
-***[[Show logic file]]
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+***[[Expression Manager how-tos]]
+***[[Expression Manager examples]]
+***[[Expression Manager roadmap]]
+***[[Expression Manager for developers]]
+***[[Expression Manager sample surveys]]
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-**[[Statistics]]
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+**[[Survey participants]]
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+****[[Responses]]
+****[[Data entry]]
+****[[Statistics]]
+*****[[Statistics - expert mode]]
+*****[[Statistics - simple mode]]
+****[[Timing statistics]]
+****[[Export responses]]
+****[[Import responses]]
+*****[[Problems & solutions]]
+****[[View saved but not submitted responses]]
+****[[Iterate survey#General|Iterate survey]]
+****[[Batch deletion]]
+***[[Data entry]]
+***[[Partial (saved) responses]]
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 *[[General FAQ]]
 *[[Troubleshooting]]
-*[[LimeSurvey glossary]]
 *[[Workarounds]]
 **[[Workarounds: Question design, layout and templating]]

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