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# How to Create and Configure a Poll Slide in AhaSlides

> Create live polls in AhaSlides with up to 30 answer options, bar or pie chart results, timers, and correct-answer reveals — all updating in real time.

A Poll slide is a quick and easy way to get live opinions in poll format from your audience.

Below is an interactive demo, which will help you experience this function:

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## How Does a Poll Slide Work?

In a poll, you ask a question and provide between 2 and 30 answer options. Your audience votes for one or more of the answer options on their phones. The poll updates live, so on the presenter screen you see a chart displaying the results. Once a participant has voted on their phone, they'll see the results on their screen too.

## Creating a Poll Slide

<Steps>
  <Step title="Add a new slide">
    On the AhaSlides editor, click **+ New slide** in the top-left corner. (On a brand-new presentation, you can also click **Choose a slide** right on the canvas.)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select Poll">
    Pick **Poll** from the slide type list — you'll find it in the **Unscored** section.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Type your question">
    Fill in your question in the **Your question** box on the right.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add answer options">
    Fill in or upload images as your answer options. You can have between 2 and 30 answer options.
  </Step>
</Steps>

This is the **minimum** you need to do for any Poll slide to work. Want to see exactly what your audience will see before going live? Hit **Preview** in the top-right corner — see [how previewing works](/features-and-functions/how-to-preview-and-test-your-presentation). When your slide is ready for your audience to vote on, [invite your audience to your presentation](/presenting/sharing-your-presentation-for-participants-to-join) and press the **Present** button in the top-right corner.

## Poll Settings

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Hide Results">
    Keep the results hidden until you press the button to reveal them to your audience. This also hides the results on each participant's phone screen.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Show Results on Audience's Phones">
    Allows the audience to see everyone's votes for that slide on their phone screen after they have submitted their own vote.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Show Results in %">
    Displays the results as percentages instead of the number of participants who voted for each answer option. This can also be toggled by simply clicking on any of the coloured segments on the presenter's screen.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Layout">
    Displays the results in one of 3 different options: a bar chart, donut chart, or pie chart.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Allow Picking More Than One Option">
    Allows the audience to select multiple answer options. When selected, choose the maximum number of options a participant can pick, between 2 options and all of the options on the poll.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="This Question Has Correct Answer(s)">
    Allows you to ask a multiple-choice question with one or more correct answers. When selected, you'll be asked to mark which answer option(s) are correct. The answer stays concealed until you press the **Show correct answer** button on your slide.

    <Note>
      A multiple-choice slide with a correct answer is **not scored**. If you'd like to create a quiz question where your audience earns points for correct answers, use one of the slides in the **Quiz** section instead.
    </Note>
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Close Submission">
    Useful if you need to explain a question before your audience votes, or for any other reason where you don't want participants to vote on a question at that moment. While presenting, click the "Submission closed" icon to enable submissions, and the "Submission opened" icon to close it.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Limit Time to Answer">
    Sets a time limit for your audience to answer, between 5 seconds and 20 minutes. While running the Poll slide, you can turn off the timer or change the time limit — but if you turn off the timer while presenting, you can't turn it back on until you switch back to edit mode.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

<Tip>
  If you're using a multiple-choice slide for a do-at-home survey, you can allow participants to cast their votes without needing you to present it live. See [Setting up a Self-Paced Presentation on AhaSlides](/presenting/setting-up-a-self-paced-presentation-on-ahaslides).
</Tip>

## Watch the Tutorial

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