Explain how to create professional event badges using Typeform. Detail the necessary Typeform features, how to prepare the badge design template, and the external tools required to merge form responses into the badges and generate PDFs, including any plan requirements.
Navigate to the Typeform Help Center. Search for or navigate to the article titled 'How to create professional looking event badges by merging form answers in a PDF'. Read the article to identify Typeform features needed for event badges. Identify any Typeform plan requirements for these features. Determine how the badge design template is prepared. Identify the external tools or integrations used for merging form responses and generating PDFs. Synthesize all gathered information into a comprehensive explanation.
Explain that the process involves creating a Typeform with Short Text questions (for name, company, job title), an Email question, and a File Upload question (for photo). State that a 'File Upload' question requires a Basic Typeform plan. Describe that the badge design is created as a pre-built Google Slide event pass template with placeholders for form data. Mention that Typeform responses are sent to a Google Sheet using Typeform's integration. State that the Google Document Studio add-on for Google Sheets is used to merge data, generate PDFs from the Google Slide template, and send them.