Explain the end-to-end process of creating professional event badges using Typeform, detailing the necessary Typeform question types, any required Typeform plan, how to prepare the badge template in Google Slides with placeholder syntax, and the external tools and integrations used to merge form responses into PDF badges.
Navigate to the Typeform Help Center article 'How to create professional looking event badges by merging form answers in a PDF'. Identify the Typeform question types required for attendee data (name, company, job title, email, photo). Determine the Typeform plan necessary for the 'File Upload' question type. Locate the section explaining how to design the badge template in Google Slides and identify the placeholder syntax. Identify the Typeform integration used to send responses to Google Sheets. Ascertain the specific Google Sheets add-on used for merging data 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 Google Slide template with placeholders, specifying that placeholders use double curly brackets around Google Sheet column names (e.g., {{column name}}). 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.