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Need help navigating and using the simplicity of Auto-fill

very-sr
very-sr
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I downloaded the Auto-feature about a week ago and am having a problem understanding the many "options" that cover so many .apps you can click on. The yellow auto-fill pencil is now on my address bar but I don't know which field to click on to use auto-fill to just fill in '''my email address, my first and last name, mailing address state and zip code '''as I order a lot online. I am not an advanced computer user, maybe someone could point out which field to click? I notice when I hover my left mouse over the pencil icon in the web address bar you have the word Command, Mouse button and Keyboard Shortcuts and then all the fields under command. I am aware that I have to fill out a form to be able to utilize the Auto-fill, but where and how to access the right field for just the simple words that was stated above. Please help.

I downloaded the Auto-feature about a week ago and am having a problem understanding the many "options" that cover so many .apps you can click on. The yellow auto-fill pencil is now on my address bar but I don't know which field to click on to use auto-fill to just fill in ''''''''my email address, my first and last name, mailing address state and zip code ''''''''as I order a lot online. I am not an advanced computer user, maybe someone could point out which field to click? I notice when I hover my left mouse over the pencil icon in the web address bar you have the word Command, Mouse button and Keyboard Shortcuts and then all the fields under command. I am aware that I have to fill out a form to be able to utilize the Auto-fill, but where and how to access the right field for just the simple words that was stated above. Please help.

Modified by NoahSUMO

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dumdidadida
dumdidadida
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Hi,

You can also try to access the addon's dedicated FAQ/support page via Tools (Alt + T) > Add-ons > Extensions, click on More and Home Page of the addon.

very-sr
very-sr Question owner
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I followed your instructions ( You can also try to access the addon's dedicated FAQ/support page via Tools (Alt + T) > Add-ons > Extensions, click on More and Home Page of the addon) bu I still cannot bring up 'the form to fill out to apply the information. Why is so complicated or is it me? I would like to read the FAQ/Support page but I do not see anything to click. Thank you, I so wanted to be able to use the Auto-fill. Jeanette Gonzales

dumdidadida
dumdidadida
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Jeanette, sorry about the problem. Usually auto-fill programs have a lot of options and are slightly complicated in the beginning. I'm not aware of this particular add-on. If any of our users here are using the same add-on they would definitely help. Usually the dedicated support site of the add-on would have more information. The add-on site may also have information regarding conflicts with other add-ons. In the meantime, you can also try to access the Options of this particular add-on via Tools (Alt + T) > Add-ons > Extensions to see if you could set the auto fill and other options. You can also try to right-click on the address bar icon or even just hover the mouse over the icon. Please also see this. If you have a lot of Extensions you can also try to Disable other possibly conflicting add-ons to check. You can Enable the disabled ones later.

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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With mention of the yellow pencil, I suppose you have this extension installed.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/autofill-forms/

This - http://autofillforms.mozdev.org/drupal/content/main-page - is the Help /Usage page for that extension.