Entering Data with AutoComplete
To enter information more easily, use the AutoComplete feature of your Internet Explorer web browser. When you begin typing information in a box, AutoComplete remembers similar information you have entered previously and suggests possible entries for you to pick from. If a suggestion in the list is what you want to enter, click the suggestion and it will appear in the text box. If no suggestion is what you are currently entering, finish typing in the entry manually.
Enabling AutoComplete
To turn on AutoComplete in Microsoft® Internet Explorer:
- 1. Select Tools
Internet Options
—OR—
type ALT + t + o.
The Internet Options window appears.
- 2. Select the Content tab.
- 3. In the Personal Information area, click AutoComplete.
The AutoComplete Settings window appears.
- 4. In the Use AutoComplete for area, select the Forms check box. You may select additional options if you want to take advantage of them also.
- 5. Click OK on this window and on the Internet Options window.
Internet Explorer will now help you enter data onscreen!
Using AutoComplete
The AutoComplete feature saves previous entries you've made for Web addresses, forms, and passwords. Then, when you type information in one of these boxes, AutoComplete suggests possible matches. These matches can include folder and program names you type in the Address bar, search queries, stock quotes, or information for just about any other box you fill in on a Web page.
In the Address bar, a box on a Web page, or a box for a user name or password, start typing in the information...
- If you typed in a similar entry before, AutoComplete lists possible matches as you type.
- If a suggestion in the list matches what you want to enter in that box, click the suggestion.
- If no suggestion matches what you are typing in, then continue typing.
Notes
- The information used for suggested matches is stored on your computer and is encrypted to protect your privacy.
- Web sites cannot gain access to this information. They can receive only what you explicitly enter in forms.
- When typing information in Web forms, and typing passwords, you can remove an item from the list of suggestions by clicking the item and then pressing the DELETE key.
