{"id":578,"date":"2013-10-26T11:18:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T11:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/us111.siteground.us\/~tlhouse0\/ptfbpro.com\/automate\/?p=578"},"modified":"2013-10-26T11:18:59","modified_gmt":"2013-10-26T11:18:59","slug":"faster-form-filling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptfbpro.com\/automate\/faster-form-filling\/","title":{"rendered":"Faster form-filling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was recently asked how to create a macro to take the pain out of typing in your name, address, phone and so on; the kind of thing you have to do when signing up to just about anything online, and when entering online competitions. This is an easy thing to do with PTFB Pro, but before you continue, head over to our download page and make sure you&#8217;ve got the latest version: (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptfbpro.com\/download.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ptfbpro.com\/download.shtml<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>OK, here&#8217;s the how-to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open some app that lets you type in the text you want (Notepad would do, or the next form you have to fill in) and get ready to type<\/li>\n<li>Open PTFB Pro and create a <em>screen<\/em>-based macro (NOT a window macro) and type your text. Hit the break key when you&#8217;re done<\/li>\n<li>During the recording, take care not to carry out any app-specific actions. For example, if you want to type your name in one field, your address in the next and so on, then use the TAB key to move between fields rather than the mouse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you&#8217;ve finished, open up the macro, switch to the Triggers page and:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>turn off spontaneous triggering<\/li>\n<li>define a hotkey (key combo) that you can use to trigger the macro whenever you need it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptfbpro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Find out more about saving time and finger-wear with PTFB Pro&#8217;s macros.<\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptfbpro.com\/download.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to download a free 30 day trial, no strings attached<\/a>. If you aren\u2019t entirely happy simply uninstall!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was recently asked how to create a macro to take the pain out of typing in your name, address, phone and so on; the kind of thing you have <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ptfbpro.com\/automate\/faster-form-filling\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automate-repetitive-tasks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Roberts\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ptfbpro.com\/automate\/faster-form-filling\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.9\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PTFB Pro - 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