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Automatically filling out forms in webpages

Safari can use information in your Address Book card to complete forms you need to fill out in webpages. Safari can also use information that you fill out in webpage forms to complete other forms.

To make it easier to log in to websites, Safari can save user names and passwords that you enter in web forms. Some websites do not allow you to save your user name and password.

You use the AutoFill pane of Safari preferences to select which information Safari uses.

Choose Preferences from the Safari menu and click AutoFill. Select the items you want Safari to use.

To complete a web form, open the webpage and click the AutoFill button in the address bar. If you don't see the AutoFill button in the address bar, choose AutoFill from the View menu. Items that are completed using AutoFill appear in yellow in the webpage.

To complete individual fields in a form, select a text box and start typing. If Safari matches saved information for the field, it finishes entering the text for you. If several items match what you typed, a menu appears. Press the arrow keys to select the correct item and press Return.

Website forms may include items that Safari doesn't recognize. You need to fill out these items yourself.

If you enter a user name and password, Safari asks if you to want to save the information. Click Yes to save the name and password. Click Not Now if you may want to save the information in the future. Click "Never for this Website" if you don't want to be asked to save the name and password for the website again.

If you want to change or delete saved user names and passwords or other information, click the Edit button next to the appropriate checkbox in the AutoFill preferences pane.