# About entering Web information

Microsoft Internet Explorer makes it easier to enter Web information, whether you’re typing a Web address or filling out a Web form. In Internet Explorer, there are several ways you can enter Web information more easily:

- Use Address AutoComplete Internet Explorer can help you type addresses you’ve been to before. As you type an address in the Address box, Internet Explorer searches your Favorites list and History list for matching addresses, and then displays the best match it finds in the Address box. When you see the match you want, press RETURN to go to that address. To choose from a list of additional matches, press the DOWN ARROW key.
- Use AutoFill Internet Explorer can automatically place information, such as your name, street address, and e-mail address, in Web forms, so that you don’t have to type the information each time you fill out a Web form. After you set up your AutoFill Profile, click AutoFill to fill out a Web form with your information. Internet Explorer places your information in the matching fields and then highlights the text, so you can check it before submitting the form to the Web site. Web sites cannot gain access to this information. They can only receive the information you explicitly send to them.
- Use Forms AutoComplete Internet Explorer can help you fill out fields on Web pages by using a list of words or phrases you specify. As you type information in a field on a Web page, Internet Explorer searches your Forms AutoComplete entries, as well as the information you entered in your AutoFill Profile. It then suggests a possible match by filling in the remaining letters and highlighting them. If the suggested word is the one you want, press TAB. If it’s not, continue typing. You can add, change, or delete the words in your AutoComplete list or AutoFill Profile so that Internet Explorer suggests only the information you want.
- Store site passwords Some Web sites require you to set up an account before you can view the site’s content. If the Web site doesn’t store your user name and password, you can store them in Internet Explorer, so you don’t have to enter them each time you visit the site. You can change or delete a site password whenever you want.

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Turning Address AutoComplete on or off

Turning Forms AutoComplete on or off

Setting up your AutoFill Profile

Storing a site password

Turn Address AutoComplete on or off

1. On the Explorer menu, click Preferences.
2. Under Web Browser, click Browser Display.
3. In the Toolbar Settings area, select or clear the Use Address AutoComplete check box.

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Turning Forms AutoComplete on or off

Setting up your AutoFill Profile

Turn Forms AutoComplete on or off

1. On the Explorer menu, click Preferences.
2. Under Forms AutoFill, click Forms AutoComplete.
3. Click Enabled or Disabled.

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Adding or changing a Forms AutoComplete entry

Deleting a Forms AutoComplete entry

Turning Address AutoComplete on or off

Setting up your AutoFill Profile

Add or change a Forms AutoComplete entry

1. On the Explorer menu, click Preferences.
2. Under Forms AutoFill, click Forms AutoComplete.
3. Do one or more of the following:
   - To add a word or phrase, click Add.
   - To change a word or phrase, click the one you want to change, and then click Change.
4. Type a new word or phrase, and then click OK.

| You can also add words or phrases to your AutoComplete list while you’re filling out fields on a Web page. To do so, hold down CONTROL, click the field that contains the word or phrase you want to add, and then click Add to AutoComplete List on the contextual menu.

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Turning Forms AutoComplete on or off

Setting up your AutoFill Profile

Delete a Forms AutoComplete entry

1. On the Explorer menu, click Preferences.
2. Under Forms AutoFill, click Forms AutoComplete.
3. Click the word or phrase you want to delete, and then click Delete.

| You can also delete words or phrases from your AutoComplete list while you’re filling out fields on a Web page. To do so, hold down CONTROL, click the field that contains the word or phrase you want to delete, and then click Remove from AutoComplete List on the contextual menu.

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Adding or changing a Forms AutoComplete entry

Turning Forms AutoComplete on or off

Set up your AutoFill Profile

1. On the Explorer menu, click Preferences.
2. Under Forms AutoFill, click AutoFill Profile.
3. Enter the information you want to include in your profile.

| Web sites cannot gain access to your AutoFill Profile information. They can only receive the information you explicitly send to them.

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Using AutoFill to fill out a Web form

Use AutoFill to fill out a Web form

1. Set up your AutoFill Profile.
2. Go to the Web form you want to fill out.
3. On the Tools menu, click AutoFill Forms.

| Web sites cannot gain access your AutoFill Profile information. They can only receive the information you explicitly send to them.

Store a site password

1. Go to the Web site that requires you to enter your user name and password.
2. In the dialog box that appears, enter your user name and password, and then select the Remember Password check box.

| If the dialog box does not appear when you go to the Web site, you do not need to store your site password in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The Web site stores your password for you.
| After you store a site password, anyone who has access to your computer can visit the site by using your stored password.

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Changing or deleting a site password

Change or delete a site password

1. On the Explorer menu, click Preferences.
2. Under Network, click Site Passwords.
3. Click the Web site you want to change or delete your password for, and then do one of the following:
   - To change your password, click Change, enter a new password, and then click OK.
   - To delete your password, click Delete.

| If you delete a site password, you’ll need to provide your user name, password, or both the next time you visit the site.