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FormoEd - Help

                                          OstroSoft FormoEd 2.0
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                                 Fast form-filling utility by OstroSoft
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Introduction
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Are you tired of filling the same forms over and over? FormoEd is here to help you. 
Just create a set of most common items you usually submit (name, address, zip code, 
phone number, etc.) and you will never have to type it again.
Even more - create separate groups for most used forms and you'll fill them with 
the single mouse click.


How it works:
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When you start FormoEd for the first time its workspace is empty. Right-click on it 
and select "Add Group" from pop-up menu. New group will be created. You can change 
its name or leave it as is. In our case we will rename it to "Main Info".

After you created group you can add items to it. Right-click on group name and select 
"Add Item" from pop-up menu. New item will be created. Change its name to wathewer 
information you want to submit, for example to "John". Create few more items ("Smith", 
"1-800-CALL-NOW", "New York", "NY", etc.)

What if you need item containing multiline or large text? No problem. Create new item
or select existing. Right-click on it and select "Attach text" from the menu. Enter 
desired text and close the textbox. Item picture will change to show the item with 
attached text.

You are all set!! 

Now find the form you would like to fill out. If you don't have any on you computer, 
start your web browser and go to Internet - there are million forms waiting to be 
filled out. 

On the form select the field you want to fill out (for example "First Name") and 
double-click on corresponding item in FormoEd (that would be "John"). The text from 
selected FormoEd item will appear in selected form field. 

Select the next form field ("Last Name") - double-click on the next FormoEd item 
("Smith"). And so on. Isn't that easy?

Note: if you selected item with attached text, double-click will send the attached text, 
not the item caption.

There are more good news for you. Right-click on empty space in FormoEd. From pop-up 
menu select "Options" then "Move To Next". Now, every time you send an item from FormoEd 
to your form, cursor will automatically move to the next field.

What if there already is the text in the field you want to fill out? Goto pop-up menu, 
select "Options" then "Replace Text" .From now everything that was in the field will be 
replaced with your text.

The best thing: when you have items in FormoEd group in exactly the same order as fields 
on the form - select first field on the form, right-click on the FormoEd group name and 
select "Send Group" from pop-up menu. It will populate all the fields in your form!


Technical Information
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By default FormoEd works in AlwaysOnTop mode. It stays atop of all applications on the 
desktop. If you want to see the window behind FormoEd, you need to minimize it or switch 
it from AlwaysOnTop to regular (right-click on FormoEd workspace, select "Option" from 
menu, then uncheck "Always On Top" option)

Form, you want to fill out, must belong to an active window (window with keyboard focus, 
blinking cursor and so on)

Working with FormoEd is very simple: 

There is a workspace where you add your items and groups (you can also remove them as well). 
It has three different pop-up menus:
- if you right-click on group name, you will get group menu
- if you click on item name, item menu shows up
- if you click on empty space, you will receive an application menu

To show/hide items in the droup double-click on it.
To send an item (or its attached text) double-click on it.
Single-click on group or item will select it.
Single-click on selected group or item will enter an edit mode (where you can modify its name).
To change the order of items/groups, select the item and drag it to desired location. 
If form, you are filling out, supports drag-and-drop, you can drag a FormoEd item to the 
desired form field. 

Group menu:
Add Item - to add new item
Paste Item - to paste item selected with copy command
Delete Group - to delete selected group
Send Group - to fill form with all the items in selected group

File menu:
Copy Item - to copy item to another group (works with paste command from group menu)
Attach Text - attaches multy-line text to item
Delete Item - to delete item
Send Item - to fill selected field on the form with item text (or attached text, if exists) 

Main menu:
Add Group - to add new group
Options - to select/unselect the following options:
	Confirm Delete - select to confirm delete of items and groups
	Replace Text - select to replace text in form fields, unselect to insert
	Move To Next - select to move to the next field after Send Item command
	Always On Top - select to switch FormoEd between AlwaysOnTop and regular mode
	Show Menu - select to make pop-up menus visible
Set Password - to set/change FormoEd startup password
Register - to register FormoEd (if not registered)
Help - to open this readme file
About - to get short info about FormoEd

Keyboard:
FormoEd supports following functional keys:
"Home", "End", "PageUp", "PageDown", arrows - to navigate through items and groups
"Delete" - to delete selected item (or group)
"Enter" - sends selected item or expands selected group


Product information
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FormoEd was created by OstroSoft.
To get more information about it, to send questions or comments please e-mail to 
info@ostrosoft.com or visit our website at http://www.ostrosoft.com/formoed.html

Please remember - FormoEd is shareware. There is a limit of 5 groups/5 items in 
unregistered version. Registered version allows to enter up to about 32,000 items 
and groups. 

If you like FormoEd, please register it. Registration fee is only $13.00 for a 
single-user license. 

Thank you for using OstroSoft products.


Legal information
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FormoEd is provided by OstroSoft as is and any express or implied warranties, 
including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness 
for a particular purpose are disclaimed.  In no event shall OstroSoft or contributors 
be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential
damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services; 
loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on any 
theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including negligence 
or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of FormoEd, even if advised of the 
possibility of such damage.

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