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Using ActiveCheckout

Form Filling and Online Shopping

You can use ActiveCheckout at any website to reduce the typing required to fill in a form, such as an online registration form for example.

You can also use ActiveCheckout's form-filling capability at any online shopping website to speed the entry of your personal and payment details.

You can use any of these methods to fill a form:

	Menu - right click on ActiveCheckout (maximized or minimized) and select Fill in Form from the menu
	Double click - on your maximized ActiveCheckout character
	Automatic - have your preferences set to Auto detect forms so that when a form is loaded in your browser, ActiveCheckout automatically fills it for you (see Auto detect forms).
	Drag & Drop - if you want to fill fields individually or if you find that a form has not been fully completed, you can use ActiveCheckout's Drag & Drop facility to transfer the missing information to the form. You will need your preferences set to Show details before filling forms (see Show details before filling forms), so that the Drag & Drop box is displayed prior to form filling.

Drag & Drop

	With the Drag & Drop box displayed, click on the field name of the field you want to fill and hold the mouse button down. The mouse pointer will change to a hand symbol.
	Still holding the mouse button down, drag to the field you wish to fill.
	When the mouse pointer changes back to a pointer, release the mouse button.
	Repeat this process until you have filled all the required fields.

Drag and drop will not work for fields that are drop down list boxes.

There are a number of steps involved in online shopping, which are listed below:

Step 1.	Start ActiveCheckout
Step 2.	Visit merchant website
Step 3.	Select item(s) to purchase
Step 4.	Proceed to checkout
Step 5.	Enter shipping and contact details	You may find that these forms are displayed on one or more pages.
Step 6.	Enter payment details
Step 7.	View purchase confirmation

The actions you take when you are shopping online with ActiveCheckout depend on the preferences you have chosen in your ActiveCheckout options.

Just use the Recommended Settings for Preferences that are provided in this guide, if you are not sure about setting your preferences.

So that you can see how your preferences affect how you use ActiveCheckout to shop online, the following table summarizes the following, for each step in the online shopping process:

• the preference settings (by indicating how the check boxes are selected)

• the actions that ActiveCheckout performs ()

• the actions that you will need to perform ( or ).

Run at startup	Click on the Windows Start button and select Programs, ActiveCheckout, ActiveCheckout or double click on the ActiveCheckout icon on your desktop
	ActiveCheckout starts
Run at startup	ActiveCheckout starts automatically

Step 2.

Visit merchant website

Step 3.

Select item(s) to purchase

Step 4.

Proceed to checkout

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms	Right click on ActiveCheckout and select Fill in Form from the menu
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using your       default profile

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms	Right click on ActiveCheckout and select Fill in Form from the menu
	ActiveCheckout displays the Drag & Drop box
	Select the profile you wish to use for filling this form and click OK
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using the       selected profile.

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms

ActiveCheckout automatically fills form using your default profile

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms	ActiveCheckout displays the Drag & Drop box
	Select the profile you wish to use for filling this form and click OK
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using the       selected profile.

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms N/A Disable SecureCode support	If you are shopping at a MasterCard SecureCode compliant website, ActiveCheckout displays the SecureCode Authentication page.
	If a SecureCode authentication page is presented to you, enter your MasterCard SecureCode and click OK OR if no SecureCode page is displayed, right click on ActiveCheckout and select Fill in Form from the menu
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using your       default credit card account details

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms Disable SecureCode support	If you are shopping at a MasterCard SecureCode compliant website, ActiveCheckout displays the SecureCode Authentication page.
	If a SecureCode authentication page is presented to you, enter your MasterCard SecureCode and click OK
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using your       default credit card account details

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms Disable SecureCode support	If you are shopping at a MasterCard SecureCode compliant website, ActiveCheckout displays the SecureCode Authentication page.
	If a SecureCode authentication page is presented to you, enter your MasterCard SecureCode and click OK OR if no SecureCode page is displayed, right click on ActiveCheckout and select Fill in Form from the menu
	ActiveCheckout displays the Drag & Drop box.
	Select the credit card account you wish to use for filling this form and click OK
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using the        selected credit card.

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms Disable SecureCode support	If you are shopping at a MasterCard SecureCode compliant website, ActiveCheckout displays the SecureCode Authentication page.
	If a SecureCode authentication page is presented to you, enter your MasterCard SecureCode and click OK
	ActiveCheckout displays the Drag & Drop box.
	Select the credit card account you wish to use for filling this form and click OK
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using the        selected credit card.

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms Disable SecureCode support	Even if you are shopping at a MasterCard SecureCode compliant website, ActiveCheckout will not display the SecureCode Authentication page.
	Right click on ActiveCheckout and select Fill in Form from the menu
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using your       default credit card account details

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms Disable SecureCode support	Even if you are shopping at a MasterCard SecureCode compliant website, ActiveCheckout will not display the SecureCode Authentication page.
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using your       default credit card account details

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms Disable SecureCode support	Even if you are shopping at a MasterCard SecureCode compliant website, ActiveCheckout will not display the SecureCode Authentication page.
	Right click on ActiveCheckout and select Fill in Form from the menu
	ActiveCheckout displays the Drag & Drop box.
	Select the credit card account you wish to use for filling this form and click OK
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using the       selected credit card.

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms Disable SecureCode support	Even if you are shopping at a MasterCard SecureCode compliant website, ActiveCheckout will not display the SecureCode Authentication page.
	ActiveCheckout displays the Drag & Drop box.
	Select the credit card account you wish to use for filling this form and click OK
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using the       selected credit card.

The Disable SecureCode support preference does not apply if you are not enrolled for MasterCard SecureCode

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms N/A Disable SecureCode support	Right click on ActiveCheckout and select Fill in Form from the menu
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using your       default credit card account details

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms N/A Disable SecureCode support

ActiveCheckout fills the form using your       default credit card account details

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms N/A Disable SecureCode support	Right click on ActiveCheckout and select Fill in Form from the menu
	ActiveCheckout displays the Drag & Drop box.
	Select the credit card account you wish to use and click OK
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using the       selected credit card.

Auto detect forms Show details before         filling forms N/A Disable SecureCode support	ActiveCheckout displays the Drag & Drop box.
	Select the credit card account you wish to use and click OK
	ActiveCheckout fills the form using the       selected credit card.

Step 7.

View purchase confirmation

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