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How to Fill In and Send a Form on a Website on a Mac

Also available for: Windows 11

What you need: A Mac with a web page that has a form on it open in your browser, and the details the form asks for, such as your name or ZIP code.

  1. Look at the form and read the label for each box. A label is the short text above or beside a box that says what to type there, such as Full name.
  2. Click inside the first box where you will type. A thin blinking line (the text cursor) appears in it.
  3. Type what its label asks for.
  4. Click inside the next box where you will type, and type what its label asks for. Do the same for each remaining box where you type.
  5. If a box has a small arrow at its right end, or a pair of small arrows pointing up and down, it opens a list. Click the box, then click your choice in the list that opens. Your choice now shows in the box.
  6. If the form shows small round buttons or small squares, click the one that matches your answer. A dot or a check mark appears in it.
  7. Look over your answers. Then click the button at the end of the form, such as Send, Submit or Continue.
  8. If a message appears next to a box or a choice, often in red, do what the message asks there, then click the button at the end of the form again.
  9. Look for a message or a page saying your form was sent or received.

Expected result: A message or page says your form was sent or received.

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