RoboForm Installation And Basic RoboForm Terms And Controls
Hello All!
Today I will give you the instructions on what is required to install RoboForm and some information on the basic controls and program terms.
Installing RoboForm
RoboForm version 6.9.93 and later.
Requirements.
RoboForm works on Windows 98, Me, NT4, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista systems.
It does not work on Mac and Linux. Internet Explorer version 5.5, 6.0 or later is required.
All Internet Explorer Service Packs and security patches must be installed.
Installation Steps
Start The Download.
Click the Download RoboForm link and a popup window will ask “Do you want to Run or Save this file?” or something like this.
Click Run.
Agree to Install RoboForm.
Once the download finishes, another popup window will ask “Do you want to run this software? RoboForm2Go by Siber Systems”.
Click “Yes” and installation will begin.
First you will see: Language and License Agreement.
Select language in which RoboForm will talk to you.
Read the License Agreement and agree to it.
Setting Up Personal Data.
In this dialog you can change folder where RoboForm Passcards and Identities are stored and where RoboForm should place its program files.
You can also request installation of RoboForm Adapter for Mozilla, Firefox and Netscape.
Close any Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer windows.
The RoboForm installer will offer to close all Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer windows.
Click “Yes” and the installer will do it for you.
Alternatively you can close these windows manually.
If RoboForm keeps asking to close browsers even though you have none left, then click “No” when it asks whether to wait again and allow installation to proceed; in this case you will have to reboot in order to complete installation.
Create Master Password.
Master Password is one password that RoboForm uses to protect all Passcards, Identities and Safenotes.
This is the only password that you actually need to remember.
Tests and Tutorials.
After you finished installing RoboForm, you will be offered a test/tutorial page on which you can learn how to automatically save and fill passwords using RoboForm.
RoboForm Terms
Before you start useing RoboForm you may want to learn certain terms that RoboForm uses in discribing it’s functions. Here is a brief discripton of these terms to help you learn the program faster.
Passcard.
RoboForm saves online passwords into what we call a Passcard.
Once the password is saved, RoboForm will offer to fill it when you visit the login page again.
Bookmark.
Same as Netscape bookmark or Internet Explorer Favorite.
Has a long text note to be used for site notes.
Bookmarks are shown together with Passcards, as they are a variation of Passcards.
Identity.
RoboForm can fill long non-password forms (such as registration or checkout form) from your personal profile that we call an Identity.
You fill in your Identity once with all your personal data and then RoboForm will enter this data into web page forms for you.
Contact.
RoboForm can also be used as an Address Book.
Each entry in this Address Book is called a Contact.
Contact is an Identity with fewer fields that is not used in form filling, instead it is used to lookup other people personal data.
Contacts are shown together with Identities, as Contact is just a small Identity.
Safenote.
You can store often used secret and non-secret text fragment in what we call a Safenote.
Safenote provides safe storage for important passwords that are not automatically stored in Passcards and for other sensitive or often used information such as ATM passwords and lock key combinations.
Folder.
All of the above file can be categorized using Folders — same as Windows Files Folders.
You can build a tree-like structure using folders and stuff it with your Passcards, Bookmarks, Identities, Contacts and Safenotes.
RoboForm Controls & Toolbars
RoboForm adds Toolbar and other controls to your browser.
RoboForm Upper Toolbar
1. Upper Toolbar.
Appears above the web page.
To show or hide it, click RoboForm button on standard IE toolbar.
You may have to click it several times to make Toolbar appear.
Or select View -> Toolbars -> RoboForm in IE.
The toolbar controls only the browser window in which it appears.
RoboForm Lower Toolbar
2. Lower Toolbar.
Appears below the web page, follows web page both in position and size.
Used in browser windows that cannot have Upper Toolbar — popup windows in IE, browsers without toolbars (AOL, MSN).
Has the same functionality as Upper Toolbar and looks the same.
To show it, right-click web page that has no Upper Toolbar and select “RoboForm Toolbar”, or click RoboForm Taskbar Icon and select “Show Toolbar”.
The Lower Toolbar controls only the browser window under which it appears.
How to Show / Hide Toolbars.
Click the Green Robot icon on Standard IE Toolbar to show/hide RoboForm toolbar: * If no toolbar is visible, then Upper toolbar is shown.
If Upper toolbar cannot be shown then Lower toolbar is shown.
* If Upper or Lower toolbar is visible then it is hidden.
You can also right-click web page and select “RoboForm Toolbar” menu item to show/hide the toolbar.
For web pages that cannot be right-clicked, click RoboForm taskbar icon and select “Show Toolbar”.
RoboForm Taskbar Icon
3. Taskbar Icon.
Appears in Taskbar (SysTray). It is used:
* To make RoboForm work in non-IE browsers that are based on IE (AOL, MSN, etc).
* To gain easy access to Passcard/Safenote/Identity list and to RoboForm functions.
Web Page Context Menu
4. Web Page Context Menu.
Appear on web page when you right-click it.
Use it when you need to call RoboForm from a web page that has no RF toolbar.
Standard IE Toolbar Buttons
5. Standard IE Toolbar Buttons.
Appear in your Standard IE toolbar and IE Tools menu.
RoboForm button in this toolbar makes RoboForm toolbar appear and disappear.
Other RoboForm buttons may be made visible.
I hope this will help you to get started.
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All The Best!
Terry Russell
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