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Eliminate redundant tasks by using web macros

With Web Replay you can avoid redundant form filling, clicking links and buttons and waiting for pages to load by running the whole repetitious sequence in 1-Click, each time you have to.

Creating a macro is as simple as recording your favorite TV show. Press Record button, do your repetitive stuff on the web and click Stop Rec button.

For example in order to check your emails online you have to:

  1. Open your internet browser.
  2. Enter the address of your online email provider.
  3. Type your username and password.
  4. Click the Sign in button.
  5. And finally click the Inbox link to see your emails.

You have already learnt in the Login tutorial how to automatically perform steps 1-4 above. Now you are learning how to make Web Replay clicks the Inbox link for you. (Step 5)

Web Replay saves these steps as a web macro. Next you will create your first macro that saves the entire 5-step sequence.

This is just an illustration of the concept, of course you can create macros for any tedious and bothersome repetitive sequence of steps you are doing on the web.

Let’s see how you can record a simple surfing sequence

Navigate to Yahoo Mail and follow the steps below. 

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Click  record button   button on Web Replay toolbar. You’ll notice a floating toolbar with a flashing light. That means Web Replay started recording web actions. Picture 1

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Type your username and password.

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Click  sign in button .

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After you are logged in click the Inbox link. Picture 2

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Stop recording by clicking the stop_rec button on the floating toolbar and save the macro.

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A click of a button is all it takes to run the macro!

Web Replay created a toolbar button that runs the macro in 1-Click. Picture 3

Click the button to run the whole web sequence (the macro) you have just recorded!

Note: Logout before running the macro

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