Can Auto Typer type outside Google Docs?
Yes. Pick any text box on a web page, such as a discussion post, an essay box or a form answer, and Auto Typer types into it. Free in both extensions.
Yes. Besides Google Docs, Slides, Word Online and PowerPoint for the web, Auto Typer can type into a text box on almost any website: a discussion post in Canvas, Moodle or Brightspace, an essay box, a Google Forms answer, an email. It's free in both Duey and Duey Pro.
How:
- Open the page with the text box, then open the Duey side panel.
- Click Pick a text box, then click the box on the page. Esc cancels.
- Paste your text and click Start typing.
It types with your speed, mistakes and breaks settings, fixing its own typos as it goes.
Good to know:
- Plain text only. Headings, bold and lists aren't typed on websites.
- One-line boxes (a title or a short answer) get spaces instead of new lines, and Duey never presses Enter, so it won't submit a form for you.
- Chat boxes (Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Messenger, Teams, Telegram): a new line is typed as Shift+Enter, so the message isn't sent part-way. Press Enter yourself when it's done.
- If you click into another box while it types, typing pauses. Click back into the box and press Resume.
- Password and payment fields are never typed into.
- In Duey Pro, the first time on a site, click Allow on this site (or Allow on all sites) and approve Chrome's prompt. You can also turn on Type on any site in Pro's Settings to allow every site at once.
- In Duey Pro, Multi-block types several blocks into different text boxes on the same page, one after another: turn on Multi-block, pick a box for each block, then start. Nothing is submitted.
- The page was already open before you installed or updated Duey? Reload it once.
- Not working on a site? Click Send us a bug report at the foot of the side panel. It tells us which kind of text box the page uses, never your text, and the site's address only if you leave that box ticked.
A site ignores the text? A few sites only accept real keystrokes. Duey Pro types with real keystrokes, so it works there. See What's the difference between Auto Typer Free and Pro?
Version History and Replay are Google Docs features, so they don't apply to other sites.