# Quickstart

> Install SimpleFill, save your first snippet, and expand it on any website in about two minutes.

This guide takes you from nothing to your first expanded snippet. You don’t need an account, and everything here works on the Free plan.

## 1. Install SimpleFill

Get SimpleFill from your browser’s store:

| Browser | Where to get it |
| --- | --- |
| Chrome, Brave, Vivaldi, and other Chromium browsers | [Chrome Web Store](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/simplefill/pjdkmeabgpggjenaichdfjhdckcejjik) |
| Firefox | [Firefox Add-ons](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simplefill/) |
| Microsoft Edge | [Edge Add-ons](https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/simplefill/fpfieeabkgiajbldmkigabpiimhgpfdc) |
| Safari on the Mac | [Mac App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6743927264) |

> [!TIP]
> Pin SimpleFill to your toolbar. Clicking its icon opens [Quick Access](https://simplefill.app/docs/quick-access), the fastest way to find anything you’ve saved.

## 2. Open the dashboard

The dashboard is where you create and manage everything. To open it, right-click anywhere on a webpage and choose **SimpleFill** > **Open Dashboard**. You can also open it from your browser’s extensions page.

The sidebar on the left has three groups:

- **Library**: Snippets, Folders, and Blocks, the text you save.
- **Automation**: Fields, Transforms, Forms, and AI, the things that make your text smart.
- **General**: Settings, Import / Export, and your License.

## 3. Save your first snippet

1. Go to **Snippets**.
2. In **Name**, type `Work email`.
3. In **Shortcut**, type `em`. The `;` in front of it is already there; it’s your *trigger*.
4. In **Value**, type your email address.
5. Click **Add Snippet**.

## 4. Expand it on any website

Open any page with a text box, such as a sign-up form or your email. Click in the box, type `;em`, and press **Space**.

```
;em␣  →  alex@northwind.com
```

SimpleFill replaces `;em` with your email address. The space you typed is used up by the expansion, so nothing extra is left behind.

> [!NOTE]
> Shortcuts expand at the start of a text box or after a space. That way, typing `;em` in the middle of a word never surprises you.

## 5. Try the other ways to insert it

You don’t have to remember shortcuts. The same snippet is waiting in three more places:

- **Auto-suggestions**: Start typing part of the snippet’s name or text in an input box, and SimpleFill shows matches in a dropdown. Press the Down arrow, then Enter.
- **Right-click menu**: Right-click a text box and choose **SimpleFill** > **Work email**.
- **Quick Access**: Press `⌘ Shift Space` on a Mac or `Ctrl Shift Space` elsewhere, type `email`, and press Enter.

## What to try next

- **[Make it rich](https://simplefill.app/docs/rich-text-editor)**: Turn on **Rich / Dynamic Value** for a formatted signature with a logo and links.
- **[Add a Field](https://simplefill.app/docs/fields)**: Turn a reply into a template that asks for the customer’s name.
- **[Use a Smart Field](https://simplefill.app/docs/smart-fields)**: Type `;date` in any text box to insert today’s date.
- **[Set up AI](https://simplefill.app/docs/ai-actions)**: Fix grammar or translate text with `;fix` or `;translate`.

Source: https://simplefill.app/docs/quickstart