Getting Started with PasteFlow

PasteFlow turns pasted text into character-by-character typing — exactly like a human typing your content into the destination. Paste once into the Composer, and PasteFlow handles the rest.

Takes about 60 seconds to type your first document.

Step 1 — Pin PasteFlow to your toolbar

After installing, click the puzzle piece icon (🧩) in Chrome’s toolbar, find PasteFlow in the list, and click the pin icon next to it. PasteFlow’s icon will appear in your toolbar for one-click access from any tab.

Step 2 — Open the Composer View

Click the PasteFlow icon in your toolbar. A side panel opens and stays attached to your browser window — it stays visible while you switch tabs, which is exactly what you need when typing into another page.

Step 3 — Paste your text into the Composer

Click inside the large text area and paste the text you want typed. You’ll see a live count of characters, words, lines, and an estimated time at the selected speed.

Tip: Paste first, then pick your destination. The Composer holds your text while you navigate to the right tab.

Step 4 — Pick a base speed

Choose a base speed for keystroke timing. The Composer shows Safe, Slow, Normal, and Fast — four timing presets (see the speed buttons in the panel).

Speed Pace Best for
Safe 180–260 ms/char Google Docs, Word Online, Excel Online — complex editors that need slower input
Normal 40–70 ms/char Standard web forms, CMS blocks, most fields — natural human typing rhythm
Slow 120–180 ms/char Sensitive fields where Normal feels too fast
Fast 5–14 ms/char Simple inputs where speed matters and the site isn’t rate-limited

There is also a Human speed row in the grid — that is a fixed “human-speed” timing preset (80–140 ms/char). It is not the same control as Human Mode (the separate toggle below).

Not sure which to pick? Start with Safe for Google Docs and Word Online. Use Normal for everything else. You can always change speed and re-run.

Human Mode (Composer toggle)

Human Mode is the toggle in the Composer next to your speed presets (it is not the same thing as choosing the Human row in the speed grid — that row is only a fixed “human-speed” timing preset).

When Human Mode is On, PasteFlow can add occasional realistic mistakes (wrong letter, double letter, swap) and fix them with Backspace on top of whatever base speed you already picked (Normal, Safe, etc.). Timing still follows that base speed; the toggle only adds the mistake-and-correction layer so the result looks more hand-typed.

More background: FAQ — Human mode.

Step 5 — Select your destination tab

Use the Destination dropdown to choose the tab where typing should land. PasteFlow auto-selects the most recently active tab. Click Refresh if you don’t see the tab you opened after launching the Composer.

Step 6 — Click into the field and inspect

This is the most important step:

  1. Click into the field or document where you want text to appear — your Google Doc, Word Online file, or other web field.
  2. Return to the Composer and click Inspect Target.
  3. Wait for the status to show Ready with the field type confirmed.

Why this step? PasteFlow can only type into a field that has keyboard focus. Inspect Target verifies the field is active and tells PasteFlow exactly how to type there.

If Inspect Target shows “No editable field”: click directly into the text area on the destination page (not the browser address bar) and try again.

Step 7 — Confirm and start typing

Check the “I clicked into the destination field and confirm PasteFlow should type there” checkbox, then click Start Typing.

PasteFlow will begin typing character by character into the destination field. You don’t need to keep the Composer visible — it runs in the side panel while you can watch the text appear in your destination.

Step 8 — Control the run

While typing is in progress:

Action How
Pause Click Pause — typing suspends between characters
Resume Click Resume (same button) — continues exactly where you left off
Stop Click Stop, or press Escape anywhere
Keyboard start Cmd/Ctrl+Enter when checkbox is checked
Keyboard stop Cmd/Ctrl+. during a run

Characters already typed are always preserved — stopping never deletes anything from the destination.

Saving text for reuse: Snippets

Snippets: Save reusable text in the Composer (Snippets section). See FAQ — Snippets for save, load, export, and import.

Snippets let you save any block of text under a name and reload it instantly.

  1. Paste or type your text in the Composer.
  2. In the Snippets section, click Save.
  3. Give the snippet a name and click OK.

To use a snippet later: open the Snippets dropdown, select the name — your text loads instantly, ready to type.

Snippets are saved locally in your browser and never leave your device.

Common first-run issues

Status shows “No editable field” → Click directly inside a text area on the destination page (not the page header or toolbar), then click Inspect Target again.

Typing appears in the wrong place → The Composer types into whatever field had focus when you last clicked Inspect Target. Click into the correct field, click Inspect Target again, and confirm Ready before starting.

Text is garbled or cut off in Google Docs → Switch to Safe speed. Google Docs is sensitive to fast input.

The destination tab isn’t in the dropdown → Click Refresh to re-scan open tabs.

Next steps