An application executable on a computing device having a display, a memory and a processor is provided. The application creates a blank record having a plurality of unpopulated input fields. The display displays multiple lines of text in another application. The input fields are then populated by repeated execution of first and second user interface commands. The processor interprets the first command so as to mark a text portion extending along at least part of at least one line of the text, and the second command so as to populate one of the input fields based on the marked text portion. Once the input fields are populated the now populated record can be saved through a third user interface command.