If your book's front cover mentions you can download forms for it, look for the download link inside the book. Within most of our books, on the first page of either Appendix A or B, you should find a URL where you can obtain the forms (as well as links for additional relevant articles, legal updates, podcasts, and blogs on Nolo.com) for your title.
Be careful NOT to include the period at the end of the sentence in your URL!!!
Once you are on the download webpage, if your need further download instructions, please see our download instructions here.
If your eBook does not include this URL, please email us a copy of your purchase receipt and our Technical Support Department can reply with a link to download your forms.
Windows
After you insert the CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive, the files should install automatically. This installation will be accompanied with onscreen instructions for you to follow.
If this doesn't happen (that is, you don't see the "Welcome" screen when you insert the CD), double-click the My Computer icon and then double-click your CD-ROM drive icon.
If you still don't see the "Welcome" screen, select "Start > Run" and enter "D:\setup". (You may have to change "D" to the letter of your CD-ROM drive.) Note: if the CD contains audio files, enter "D:\welcome".
Macintosh
Nolo CDs include files in at least one of the formats described below. You can tell the file's format by the three-letter extension that follows the period in the file name. In the following descriptions, the extensions are the capital letters in parentheses.
We've kept the general format of the files as simple as possible so that they can be used on as many word processing programs as possible. You can add formatting yourself using your word processor. Refer to your word processor's help for instructions.
Windows XP may display an "I/O device error" while accessing your CD drive. For troubleshooting tips, visit Microsoft's support page.
Step 1: Opening a File
Windows:
Windows and Macintosh: Use My Computer or Windows Explorer (Windows) or the Finder (Macintosh) to go to the folder you copied the CD's files to; (2) double-click the file you want to open.
Windows and Macintosh:
Step 2: Editing Your Document
Fill in the form according to the instructions and sample agreements in the book. Underlines indicate where to enter your information, frequently with instructions in brackets. Delete the underlines and instructions from your completed document.
Step 3: Printing Your Document
Use your word processor's "File > Print" command to print your document.
Step 4: Saving Your Document
After filling in the form, use the "Save As" command to save and rename the file. Because all the files are "read-only," you will not be able to use the "Save" command. (This is to prevent you from accidentally overwriting the original files.)
Open the file directly from your preferred word processor. Here's how:
Step 1: Opening a File
Windows:
Windows and Macintosh:
You can also open a file from within Adobe Reader. To do this:
Step 2: Filling in Your Form
If the form has fill-in text fields, navigate from field to field using your mouse or the Tab key. Type in the information requested.
Forms without fill-in fields must be completed by hand or typewriter after you have printed them out.
Step 3: Printing Your Document
Use Adobe Reader's "File > Print" command to print your document.
Step 4: Saving Your Document
Some PDF forms allow you to save your filled-in form. When you open these forms in Reader, you'll see a message if this feature is available. If you are using an earlier version of Adobe Reader, you will be prompted to download a newer version that will allow you to save.
You will be unable to save forms that do not have this feature, but you can still print out completed versions of these forms.
Use Adobe Reader's "Save As" command to save and rename the file. Because all the form files are "read-only," you will not be able to use the "Save" command. (This is to prevent you from accidentally overwriting the original PDF files.)
Windows:
Windows and Macintosh:
You can also open a file from within your spreadsheet program. To do this,
Step 2: Editing the Spreadsheet
While filling in the spreadsheets, consult the instructions, sample spreadsheets, and the book's CD appendix for help. Some spreadsheets are created to perform automatic calculations as you fill the cells.
Step 3: Printing Your Document
Use your spreadsheet program's "Print" command to print out your document.
Step 4: Saving Your Document
After filling in the spreadsheet, use the "Save As" command to save and rename the file. Because all the files are "read-only," you will not be able to use the "Save" command. (This is to prevent you from accidentally overwriting the original files.)
Each spreadsheet program uses different commands to open, format, save, and print documents. For specific instructions on performing these tasks, consult the program's help files.
Contact Nolo's Technical Support if:
Note: We are unable to answer questions about opening and editing files with specific word processing or spreadsheet programs. For this kind of help, please consult your program's help file or contact its manufacturer.
Please contact us.