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Installing the Michigan State 2000 Tax Forms CD-ROM

Installing and working with the state of Michigan 2000 tax forms is quite easy, even if the instructions on the packaging make it sound difficult.  There are three steps to installing and using the Michigan State Tax forms, and they are:

  1. Ensuring that you have the current version Adobe Acrobat installed

  2. Installing Adobe Acrobat, if needed

  3. Creating a link to the CD on your desktop, or some other convenient location

Really, that’s about it.  This ShortGuide will walk you through this process, step by step.

Which version of Adobe Acrobat do you have?

Adobe Acrobat 4.0 is included with the State Tax Forms CD-ROM product, so that is the recommended version of the program to use.  I’ve honestly not tried to use the CD with an older version of Adobe Acrobat, but if you’ve got a lesser version currently, you would be better in most online situations to have the newest version installed (that is, Adobe Acrobat 4.05).  There are many ways to determine which version of Adobe Acrobat you have, but the instructions below are the most consistent method of determining what you’ve got.   This will be painless.  J 

  1. Pull up your Start menu and select Settings
  1. From the menu that appears, select Control Panel

  1. From the window that appears, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

  1. You will then see the Add/Remove Programs dialog box.  In the list near the bottom of the dialog box, look for any items that say Adobe Acrobat.  If you have an item that says Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0, then you are just fine.  It might read Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04 or 4.05 – all of which are just fine.  In which case, you can just move on to the section of this ShortGuide entitled Using the Michigan 2000 State Tax Forms. 
  2. If, however, you have an item that says Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.01, then you must Remove the program before installing Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.  To remove the program, click on the Add/Remove button near the bottom of the dialog box.  When prompted, answer “Yes” to all of the questions that you are asked. 
  3. Eventually, you will see a dialog box that telling you that the uninstall was successful.

Installing Adobe Acrobat 4.05

  1. Close all of the programs that are currently running.
  2. Insert the Michigan Tax Forms CD into the drive and double-click the My Computer icon.

  1. You should see an icon for the CD drive that reads: 001220_1502 [D:].  It is entirely possible that the numbers will not match, but they will be very similar.  
  2. Double-click the CD-ROM icon

 
  1. You should see a folder icon labeled Acrobat.
  2. Double-click the Acrobat folder

  1. There will now be an icon labeled rs405eng
  2. Double-click that icon to begin the installation process.

  1. From this point on, you will be confronted with numerous dialog boxes.  The key to success here is to continue clicking the Next button until the program in successfully installed.

  1. Once you see the dialog box thanking your for choosing Acrobat Reader, the program will have been installed successfully.
  2. You can now go on to use the Michigan State tax forms.


Using the Michigan 2000 State Tax Forms CD-ROM

Using the Tax forms is very easy, however, you must have the CD installed in order to use them.  If you have a Local Area Network in your library, it is very possible that you can share the CD with all of the computers on the Network, although that does fall beyond the scope of this ShortGuide.

  1. Insert the CD-ROM into the drive and double-click the My Computer icon.

  1. You should see an icon for the CD drive that reads: 001220_1502 [D:].  It is entirely possible that the numbers will not match, but it will be very similar. 
  2. Double-click the CD-ROM icon

  1. You should see an icon labeled Main Menu.  Point at the icon and click and hold your RIGHT mouse button.
  2. A menu should appear.  On the menu, select Send To.
  3. Another menu should appear.  On that menu, select Desktop (Create Shortcut)
  4. This will put an icon on your desktop that points to the State Tax form Main Menu.  
  5. Close all of the windows and programs that are currently open.

  1. On your desktop, you should have an icon that looks like the icon on the right.  Double-clicking the icon will take you to the Michigan State Tax Forms main menu.  NOTE: You may need to Accept the software license agreement for Adobe Acrobat if you just installed the program.

 
  1. From this menu, you can navigate to find any of the currently available Michigan 2000 Tax forms.

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