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8 | I n s t a l l i n g t h e S o f t w a r e 2 0 0 8 D R A K E S O F T W A R ERUNNING STATE AND CITY PROGRAMS FROM THE CD1. Insert the 2008 Evaluation CD into the CD drive.2. Open the Drake program. Go to Setup > Directories/Paths. See Figure 1 below. In theDrive Letter for State Programs field, select the CD drive letter from the drop list. ClickOK.Figure 1: Directories and Paths Setup3. Open a return.4. Access state screens on the States tab or type the two-digit state code in the selector fieldat the bottom of the Data Entry Menu and press ENTER. City data entry screens arelocated within each state on the Cities tab of the Data Entry Menu.INSTALLING STATE AND CITY PROGRAMSIf you did not install states during the initial installation, choose one of the following methodsfor installing state and city programs. Installing a state also installs its city programs.Drake Software Evaluation GuideCopyrighted Material
2 0 0 8 D R A K E S O F T W A R E I n s t a l l i n g t h e S o f t w a r e | 9State and city returns are automatically produced with the federal return if indicated on thefederal data entry screens. For example, if you indicate in the State field (box 15) of the W2screen that the W-2 is for NY, Drake generates a New York return along with the federalreturn.___NOTEIf you downloaded the software from the Drake Software website, stateswere not included and you must choose one of the following methods toinstall states.Installing States From CD1. Insert your Drake CD into the CD drive.2. From the Home window, go to Tools > Install State Programs.3. Select Install State(s) from this drive. Select your CD drive letter from the list.4. Click to select the states to install from the States Available list in the left pane. ClickSelect. (To select all states, click Select All.) The selected states appear in the Statesselected for installation list in the right pane.5. Click Install to continue with the state installation.6. When the installation is complete, click Exit.Installing States From the InternetIf you installed the Demo software from DrakeSoftware.com, you received only thefederal package. To install states online, complete the following steps:___NOTETo install states over the Internet, ERO Setup must be complete. See “EROSetup” on page 20.1. From the Home window, go to Tools > Install State Programs.2. Select Install State(s) from the Internet.3. Click to select the states to install from the States Available list in the left pane. ClickSelect. (To select all states, click Select All.) The selected states appear in the Statesselected for installation list in the right pane.4. Click Install to continue with the state installation.5. When the installation is complete, click Exit.INSTALLING PDF995PDF995 is the program used to print documents in PDF format, which can then be viewed inAdobe Acrobat Reader. Follow these steps to install and operate:1. Place the 2008 Drake Evaluation CD in the CD drive.2. Go to Setup > Printing > PDF Printer.Copyrighted MaterialDrake Software Evaluation Guide
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