Before you purchase a downloadable kit, we suggest you spend a few minutes reading this page and becoming familiar with the steps you will be taking.
Please note: The time it takes to download a file depends on a large number of factors, including the speed of your connection to your Internet Service Provider (ISP), the speed of the connections between your ISP and our web server, and whether other people are also downloading from our site. The software files available for download from our site range in size from less than a half-megabyte to about 3.5 megabytes. On a dial-up connection, the largest files we supply may take about 10 minutes to download. If you have a DSL or cable connection to the Internet, those same files could take as little as 20 seconds to download.
How to download files
Note: The following description assumes you:
- have already created an account on our site,
- are logged in to your account, and
- have added at least one product to your shopping cart
When you are are ready to complete your purchase, please click on the CHECKOUT link at the right end of the status bar near the top of the screen.
Proceed through the checkout screens. When you are satisfied with the content of the Order Confirmation screen, click on the CONFIRM ORDER button at the bottom right of that screen.
It will take a few moments for your credit card details to be processed, then a new screen headed “Your Order Has Been Processed” will appear. If you have purchased a downloadable product, you will see a blue DOWNLOAD button in the lower half of the screen (see the illustration below)
Click your left mouse button on the DOWNLOAD button to begin the download process (if you click the right button and choose something like "Save as..." from the menu, you will get a corrupted file). A message similar to this will appear on your screen:
Click on the SAVE button and you will see a new message, similar to the one illustrated below, which is asking you where you want to save the file:
Make a note of the file name shown near the bottom of the message (in the illustration above, it is "setupbuysell.exe"). Now you must select a location to save the file. Saving it to your desktop (as illustrated above) will make the file easy to find after the download is complete. When you have selected a place to save the file, make a note of the selected location, then click on the SAVE button.
The download will take a few seconds, or a few minutes, depending on the speed of your connection to the Internet and traffic conditions on the Internet. While the download is taking place, you will see a message similar to this:
When the download is finished, if the message illustrated above has not closed, click on the small "X" in the top right corner of the message, to close it. You have completed your download and the software is now ready to be installed.
Installing the software
Note: The following description assumes you have downloaded a software package from Self-Counsel Press.
Locate the package you downloaded. If you saved it to your desktop it will look something like this:
Double-click on the filename to begin the install process. A message similar to this will appear on your screen:
Click on the NEXT button and read and respond to the next few screens. You will see a new screen, similar to the one illustrated below, which is asking you where you want to save the file:
The screen above suggests a location to install the software. If you are happy with this choice, simply click on the NEXT button, or if you want to you can change the proposed location before continuing.
Continue reading the remaining screens, clicking on NEXT to move forward from each screen. After a few moments, the software installation will begin.
When the installation is finished, you will see a screen confirming the install is complete. Close that screen. You will now see on your Windows desktop one or more new icons, such as the ones illustrated below:
Double-clicking on the "Instructions" file will open your web browser and display instructions for using the file or files you have downloaded. Double-clicking on the "Form" or "Forms" folder icon will open a Windows folder containing the forms you have downloaded.
The installation software also adds some links to the Windows Start Menu. Opening the Start Menu and scrolling to the Programs group will display new entries that look something like this:
Notice the menu provides links to the Instructions and the Forms. These are the same as the links on your desktop. The third link is provided for you to Uninstall the software if you no longer need it.
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