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-====== Brand New Installation ======+===== Brand New Installation ===== 
 + 
 +==== Install Required Programs ====
  
   - Click this link to download PDFCreator: **[[https://grandjean.net/updates/PDFCreatorSetup.exe|PDFCreator Setup]]**   - Click this link to download PDFCreator: **[[https://grandjean.net/updates/PDFCreatorSetup.exe|PDFCreator Setup]]**
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     * //Choose "Run"/"Open" then click the "OK" button.  The file will download.//     * //Choose "Run"/"Open" then click the "OK" button.  The file will download.//
     * //After the download finishes, the setup file will start automatically.  Windows or an anti-virus program may ask if you are sure you want to run the file.  You may also need to provide an administrator password, depending on how your computer is set up.  Press "OK" or "Allow" as necessary to allow the setup program to open.//     * //After the download finishes, the setup file will start automatically.  Windows or an anti-virus program may ask if you are sure you want to run the file.  You may also need to provide an administrator password, depending on how your computer is set up.  Press "OK" or "Allow" as necessary to allow the setup program to open.//
-    * //If you receive the message, "MS Access was not found.  Please visit %%https://grandjean.net/updates/%% to download and install Access Runtime 2013," then continue with Step 3 below.// +    * <wrap important>Important:</wrap> //If you receive the message, "MS Access was not found.  Please visit %%https://grandjean.net/updates/%% to download and install Access Runtime 2013," then **continue with Step 3 below**.// 
-  - **Only if needed**, click this link to download a copy of the Access Runtime: [[https://grandjean.net/updates/AccessRuntime2013.exe|Access Runtime 2013 Setup]]+  - **Only if needed**, click this link to download the latest copy of our installer for use with 64-bit Office: **[[https://grandjean.net/updates/TaxColl2kSetup64.exe|TaxColl2k Setup (64-bit)]]** 
 +    * //Follow the same steps as listed above for the TaxColl2k Setup file// 
 +    * //There are two versions of Office--32-bit and 64-bit--which is why we have two different installers// 
 +    * //Both installers install the **same version of TaxColl2k**// 
 +    * <wrap important>Important:</wrap> //If you continue to receive the message, "MS Access was not found.  Please visit %%https://grandjean.net/updates/%% to download and install Access Runtime 2013," then **continue with Step 4 below**.// 
 +  - **Only if needed**, click this link to download a copy of the Access Runtime: [[https://grandjean.net/updates/AccessRuntime2016.exe|Access Runtime 2016 Setup]]
     * //Download and install as you did for the previous files.//     * //Download and install as you did for the previous files.//
-    * //Re-run step 2 above, "TaxColl2k Setup."//+    * //Re-run **step 2** above, "TaxColl2k Setup."// 
 +    * //If you receive an error message that the 32-bit Access Runtime cannot be installed because you have a 64-bit version of Office, continue with Step 5 below.// 
 +  - **Only if needed**, click this link to download a copy of the 64-bit Access Runtime: [[https://grandjean.net/updates/AccessRuntime2016_x64.exe|Access Runtime 2016 Setup (64-bit)]] 
 +    * //Download and install as you did for the previous files.// 
 +    * //Re-run **step 3** above, "TaxColl2k Setup (64-bit)."// 
 + 
 +==== First Run ==== 
 +<wrap important>IMPORTANT:</wrap> Please follow the instructions in [[transfer_files|transferring files from another computer]] if you have used TaxColl2k before and are just moving to a new computer.  The rest of these instructions are for brand new users. 
 + 
 +The "Get Year and Twp/Boro" form opens when the program starts up for the first time. 
 + 
 +  - Click [Download Files] to open the file download form:\\ {{:tax_coll:install:get_year_twp-download_files.png?300|}} 
 +  - Click on "Show advanced options..."\\ {{:tax_coll:install:get_bill_tax_type-adv_options.png?200|}} 
 +  - Change **County** and **District** to match your information, then click [OK]\\ {{:tax_coll:install:get_bill_tax_type-county_district.png?200|}} 
 +  - If the file downloaded correctly, you will get a message box saying "...successfully downloaded..." Click [OK] to dismiss the message:\\ {{:tax_coll:install:successful_download-ok.png?200|}} 
 +  - Enter your **District** number in the box then click [OK]:\\ {{:tax_coll:install:get_year_twp-district_ok.png?300|}}
  
  
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 TaxColl2k runs inside Microsoft Access.  If you don't have Microsoft Access on your computer, you will need to install the free Access Runtime from our website before installing TaxColl2k. TaxColl2k runs inside Microsoft Access.  If you don't have Microsoft Access on your computer, you will need to install the free Access Runtime from our website before installing TaxColl2k.
  
-You don't need to worry about whether you have Microsoft Access or not.  When you run our setup program, it will look for a suitable version of Microsoft Access.  If it can't find it, it will let you know.  At that point, you will just need to install the Access Runtime from our website and then re-run the TaxColl2k isntaller.</WRAP>+You don't need to worry about whether you have Microsoft Access or not.  When you run our setup program, it will look for a suitable version of Microsoft Access.  If it can't find it, it will let you know.  At that point, you will just need to install the Access Runtime from our website and then re-run the TaxColl2k installer.</WRAP>
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