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Using Attachments Adding an attachment to a post can be made by clicking on "choose files..." located at the bottom left of the reply box. This will open a box to choose a file located on your hard drive or removable storage media. Locate the file for attachment, click on it to select it, and click "open". The file will be added to your post. Attachments that have already been used in the member's posts and that are listed in "My Attachments" may be used again by clicking "Insert other media" found at the bottom right of the reply box, clicking "insert existing attachment", and choosing one from the existing list that will be shown. "Insert other media" also contains a selection that allows insertion of images using an internet URL. Finding your attachments Members will find their attachments list by clicking on their user name and from the dropdown list, click on "My Attachments". The list includes links to each post that the attachments are posted in. Deleting Attachments Attachments that are used in posts can't be deleted from the "My Attachments" list. In order to delete a specific attachment, the poster must first go back and edit the post(s) that that particular attachment is used in before deleting of the attachment is allowed. The reason for this is to try to eliminate broke links in posts, so please keep in mind that deleting a link to a document containing technical advice or content may alter the usefulness of your post in that topic. Deleting Attachments in PMs The forum's private messaging allows the use of attachments. Please note that if a PM is deleted without first editing it to remove an attachment, that file will stay on your list of attachments and you will NOT be able to delete it. ETA - the system automatically removes PM attachments when all participants have left the conversation. Consider using a file sharing site other another method At the time of the forum upgrade, Eric suggested using a site such as Dropbox for public file sharing so that documents containing technical advice or content wouldn't be deleted later in the future due to a user running up against the space limitation allowed for attachments, wouldn't cause broken links in posts, and so that posts still contain the relevant information if someone is searching for forum in future. Alternately, consider quoting a cite or source, or linking to helpful websites.

I hid Catherine's and my latest posts so that this topic isn't further derailed into discussing attachment limitations. I added a post in the Help section that covers attachments. I hope that helps and will try to keep this topic on track. Thanks!

I have absolutely NO interest in cloud-based software of almost any kind. If tax software becomes only cloud-based, I will retire and go back to doing my own returns by hand.

Here they are. Eric, is there a way to delete our old attachments? I was able to delete some that were no longer linked with posts but for most I could find no way to get rid of them. Form 3921 pg1.pdf Form 3921 pg2.pdf

Let's see if I can post these two pages. There are also detail pages of transactions I didn't scan. These are my quick-reference pages for options. ISO's also can lead to "phantom income" for AMT purposes if bought and NOT sold in the same year. There's a great book called "Consider Your Options" by K A Thomas that goes into great and gory detail about all kinds of options, that I use for greater-detail reference. That's why I wasn't going to post it all here; there are entire chapters of stuff and I was going to talk Lion through the pieces she needed. OK; I have too many files and can't upload these pages. Will post this, delete some stuff that's been saved here, and come back to add the 2 pages. Catherine

OK, so that is why I have not been getting the letters. I learned something new. Thanks Lynn.

The Drake forum hasn't had many users comment on Drake hosted software. One person commented that the printer and fonts were slightly problematic, and a couple of people agreed that it's better to have control of the software on our machines. Specifically, several agreed with slower internet in the more rural areas making this unworkable, or what if the internet was down in either the user's area or Drake's? Then the person can't work on the returns? Plus, with any cloud-based software, the user loses the ability to continue using the software if changing vendors. I'll stick with having the software on my machine for as long as possible.