Comissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland

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Step 1

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Step 2

Click on the form title you wish to complete.

Screen shot: Click on a form link

Alternatively, you can save a blankcopy of the form to your computer by right clicking the link with your mouse and selecting SAVE TARGET AS ....

Please note, that only blank forms may be saved. Completed forms cannot be saved to your computer.

Screen shot: Right click form link, select SAVE TARGET AS ...

Step 3

Place your mouse over the form field and left click. A blinking cursor will now appear in form field.

Screen shot: Place your mouse cursor into the form field

Step 4

The following warning message may appear when you place your cursor into the form field. Please click CLOSE.

Blank forms can be saved from the website to your computer (this saves you having to access the website everytime you require a blank form). However, completed forms cannot be saved to your computer.

Screen shot: Click the CLOSE button

Step 5

Type your responses directly into each relevant form field. To move from one form field to another either press the TAB key or use your mouse.

Screen shot: Type directly into the form for each of your responses

Step 6

Warning: keep all the text within the set height of the form field. If you enter too many lines of content into a form field a scroll bar will appear. Any text below the scroll bar will not appear when the form is printed.

If a scroll bar does appear, you must remove text until the scroll bar disappears.

Screen shot: Avoid increasing the form field. Scroll bars must be avoided

Step 7

After completing the form please check to ensure that all information is accurate.

Click the FILE menu on the top left hand side of Adobe Reader.
Select the PRINT

Screen shot: Click FILE. Then select PRINT

Step 8

A Print window will appear, please select the printer you wish to print to and press OK.

Screen shot: Press OK to print form

Step 9

Please sign and date the completed printed form and send to the Charity Commissioners.

Screen shot: Sign and Date the form

Commissioners of Charitable Donations & Bequests for Ireland, 12 Clare Street, Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 676 6095 Fax: +353 1 676 6001 Email: charities@justice.ie