Instructions for Downloading and Opening Files

All of the following forms and materials are for use with USSF-affiliated youth, amateur and professional leagues.

The forms and materials require software as noted in (parentheses), including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Reader and Aladdin Systems Stuffit Expander. Microsoft products must be purchased. All others may be downloaded for free on a demonstration basis. Click the product name above for more information.

Warning messages, dialog boxes and images may vary across computer systems, but the process is similar no matter what system you have.

Step 1
Macintosh: Click and hold the mouse button on the link of the file that you want to download.
Windows: Click the right mouse button.

The following dialog box will appear. Select "Save this Link as..."

Step 2
This warning appears. Click on the button "Pick app". Another dialog box will appear.

Step 3
Navigate through your system to locate the appropriate application. In this case, Microsoft Word. Click "Open".

Your browser is now configured to download and open any files with that extension with the application you have selected.

Troubleshooting

1. Q: I cannot download the file.
   A: What am I, a mindreader? You gotta give me more information. See Question 5 below.
   
   
2. Q: I click the link to download a file, and a warning message appears telling me that I have started to download a file named "XYZ". What do I do?
   A: Don't panic, just click "Save file" to download into a location on your computer you select, or "Pick app" to pick an application to open the file. See Instructions above.
   
   
3. Q: I click the link to download a file. The file downloads to my computer, but I cannot open the file.
   A: Install the necessary software, and open the file:
   • Microsoft Word
   • Microsoft Excel
   • Microsoft PowerPoint
   • Adobe Acrobat Reader
   • Aladdin Systems Stuffit Expander
     
     
4. Q: When I click one of the links, my browser window fills with random text characters. What is going on?
   A: Your web browser might not be configured to recognize files with certain "extensions" (the last three letters of the filename). For example ".doc" is the extension for a Microsoft Word file. You need to do two things: (1) Install the required software (See Question 3), and (2) you need to "teach" your browser to recognize these extensions.
See Instructions above.


5. Q: I have read the entire section on Troubleshooting, following every step, and I've read all the Instructions, but I still cannot download/open the file. What else can I do?
   A: Contact the webmaster. Please include what steps you are taking, which file or URL you are trying to download, your operating system name and version, and your browser name and version.