Well, it's that time of year again; time for the IRS to collect money from us, the taxpayers. While this isn't a *happy* experience for anyone--including us here at The Net--this month's net.disc might be able to help you out. Take a look at our tax section, where we've got 20+ tax forms and informational pamphlets in PDF format (the Adobe Acrobat Reader that you'll need to read and print these forms is included as well). Go to the TAXES folder to access this stuff directly.

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That doesn't mean that you can't view these discs via Netscape's venerable and much-loved browser, Navigator--because you can! A lot of you have written to us complaining that the disc shouldn't ONLY run on Internet Explorer. Well, since HTML is an open standard, you can, in fact, use our discs with any frames supporting browser on the market.

You'll find a copy of Internet Explorer in the MSIE folder. Keep in mind that there is a difference of about 2 months between the time we put these discs together and the time they hit the newsstands, so for the very latest versions, go to Microsoft's site.

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Enjoy the disc!
Lauren Guzak
Senior Digital Media Editor
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