Introduction

Welcome to the CEB Practice Libraries^®. Practice Libraries are a collection of essential CEB information on a particular topic. Practice Libraries contain in-depth legal analysis, practical tips and advice, and hundreds of form clauses with commentary.

You must have a browser installed on your computer to use this product, and you must have Internet access to use the CEB Online features such as linking to cases and codes. Practice Libraries can be accessed from the CD or online. The most current version of a title is available online.

CEB Practice Libraries are available in the following practice areas:

• Business

• Civil Litigation

• Criminal Law

• Employment

• Estate Planning

• Real Property

You may order additional Practice Libraries or titles by calling CEB Customer Service at 1-800-232-3444.

Getting Started

System Requirements

Windows 98/2000/NT/XP

350 mhz processor (450 mhz or more recommended)

128 MB RAM

40 MB free hard disc space

SGVA video display adapter (256 colors)

16x CD-ROM drive (32x or more recommended)

Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 (recommended)

Internet connection to view cases and codes

Default browser settings should enable Java, JavaScript, and cookies. See Internet Cookies and Troubleshooting.

Stand-Alone Installation Instructions

• Insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive.

• If the installation does not start automatically, click on Start, select Run, and type the following command: D:\setup (where D: is your CD-ROM drive).

• Follow the on-screen instructions.

• When the Access Code dialog box appears, enter the access code found on your invoice and click Next. This will enable access to the libraries or titles you have purchased.

  NOTE: Demo customers should enter DEMO in the access code box.

• If you purchase additional libraries or titles at a later time, you will receive a new access code when you order. To install your new libraries or titles, click on Start/Settings and go to Control Panel. Choose Add/Remove Programs. Choose CEB Practice Libraries from the list and click "Add (or Change)/Remove." When the Maintenance dialog box opens, choose Modify and click Next. Follow on-screen instructions.

NOTE: On some operating systems you must be logged in as a user with Administrator privileges to install this software. If you do not have Administrator privileges, the installation will stop with an error message. If you log in again as a user with Administrator privileges you will be able to proceed. Consult documentation for your operating system for additional information.

Network Installation Instructions

A network installation will usually be performed by a network administrator. Once installed to a network, individual PC clients on the network may install from the network to their PCs.

There are two main steps to network installation: (1) installing the Practice Libraries files to a network drive, and (2) installing the Practice Libraries application on each client computer from the network drive.

Installing to the Network

• Insert the disc into a network CD-ROM drive.

• If the installation does not start automatically, click on Start, select Run, and type the following command: D:\setup (where D: is your CD-ROM drive).

• Follow on-screen instructions.

• When the Access Code dialog box appears, enter the access code found on your invoice and click Next.

  NOTE: The access code "DEMO" will not create a network installation.

• When the Copy Content Files to a Network Drive dialog box opens, check the box and copy the content you have purchased onto your network if you have adequate space. The dialog box will show you the space required and the space available. Leave the box unchecked to open your libraries or titles from the network CD-ROM drive.

  NOTE: Client computers must have a drive mapped to either the network installation directory if the content files are copied, or the shared network CD-ROM drive containing the disc if the content files are not copied.

• Write protect the network directory (and all subdirectories) used for installation.

Installing on a Client From the Network

• Navigate to network location where administrator installed Practice Libraries.

• Double-click setup.exe.

• Follow on-screen instructions.

NOTE: On some operating systems you must be logged in as a user with Administrator privileges to install this software. If you do not have Administrator privileges, the installation will stop with an error message. If you log in again as a user with Administrator privileges you will be able to proceed. Consult documentation for your operating system for additional information.

If you are having problems with your network installation, please call CEB Technical Support at 1-800-750-9155, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., PST, Monday through Friday.

Viewing the Information

The illustration above shows the default screen as seen when using the Internet Explorer browser. At the top of the screen you will see the menu bar, toolbar, and address window provided by the browser. Above the document window is a CEB toolbar (see Toolbar). Under the address window and CEB toolbar are the various windows:

• The Search window provides you with several search options (see Searching).

• The Contents window displays a dynamic table of contents (see Contents).

• The Document window displays the text. To give optimum performance on the Web, the text will display in the Document window one section at a time.

• The Search Results window shows the results of a search (see Searching).

These windows can be resized by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the border of the window to the desired position.

NOTE: The Practice Libraries include CEB pages numbers from the print version for citation purposes. They are visible in the text (gray and bracketed) wherever the page break falls.

Example: When a writing is used to refresh recollection either before or during trial, about any [PAGE 82]matter on which a witness testifies, the writing must be produced at trial at the request of an adverse party.

Toolbar

The CEB toolbar provides six links:

Contents

The Contents window displays a dynamic table of contents. If you click on a heading in the Contents window, that section will display in the Document window.

To the left of the title is a plus sign (+). The plus sign indicates that more detailed information about the title is available.

Click on the plus sign to the left of a title to see its chapter titles and other components.

Click on the plus sign to the left of a chapter title to see its section titles.

When you have fully expanded a branch in the table of contents, the plus sign becomes a minus sign (–), indicating that no further levels of information are available. Click on the minus sign to the left of an entry if you want to collapse it.

When you have found the section you wish to read, click on the section title for the text to display in the Document window.

Each heading in the Contents window is a link to that section. By clicking on the title of a chapter or part, you will be linked to the beginning of that chapter or part. By clicking on the title of a section, you will be linked to the beginning of that section.

The illustration above shows the table of contents for California Durable Powers of Attorney, chap 5, partially open on the left and fully open on the right. Note that in the illustration on the left, you do not see §§5.1, 5.6, 5.8, and 5.10. These sections follow headings without section numbers, and will display if you click on the plus sign, as shown in the illustration on the right.

Searching

NOTE: To search an individual title, click the check box next to that title in the Contents. You can narrow your search even further to specified chapter or sections, or to search multiple titles but not the whole library. The illustration shows a search that would include the entire Civil Litigation library, and, within the Criminal Law library, Appeals and Writs in Criminal Cases and California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice chaps 2, 5, and 7. The check box option is available only when you are using Advanced Search, Statute Search, Case Search, or Form Search.

Basic Search

To do a simple character string search, enter the word(s) or phrase you want to search for into the search box. The illustration shows a search for "unlawful detainer."

• Click GO.

• The results of your query will display in the Search Results window.

Click on an entry to go to the text.

It is important to remember that, if you want to search for an exact phrase, you must put the phrase in quotation marks—otherwise you will get hits if all of the words are found anywhere in the same section, not just if they match your phrase exactly. Example: if you type in estate planning with no quotes, you will get a hit on a phrase that reads "estate and other planning considerations …" as well as a hit if estate is in the first paragraph and planning in the third paragraph of a section. If you use the quotes, you will only get hits on estate planning.

To clear your query, click the Clear button in the Search Results window.

Advanced Search

Advanced Search allows you to modify your search. The text boxes show the options available for modifying a search using Advanced Search. The illustration shows a search for the words, "marital," "charitable," and "deduction" near each other.

The Search Results window will show the results of your search. NOTE: If you check the Find alternate word forms box, the search will find, for example, "deductions" as well as "deduction."

In addition, the default setting is for the Search Results window to display a short excerpt of the text around your hit. Displaying excerpts from the text makes it easier to determine which hits are most relevant to your search. If you wish, you can change the default setting by selecting "off," "medium," or "long" from the Show document excerpts in the results dropdown menu. NOTE: The number of hits that show in the document excerpt may be cut off after the first several hits for performance reasons.

Click on an entry to go to the text.

To clear your query, click the Clear button in the Search Results window.

Case Search

The case search allows you to search for specific case names or citations. Select Case Search from the Search window. A Search for cases cited in the text dialog box will appear. The illustration shows a search for Estate of Propst.

• Enter the case name or citation you want in the Query For text box and click Search.
  NOTE: If you are searching by citation, you must use the format, e.g., “65 CA4th 112” or “135 CR2d 115.”

• The Search Results window will show the results of your search.

Click on an entry to go to the text.

To clear your query, click the Clear button in the Search Results window.

Statute Search

The statute search allows you to search for specific statutory citations by code section. Select Statute Search from the Search window. A Search for Statutes cited in the text dialog box will appear. All the codes, regulations, and rules cited in the text are listed in the menu box. The illustration shows a search for Probate Code §101.

NOTE: In the Enter code section box, you can use the asterisk (*) in your search terms as a substitute for characters to find alternate forms. For example, if you enter 580*, the search will find 580.7, 580b, etc.

• Highlight the name of the code, regulation, or rule you want to find.

• Enter the code section you wish to search for in the Enter code section box and click Search.

• The Search Results window will show the results of your search.

Click on an entry to go to the text.

To clear your query, click the Clear button in the Search Results window.

Form Search

The form search allows you to limit your search to CEB sections in which there is form text. Select Form Search from the Search window. A Search attorney-drafted forms dialog box will appear. The illustration shows a search for "durable power of attorney."

• Enter the word or words you wish to search for in the Query For text box and click Search.

• The Search Results window will show the results of your search.

Click on an entry to go to the text.

NOTE: For an explanation of how to download form text to your word processor, see Downloading Attorney-Drafted Forms to Your Word Processor.

To clear your query, click the Clear button in the Search Results window.

Linking

To California Cases

CEB provides links to California Supreme Court and appellate court cases since 1934. California case citations will appear on the screen as blue and underlined. Just click to read the opinion.

A new browser window will open and display the case. You can link further to any California case cited within the opinion by clicking on the citation. The second case will appear in the same window. To go back to the first case, hit Back.

The second window can be closed or, if you think you will want to refer back to the case, it can be minimized.

Occasionally, a link to a case may fail. If this happens, it may be due to a subsequent court action (e.g., case depublished), an unavailable source file, or an incorrect citation.

To California Codes

CEB provides links to California codes. Codes will appear on the screen as blue and underlined. Just click to read the code section.

A new browser window will open and display the code section.

To view the previous code section or the next code section click on the link at the top of the window.

The second window can be closed or, if you think you will want to refer back to the code section, it can be minimized.

Occasionally, a link to a code section may fail. If this happens, it may be due to an unavailable source file or an incorrect citation.

To Other CEB Titles

When there is a cross-reference from one CEB title to another, if you own both titles you can jump from one to the other. If you click on a cross-reference to a title that you do not own, you will see a system error message.

Printing

To print text:

• Click in the Document window.

• Choose Print Frame from the File pulldown menu in the browser’s menu bar.

• The print dialog box will appear.

• Choose All to print the section or select what you want to print by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the mouse across the desired text.

• Click OK.

To print graphic forms, click the print button that appears at the top of each page of the form. A Print dialog box will appear.

Your browser’s default setting may be to print headers and/or footers. To delete headers and footers:

Internet Explorer

• Click on File menu.

• Select Page Setup.

• If there is text or coding in the header and/or footer boxes, delete it.

Netscape

• Click on File menu.

• Select Page Setup.

• If the check boxes under Header and/or Footer are checked, uncheck them.

To download form text and print from your word processing program, see Downloading Attorney-Drafted Forms to Your Word Processor.

Saving Text to Your Word Processor

You can save text to a word processing file in two ways: You can copy and paste, or you can use the File/Save As function.

To copy and paste:

• Select the text by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the mouse across the desired text.

• Choose Copy from the Edit pulldown menu in the browser’s menu bar (this will store the information on the clipboard) and switch to your word processing program.

• Paste into a new or existing file.

To use File/Save As:

• Select the desired text or, if you want to save the whole section, just click in the Document window.

• Choose Save As from the File pulldown menu in the browser’s menu bar.

• The Save As dialog box will appear.

  NOTE: Your browser’s default setting will assign a filename with an ".htm" extension and save the page as an HTML document, which you may not be able to open in your word processing program. To change the default setting, select Plain Text from the Save as type dropdown menu and change the file extension to ".txt" (if you wish, you can assign a different filename as well).

• Select the directory in which you want to save your file.

• Click Save.

If you copy and paste, how much formatting will be retained in your word processing application will vary with your browser, your version of the Windows operating system, and your word processing software. If you save as Plain Text using the File/Save As function, formatting will not be retained.

In general, if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer with Microsoft Word you will have more acceptable results than if you are using Netscape as your browser or WordPerfect as your word processing program. For example, text copied from Netscape will have a hard return where each line breaks in your browser window.

Downloading Attorney-Drafted Forms to Your Word Processor

You can download files, in Word or WordPerfect, to your word processing program. To use this feature:

•  RIGHT CLICK on the buttons that precede the form text.

• A Save Target As or Save Link As dialog box will appear.

• Select the directory in which you want to save your file. You may also wish to change the filename. The default setting will name the file based on the CEB section number at the beginning of the form text. For example, if a form begins at §7.42 and you are saving the file to Word, the default filename will be 07-042.doc.

  NOTE: If you are using the Netscape browser, files downloaded to Word or WordPerfect will default to a generic filename with an extension that is not associated with your word processing application. If you are downloading files using Netscape, remember to rename the file with either the .doc (Word) or .wpd (WordPerfect) extension. Otherwise you may not be able to open the file and it may not display in your file list.

• Click Save.

NOTE: In many instances, forms that appear across a number of CEB sections have been joined together for downloading purposes. For these forms, you will see this language above the download buttons in each section that constitutes the form: "The form text in this section is part of a larger form. For your convenience, downloading any one of the sections included in the form will download the entire form. The inclusive section numbers are §§___-___."

Make sure that you RIGHT CLICK on the button, as directed. If you left click, a "plug-in" application may open in the document window, which looks like a Word or WordPerfect file but does not have the functionality of these programs and cannot be saved to your computer. If you left click by accident, just hit the Back button on your browser’s menu bar.

Downloaded files are saved without special formatting. Pleading captions are in three-column tables that can be manipulated in Word or WordPerfect. To see the table gridlines in Word, click on Table/Show gridlines. In WordPerfect, click on View/Table Gridlines. If the form includes numbers and headings for the various clauses, these are saved to Word as hidden text (to view, click on Tools/Options, select the View tab, and check Hidden Text under Formatting Marks) and to WordPerfect as Comments.

NOTE: If you are a WordPerfect 10 user, you may get an error message when you attempt to download. If this occurs, please call CEB Technical Support at 1-800-750-9155.

Excel Worksheets for Estate Planners

Customers who own California Trust Administration and have Excel installed on their computers can open the sample Excel spreadsheets at the end of Trust Admin chap 14, save them to Excel, and adapt them as they wish. The screen will display a static image of the spreadsheet:

To open in Excel:

• RIGHT CLICK on the To save as Excel spreadsheet line.

• A Save Target As or Save Link As dialog box will appear.

• Select the directory in which you want to save your file. You may also wish to change the filename. The default setting will name the file based on the CEB section number in which the spreadsheet appears. For example, if you are saving the spreadsheet in §14.85 to Excel, the default filename will be 14-085.xls.

  NOTE:If you are using the Netscape browser, files downloaded to Excel will default to a generic filename with an extension that is not associated with Excel. If you are downloading files using Netscape, remember to rename the file with the .xls extension. Otherwise you may not be able to open the file and it may not display in your file list.

• Click Save.

Make sure that you RIGHT CLICK on the button, as directed. If you left click, a "plug-in" application may open in the document window, which looks like Excel but does not have Excel functionality and cannot be saved to your computer. If you left click by accident, just hit the Back button on your browser’s menu bar.

Troubleshooting

Java and JavaScript must be enabled for the NextPage programming to create the table of contents. If you do not see a table of contents in the Contents window, check your browser settings.

For Internet Explorer:

• Go to Tools/Internet Options/Advanced tab.

• Scroll down and check either Microsoft VM/Java Console enabled or Java (Sun). You must choose one or the other.

NOTE TO WINDOWS XP USERS: Microsoft VM and/or Sun Java is not distributed as a part of this operating system and may need to be installed before you can enable it. Call CEB Technical Support at 1-800-750-9155 for assistance.

For Netscape:

• Choose Preferences from the Edit pulldown menu in the browser’s menu bar.

• The Preferences dialog box will appear.

• Click on Advanced in the Category window.

• Make sure that Enable Java and Enable JavaScript are checked.

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The default settings for browsers will enable cookies. For various reasons, some users take advantage of options to disable cookies. To use this product, cookies must not be disabled.

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