What software did you use to file Pro Se?

[peacesoon]

Any help would be appreciated. I am just looking into this as an option down the road...

[jennordhavn]

I didn't use any special software, just Adobe to fill out the PDF forms.

[JoeW]

Acrobat 9

I downloaded the forms from my local court's website and then downloaded a 30-day trial of Adobe Acrobat 9 (not Adobe Reader) so I was able to save the forms already filled out. Being able to save them and resume later made working through the filing a lot easier (especially with longer forms like the Statement of Financial Affairs)

[justbroke]

As pointed out, Adobe Acrobat 9 can be good, however, be sure to have the version that allows you to SAVE your work (as the most of the forms from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's website will not allow data to be saved). Also, Adobe 9 is quite expensive at $99 for an upgrade from a prior version (which why would you do that anyhow?) to $249.00 for the full version. So if you don't already have it, perhaps the "demo" version will work.

I actually used a combination of an on-line preparer (which I don't recommend in most cases) and a PDF editing program.

[JoeW]

As pointed out, Adobe Acrobat 9 can be good, however, be sure to have the version that allows you to SAVE your work (as the most of the forms from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's website will not allow data to be saved). Also, Adobe 9 is quite expensive at $99 for an upgrade from a prior version (which why would you do that anyhow?) to $249.00 for the full version. So if you don't already have it, perhaps the "demo" version will work.

I actually used a combination of an on-line preparer (which I don't recommend in most cases) and a PDF editing program.

I used the trial version of Acrobat 9 myself, which is free and works fine for 30 days with no limitations; Adobe Reader (which used to be called Acrobat Reader) is the ubiquitous free software that won't save anything.

[WillinVT]

I used the trial version of Acrobat 9 myself, which is free and works fine for 30 days with no limitations; Adobe Reader (which used to be called Acrobat Reader) is the ubiquitous free software that won't save anything.

That is what I used. As I mentioned in another post, I had to make some adjustments to the size of the columns on schedule B for "Bank Accounts" and "Electronics and Furniture".

On the official forms at the court website, there is only enough room for 4 line on the bank account section. Since my wife and I have a total of 6, 4 lines wasn't going to cut it. Plus, I wanted to list my assets as covered in the Nolo e-book. I could have been very general and listed Misc. Furniture, Misc Electrics, ect.. But I did not feel right doing that.

I also had 2 security deposits to list and when listing the name, address, ect for these deposits, the room on the official forms was not enough.

Adobe professional is the way to go.

[GWBcasualty]

I used the trial version of Acrobat 9 myself, which is free and works fine for 30 days with no limitations; Adobe Reader (which used to be called Acrobat Reader) is the ubiquitous free software that won't save anything.

You can easily save the forms to your desktop using Adobe Reader... at least the version that I downloaded last week does. (on MAC)

[UpsideDownMI]

A few months ago, when I was sure I would go chapter 7, I used ms excel to create forms like schedule B that I needed extra rows for. It worked good for me, even though I still have not filed as I have since decided to go chapter 13 and am almost positive I will use an attorney.

[JoeW]

You can easily save the forms to your desktop using Adobe Reader... at least the version that I downloaded last week does. (on MAC)

I should clarify. You can save the blank forms using Adobe Reader, you just can't save changes to the forms with it.

Mac!