Business Development Application Tips

Download Instructions

To download these forms to your computer, click on the form name with the right mouse button and choose "Save Target As..." in Internet Explorer, or "Save Link As..." in Netscape. You will see a "Save As" box pop up with the file name highlighted. If the file name is blank, make sure you save the file with a .pdf extension so that Acrobat will recognize it.

Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format [pdf]

PDF stands for Portable Document Format. It's a distribution format developed by Adobe Corporation to allow electronic information to be transferred between various types of computers. The software which allows this transfer is called Acrobat. In order to view and print a PDF file you will first need to download and install a copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Access.Adobe.Com is a tool that allows blind and visually impaired users to read any document in Adobe PDF format. The tool converts PDF documents into simple HTML or ASCII text which can then be read by a number of common screen reading programs that synthesize the HTML as audible speech. If you are using a screen reader, download the Access plug-in as well. The Adobe Access plugin is located at http://access.adobe.com.

To download and install Acrobat Reader, please visit Adobe's download page.

MS Word Format [doc]

MS Word .doc standards for a Microsoft Word document. Microsoft Word is the most commonly used word processing software in today's market.

Need Additional Assistance?

If you need assistance in completing an application, please e-mail businessfinance@iowa.gov or call 515.725.3133.