Mitch,
So I tried doing as you suggested. I do not see the option of taking a credit or deduction in the normal course of walking through the choices. However, the missing form message went away. When I got to error checking, an error appeared that indicated the Deduction Box was not checked , so I checked the box (note credit option was not presented). Now the amount appears as a deduction which doesn’t help me as i am taking the standard deduction.
Went back and started by editing the 1099-div, making no changes as I see no way to make the foreign tax a credit. Continued through to check for errors and there was no place to change deduction to credit.
