September 2004
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
16h 1m
English
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About the Creative Team
David Pogue (co-editor) is the weekly computer columnist for the New York Times, technology correspondent for “CBS News Sunday Morning,” and the creator of the Missing Manual series. He’s the author or co-author of 35 books, including 13 in this series and 6 in the “For Dummies” line (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music). In his other life, David is a former Broadway show conductor, a magician, and a pianist. News and photos await at http://www.davidpogue.com.
Adam Goldstein (co-editor) is the 16-year-old founder of GoldfishSoft, a software company specializing in cool programs for Mac OS X. He has worked on several titles in the Missing Manual series, including Mac OS X (as technical editor) and AppleScript (as author). In his spare time, he grudgingly attends high school. Email: mail@goldfishsoft.com. Web: http://www.goldfishsoft.com.
Kirk McElhearn (contributor, Chapters 15 and 16) has written and co-written more than a half-dozen books on the Macintosh, covering both software and hardware. As a journalist, he has written articles for a variety of publications, including Macworld magazine and TidBITS. A native New Yorker, he has lived in France for almost two decades, and currently lives in Guillestre, a village in the French Alps.
Nan Barber (copy editor) co-authored Office X for the Macintosh: The Missing Manual and Office 2001 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual. As the principal copy editor for this series, she has edited the titles on ...
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