November 2004
Beginner
704 pages
22h 51m
English
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About the Creative Team
Nan Barber (copy editor, first edition) 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 Mac OS X, Dreamweaver, Windows XP Home Edition, and others. Email: nanbarber@mac.com .
John Cacciatore (copy editor, this edition) is a freelance writer, editor, and proofreader. For the past 10 years, he has tangled with semi-colons, dashes, and ellipses from his suburban Massachusetts home. Naturally, this means he’s also a Red Sox lifer. Email: j_cacciatore@yahoo.com .
Rose Cassano (cover illustration) has worked as an independent designer and illustrator for 20 years. Assignments have spanned everything from the nonprofit sector to corporate clientele. She lives in beautiful Southern Oregon, grateful for the miracles of modern technology that make living and working there a reality. Email: cassano@cdsnet.net . Web: http://www.rosecassano.com.
David A. Karp (technical editor, this edition) is the author of nine power-user books, including the bestselling Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks (Second Edition) and eBay Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools. You can sometimes find his articles in PC Magazine and ZTrack Magazine, or on Annoyances.org. When he’s not inserting arcane pop culture references into his writing, he spends his time as a cyclist, activist, pessimist, optimist, photographer, and moviegoer.
Phil Simpson (design ...
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