Joyce Cox,

Joyce has 25 years' experience in writing about and editing technical subjects for non-technical audiences. For 12 of those years she was the principal author for Online Press, where she developed of a series of computer training books for beginning and intermediate adult learners. She was also the first managing editor of Microsoft Press, an editor for Sybex, and an editor for the University of California. She is a master gardener with a passion for culinary and medicinal herbs.

Curtis Frye,

Curtis Frye is a freelance writer and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Microsoft Office Excel. He is the author of eight books from Microsoft Press, including Excel 2007 Step by Step, Microsoft Office Access 2007 Plain & Simple, Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Plain & Simple, and Microsoft Office Accounting 2006 Step by Step. He has also written numerous articles for the Microsoft Work Essentials Web site.

Steve Lambert,

Steve started messing around with computers in the mid 1970's, before they became personal and migrated to the desktop. As computers evolved from wire-wrap and solder to consumer products, he evolved from hardware geek to programmer and writer. Steve has written 14 books and a wide variety of technical documentation, and has produced training tools and help systems. He wrote this book aboard his trimaran while anchored off the coast of Florida.

Joan Preppernau,

Joan is the primary author of Windows XP Step by Step and FrontPage 2002 Step by Step published by Microsoft Press, and is a contributing author to Quick Course® in Windows XP and Quick Course® in Windows 2000, both books in OTSI's Practical Business Skills™ series. Currently residing in Sweden with her family, Joan is taking part in an extended mobile computing experiment, and enjoying the benefits of the time difference between her home office and OTSI's corporate headquarters. Prior to becoming involved as an author, Joan wore a variety of hats for OTSI including data preparation manager, operations manager, web master, technical editor, and copy editor, all of which contribute to her passion for producing interesting, useful, and understandable training materials.

Katherine Murray,

Katherine Murray has authored and coauthored more than 40 computer books with several Microsoft Office titles to her credit, including Faster Smarter Microsoft Office 2003, First Look Microsoft Office 2003, Faster Smarter Microsoft Office XP, and Microsoft Word Version 2002 Inside Out. She is also a columnist on the Microsoft Office Community site on www.microsoft.com. Katherine specializes in teaching people and businesses how to communicate effectively by using print and electronic media.