Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Copyright 2004 Kathy Jacobs
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Written by:
Kathy Jacobs
Edited by:
Tracy Syrstad
Cover Design
Irubin Consulting
Published by:
Holy Macro! Books
13386 Judy Avenue Northwest
Uniontown, Ohio, USA 44685
Distributed by:
Independent Publishers Group
First printing:
2004
Library of Congress Control Number: 2003108840
Trademarks:
All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names , service marks, trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective owners . Holy Macro! Books is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book.
About the Author
Kathy Jacobs has 20 years in the computer and training fields. She got into the PowerPoint business while developing training materials for several major companies. She founded her website, http://www.PowerPointAnswers.com, to help others learn from her experiences. She was named a PowerPoint MVP by Microsoft in the Spring of 2003. Kathy shares her knowledge regularly on the PowerPoint newsgroup, as well as via a number of on-line forums and mailing lists. She does consulting on developing and improving PowerPoint presentations and applications, as well as training PowerPoint users of all levels.
Dedication
To Bruce, without whom I would never had started or finished.
Acknowledgements
In the development of any book, there are more people involved than could ever be listed on an Acknowledgement page. This book is no exception. That being said, there are people and organizations without whom this book never would have been possible:
Bruce Jacobs, who read every page - more than once
Echo Swinford, who made sure I got it right
Anne Pierson, who got me started
Tracy Syrstad, who made it as clean as possible
Bill Jelen, who saw the possibilities
Austin Myers, who filled in the multimedia hole
The PowerPoint MVPs, they all know why
April Dalke, for all her support
Kate Eskesen, for being there
Microsoft and TechSmith, whose products made it happen
The PowerPoint newsgroup community, whose sharing helps us all
In addition, many people encouraged me as the book progressed. They know who they are. Their support kept me going. Without them, this book couldn't have happened .
