Acknowledgments

Patrice-Anne Rutledge

I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to the creation of Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 : Stephanie McComb, Susan Hobbs, Nick Goetz, and Jim Grey for their organizational and editorial contributions and Tom Mucciolo for creating many great chapters on real-world presentation techniques. And special thanks to my mom, Phyllis Rutledge, for both her editorial expertise and her encouragement throughout the creation of this book.

Jim Grey

I thank Stephanie McComb for offering me this writing job, Kevin Howard for his feedback, and Tonya Simpson, Rhonda Tinch-Mize, and Dennis Teague for their closer look. I'm also grateful to Patrice-Anne Rutledge for laying a solid foundation and to my wife for working around me. And most importantly, I thank Sharry Gregory for always remembering me when there's work to do.

Tom Mucciolo

I'd like to thank my brother, Rich, for his support and advice, along with his creative talents in designing, capturing, and printing all the figures used in my chapters. My thanks to Patrice-Anne Rutledge for shaping the main content of this book and to the editorial team, from copy to technical to production, in being so adept at bringing this project to fruition.

On the personal side, I want to thank my mom and dad for always supporting everything I attempted, regardless of success or failure. On the technical side, I owe a debt of gratitude to my notebook computer for accepting every keystroke throughout the entire project without complaint. A really important thank you goes to my friend, the Backspace key, without which my words would loofk ljke thyss. Oh, and finally, I want to thank everyone on the island of Crete, mainly because no one ever thanks those people for anything, and this has to stop right now!