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Acknowledgments

From Curtis Frye:
First and foremost I’d like to thank my co-authors, Wayne Freeze and Felicia Buckingham,
for their knowledge and skill at presenting a series of complex topics so effectively. Westley
Annis pitched in on several chapters as well, for which I am grateful.
I value my relationship with Microsoft Press for many reasons, but right up there on the
list is the terrific working relationship I have with everyone there. I’m happy to say our
relationship survived intact despite many changes in all of our lives that transpired during
this project. Juliana Aldous Atkinson invited me to submit an outline and shepherded the
proposal through the review process. Sandra Haynes was the first project editor, and Dick
Brown took over when Sandra assumed different duties within Press. Wendy Zucker
stepped in to help during the revision process when Dick went on vacation for a week. The
phrase “team effort” doesn’t begin to describe the sort of support they provided.
I was also very fortunate to have Mark Dodge, co-author of Microsoft Office Excel 2003
Inside Out, as my technical editor. His knowledge of both the series and Excel gave him the
perspective to make many terrific recommendations. Lisa Pawlewicz, ably assisted by
Jaime Odell, performed what was probably one of the more involved copy edits that has
passed over their desks in a while. Page proofs were handled by Sandi Resnick at Microsoft
and the nSight team of Joe Armstrong, Steve Boudreault, Catherine Cooker, Beth Lew,
Katie O’Connell, Dan Shaw, Asa Tomash, and Melissa von Tschudi-Sutton. Barbara Levy
and Carl Diltz turned my Word files into the beautiful pages you see before you, William
Teel got the graphics ready for production, Joel Panchot created the original art, and
Richard Shrout created a thorough index. Tess McMillan heads the team that created the
Companion CD.
Finally, I’d like to thank my agent, Neil Salkind of StudioB, for introducing me to
Microsoft back in December of 2000. He was concerned about recommending a relatively
new author to such an important publisher, but I’d say things have turned out pretty well.

From Wayne Freeze:
Curt: thanks for putting up with me while writing this book. I valued your patience, espe­
cially when I was running behind schedule as usual. Laura: thank you for making my first
year at StudioB a very worthwhile experience. Steve: thank you for the opportunities and
challenges you tossed my way this year and I have even higher expectations for the next.
Christopher and Samantha: thanks for tolerating the long hours I’ve spent working on this
book alongside my other projects. Jill: thank you for being you—I love you.

From Felicia Buckingham:
Thanks to everyone from Microsoft Press for their work on the project, and thanks to Curt
for the opportunity to co-author my first book.

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