About the Author
Elaine Marmel is President of Marmel Enterprises, LLC, an organization that specializes in technical writing and software training. Elaine has an MBA from Cornell University and has worked on projects to build financial management systems for New York City and Washington, D.C as well as train more than 600 employees to use these systems. This experience provided the foundation for Marmel Enterprises, LLC to help small businesses manage the project of implementing a computerized accounting system.
Elaine spends most of her time writing; she has authored or coauthored over seventy books about Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, QuickBooks, Peachtree, Quicken for Windows, Quicken for DOS, Microsoft Word for the Mac, Microsoft Windows, 1-2-3 for Windows, and Lotus Notes. From 1994 to 2006, she also was the contributing editor to monthly the publications Inside Peachtree and Inside QuickBooks.
Elaine left her native Chicago for the warmer climes of Arizona (by way of Cincinnati, OH; Jerusalem, Israel; Ithaca, NY; Washington, DC and Tampa, FL), where she basks in the sun with her PC, her cross-stitch projects, and her dog Jack.
Dedication
I dedicate this book to the memory of those I’ve loved and lost.
Author’s Acknowledgments
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all who helped make this book possible. First and foremost, my thanks to Bob Woerner and Katie Mohr for giving me the opportunity to write this book — a project I’ve wanted to complete for more than 20 years. Thank you Susan Pink, project editor extraordinaire, for guiding me through the process and making my life easy. You are truly a gem and I hope to work with you again soon. Diane Koers made sure that I told no “technical lies” in the book; technical accuracy is particularly important to the reader, so thank you, Diane, for being so good at your job. And finally, thanks to all the other people who work behind the scenes; if I knew your names, you’d find them here, along with my heartfelt thanks.
Publisher’s Acknowledgments
Acquisitions Editors: Bob Woerner and Katie Mohr
Project Editor: Susan Pink
Copy Editor: Susan Pink
Technical Editor: Diane Koers
Editorial Assistant: Annie Sullivan
Sr. Editorial Assistant: Cherie Case
Project Coordinator: Phil Midkiff
Cover Image: ©iStockphoto.com/gilaxia