Author Description

About the Author "Marianne Fox"--Series editor and coauthor of essentials "Excel 2002 Level 1, Level 2," and "Level 3." Marianne Fox is an Indiana CPA with B.S. and M.B.A. degrees in Accounting from Indiana University. For more than 20 years, she has enjoyed teaching full-time--initially in Indiana University's School of Business; since 1988 in the College of Business Administration at Butler University. As the co-owner of an Indiana-based consulting firm, Marianne has extensive experience consulting and training in the corporate and continuing education environments. Since 1984, she has coauthored more than 35 computer-related books; and has given presentations on accounting, computer applications, and instructional development topics at a variety of seminars and conferences. "Lawrence C. Metzelaar"--Series editor and coauthor of "essentials Excel 2002 Level 1, Level 2," and "Level 3." Lawrence C. Metzelaar earned a B.S. in Business Administration and Computer Science from the University of Maryland, and an Ed.M. and C.A.G.S. in Human Problem Solving from Boston University. Lawrence has more than 30 years of experience with military and corporate mainframe and microcomputer systems. He has taught computer science and Management Information Systems (MIS) courses at the University of Hawaii, Control Data Institute, Indiana University, and Purdue University; currently, he is a full-time faculty member in the College of Business Administration at Butler University. As the co-owner of an Indiana-based consulting firm, he has extensive experience consulting and training in the corporate and continuing education environments. Since 1984, he has co-authored more than 35 computer-related books; andhas given presentations on computer applications and instructional development topics at a variety of seminars and conferences. "Linda Bird"--Author of "essentials PowerPoint"(R) and "Level 2." Linda Bird specializes in corporate training and support through her c