This book was written and edited in Microsoft Word X on various Macs.

The desktop-software screenshots were captured with Ambrosia Software's Snapz Pro X ( www.ambrosiasw.com ) for the Mac, and TechSmith's SnagIt for Windows ( www.techsmith.com ). Adobe Photoshop 7 and Macromedia Freehand were called in as required for touching them up.

The book was designed and laid out in Adobe InDesign 3.0 on a PowerBook G3, Power Mac G4, and Power Mac G5. The fonts used include Formata (as the sans-serif family) and Minion (as the serif body face). To provide the and symbols, custom fonts were created using Macromedia Fontographer.

The book was then generated as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file for proofreading, indexing, and final transmission to the printing plant.