Review of 50 Fast Dreamweaver MX Techniques (Paperback)

One of the joys of this book is that it displays practical techniques that you would use to build sites. It's not a bunch of techno babble and self centered philosophy on design. Truly gets to the point and easy to follow techniques. Great book!

Product Description
* Includes techniques for building rollovers, embedding Flash movies, creating dynamic tables, adding cool animations, and much more.
* Features 50 fast and easy, but powerful, effects that creative professionals and amateurs alike can achieve almost instantly.
* Each technique is fully-illustrated with "before" and "after" shots, and carefully described in step-by-step detail.
* The CD-ROM includes work files and finished effects from the book.

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Review of Excel 2007 Charts (Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf) (Paperback)

I bought this book to support a college class I was taking. The instructor required us to generate charts using Excel. My experience in Excel was very limited, purchasing this book allowed me to successfully pass my coursework.

Product Description
Excel, the top number-crunching tool, now offers a vastly improved charting function to help you give those numbers dimension and relativity. John Walkenbach, a.k.a. Mr. Spreadsheet, clearly explains all these charting features and shows you how to choose the right chart for your needs. You'll learn to modify data within the chart, deal with missing data, format your chart, use trend lines, construct "impossible" charts, create charts from pivot tables, dress them up with graphics, and more.

From the Back Cover
Chart your success with data that means something

The top tool for number-crunching now offers a vastly improved charting function to help you give those numbers dimension and relativity. And here's Mr. Spreadsheet to help you make the most of it.

John Walkenbach clearly explains all of Excel's charting features and shows you how to choose the right chart for your needs. You'll learn to modify data within the chart, deal with missing data, format your chart, use trend lines, and create charts from pivot tables. You'll be able to use AutoShapes, dress up your charts with graphics, and more, all with clear direction from the leading Excel expert.

Mr. Spreadsheet's Chart Toppers

• Chart Topper # 1 Create high-impact effects

• Chart Topper # 2 Match your chart to your data

• Chart Topper # 3 Customize charts with graphics

• Chart Topper # 4 Construct "impossible" charts

• Chart Topper # 5 Build interactive charts

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Review of Fireworks MX Bible [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

Just about every time I need a technical manual, especially software based, I head for the 'Bible' series. I've yet to be disappointed. I'm sure every web developer knows that Macromedia is "the" software to use. I know enough about Fireworks to get by without this book, but it helped me to learn a few new things about this version (MX) and it also acts as a wonderful reference tool that I've marked with those little post-it flags in the places I need to regularly reference.

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• Covers all Fireworks features, including new interface elements, the Properties Inspector, on-screen text editing, vector tools, new transparency and object layer tools, and more!
• Provides amazing tips for rollovers, layers, frames and slices.
• Shows how to take advantage of Fireworks' excellent image compression, export options, and image tweening, plus its easy-to-use GIF animation engine.

Includes "Fireworks Technique" ideas such as Incorporating Rollovers in Image Maps and Mastering Creative Edges provide real-world examples throughout the book.
Shows how to work more effectively by taking advantage of Fireworks' special integration with Dreamweaver and Flash.

ABOUT THE CD-ROM
The Windows/Mac CD-ROM is loaded with Fireworks commands, templates, textures, gradients, strokes, and images, plus Fireworks training lessons and tryouts of other Macromedia products.

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