Autor: Kate J. Chase

During the course of her career as a freelance writer, Kate Shoup Welsh has written or co-written several books on varioustopics, including Look & Learn Front Page 2002, What Can You Do with a Major in Business, Not Your Mama”s Beading, Not Your Mama”s Stitching, Microsoft Windows Vista Visual Encyclopedia, and Webster”s New World English Grammar Handbook. She has also co-written ascreenplay and worked as the Sports Editor for NUVONewsweekly. Prior to striking out on her own, Kate worked as aneditor at a computer-book publishing company, where she engaged insuch diverse professional activities as consulting on thedevelopment of new series, consulting on ways to improve thepublishing workflow, and editing numerous standout titles. When notwriting, Kate loves to ski (she was once nationally ranked), makejewelry, and play video poker — and she plays a mean game of9-ball. Kate lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, with her husband, their daughter, and their cat.Kate J. Chase of Woodbury, Vermont, has written books onthe Windows operating system, Microsoft applications including the Microsoft Office Suite, Web design and publishing, and the Internet. She has previously written Norton All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies and Build It Yourself Visually: The Ultimate Media Center PC. A general freelance writer as well asa columnist and journalist, Kate also works on science, medical, political, and other topics. She is perhaps best known as PC Kate(www.pckate.com) from America Online and the Microsoft Networkwhere she led thriving technical communities for more than a decadeand is a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional).