About the Author

Eric Butow is the CEO of Butow Communications Group (BCG), a technical writing and Web design firm based in Roseville, California.

Eric has authored or coauthored eight books since 2000, including Master Visually Windows 2000 Server, Teach Yourself Visually Windows 2000 Server, FrontPage 2002 Weekend Crash Course, C#: Your Visual Blueprint, Creating Web Pages Bible, Dreamweaver MX 2004 Savvy, The PDF Book for Microsoft Office, and Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista. Eric has also been a technical editor for various computing books and has written articles for international publications including SD Times and Intercom, the magazine of the Society for Technical Communication.

Eric is also an online course developer and instructor. He has developed two Windows XP networking courses—one for Windows XP Home Edition users and the other for Windows XP Professional users—for Ed2Go. Eric has also developed RoboHelp and Windows Vista multimedia courses for Virtual Training Company (VTC). In addition, he is a course developer and instructor for the California State University, Sacramento College of Continuing Education Technical Writing Certificate Program.

When Eric isn’t busy writing, teaching, or running his own business, you’ll find him reading, hanging out with friends (usually at the nearest Starbucks or bookstore), or enjoying the company of his family at his parents’ home in the Sierra foothills or the family vineyard in northern California.