Writing Excel Macros Automating Excel to Work for You By Steven Roman, Ph.D.
May 1999
Pages: 548

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Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of Writing Excel Macros is a bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata), a vociferous, aggressive bird common in the eastern half of the United States and southern Canada. The blue-crested jay is also an agile flyer and occasional nest-robber. The term "bluejay" is also applied to the Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), a larger, darker jay common in much of the western U.S. and Canada, as well as several other species. Bluejays eat primarily nuts, seeds, and insects, sometimes planting acorns in the ground, thus helping tree growth. Known for their loud, harsh, and easily identifiable calls, bluejays (related to crows and ravens) often spoil the hunting forays of other animals by warning potential prey. Bluejays are bright blue, white, and black, with both sexes similar in appearance. They are about 10inches in length, and build large tree nests about 25 feet off the ground, into which are laid 3spotted olive-colored eggs. The male is very attentive during the nesting periods. Jays are sociable and frequently travel in groups ranging from a mating pair to a larger flock. Clairemarie Fisher O'Leary was the production editor and copyeditor for Writing Excel Macros ; Sheryl Avruch was the production manager; Jeffrey Liggett, Sarah Jane Shangraw, and John Files provided quality control. Robert Romano created the illustrations using Adobe Photoshop 5 and Macromedia FreeHand 8. Mike Sierra provided FrameMaker technical support. Ruth Rautenberg wrote the index. Hanna Dyer designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The image is a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. The cover layout was produced by Kathleen Wilson using QuarkXpress 3.3 and the ITC Garamond font. The inside layout was designed by Alicia Cech, based on a series design by Nancy Priest and implemented in FrameMaker 5.5.6 by Mike Sierra. The text and heading fonts are ITC Garamond Light and Garamond Book. This colophon was written by Nancy Kotary.

Hanna Dyer designed the cover of this book, based on a series designed by Edie Freedman. The image is based on a 19th-Century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. The cover layout was produced by Kathleen Wilson using QuarkXpress 3.3 and the ITC Garamond font. The inside layout was designed by Alicia Cech, based on a series design by Nancy Priest.

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