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Illustrator CS For Dummies

by Ted Alspach

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2003111566

ISBN: 0-7645-4084-X

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About the Author

Ted Alspach is the author of more than 30 books on graphics, design, and Web publishing, including Illustrator 11 Bible (published by Wiley Publishing, Inc.), PageMaker 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, and PDF with Acrobat 5 Visual QuickStart Guide. Ted is a Group Product Manager at Adobe Systems, Inc.

Dedication

To all the people who are experimenting with Illustrator for the first time — may this book serve as a guide to the wonders of vector graphics.

Author’s Acknowledgments

The people who deserve the most thanks are the dedicated, incredibly talented staff at Adobe Systems, Inc. that work on Adobe Illustrator. The engineers, quality engineers, product management, UI, program management, and all the other people worked for more than 11/2 years to produce such a superb product. Extra-special thanks to the Illustrator management team of Lydia Varmazis, Leon Brown, Mordy Golding, Susan Gile, Ning-Ju Nan, Rob Sargent, Teresa Crotty, Pamela Ruhl, John Farmer, Chris Scott, Heather Bowman, Mike Abbott, Brian Miyakusu, Yvonne Murray, Margot McClaughry, Shane Tracy, and Julie Meridian.

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