My name is John Dixon and I have been working as a Technical Author for the past 30 years. During this time I have written numerous manuals about software applications, operating systems, and computer hardware.

I love writing and I enjoy designing and developing websites, which is something I have been doing since 1997 when I produced my first website whilst working at Hewlett-Packard in Grenoble, France. Since then I have designed and built sites for large companies such as IBM, as well as many small companies.

I began my working career as an engineering apprentice in 1979. This almost seems like the dark ages now, and I remember that at my first company we had one desktop computer for the whole firm ... and there were over 1100 of us! Apart from using a mini computer at college, my first experience of computing wasn�t until the mid-eighties when I was working at an electronics company, which incidentally is where I began my technical authoring career. I don�t think anyone then could have imagined where the computer industry would be today.

My LinkedIn address is shown below. I�d be pleased to hear from you if you have any comments on this book � good or bad � or if you just want to connect with me.

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