Dian Chapman is a technical consultant who specializes in Microsoft Office. She has received the prestigious Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award every year since 1995. Dian provides numerous Microsoft technology related services, both free and as a consultant, through her website at MouseTrax.com.

Ø      Technical Consultant
As a technical consultant, Dian specializes in Microsoft Office software development and automation, particularly in the area of Word automated forms and database connectivity. Through the use of Word VBA or web ASP coding, which often includes ADO database connectivity to Access or SQL databases, Dian has created numerous, time-saving solutions for her clients...who range from individuals and small business owners to Fortune 500 companies and NASA. Details of many of these projects can be seen at this link: http://www.mousetrax.com/Consulting_Solutions.html

Ø      Technical Editor/Writer
Dian Chapman is the Editor/Publisher of TechTrax Ezine, a free and membership online magazine, specializing in Microsoft technologies. TechTrax currently boasts over 20,000 confirmed subscribers and members. Through TechTrax, Dian and many other technical experts provide a magnitude of free technical support tutorials for several applications and technologies. Dian has written hundreds of training articles for TechTrax, as well as for Computor Companion magazine, All ‘Bout Computers ezine and InPark magazine and the Association of Executive Assitants newsletter. She has written, developed and published advanced Word training course ebooks, as well as a free Word tips and tricks ebook. Dian Chapman is also the Technical Editor for the Word 2007 Bible and Office 2007 Bible from Wiley Publishing. Learn more about these publications on her website at these links: http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html and http://www.techtrax.us

Ø      Microsoft MVP
Dian Chapman was first awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in 1995. This annual award is given to industry professionals who are recognized experts in various Microsoft technologies and who contribute to the technical community by freely sharing their knowledge. Dian has received the MVP award from Microsoft every year since 1995. There are presently only 3,200 MVPs worldwide. As an MVP, she has received high-level, exclusive training from Microsoft in her areas of expertise, which include Microsoft Office, Windows, VBA, XML, ASP, and ADO, as well as Internet development technologies. Dian has been a software quality beta tester for Microsoft since 1996 and is currently testing the next versions of both Office (2007) and Windows (Vista). Also as an MVP, Dian has provided top-level technical support to Microsoft users since 1995 through the Microsoft Newsgroups and several other support groups on the Internet, including five of her own user groups. Learn more about Microsoft MVPs at this link: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ and you can find Dian’s support groups listed here: http://www.mousetrax.com/resources.html.

Ø      Instructor
Over the years, Dian has held several Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certifications for various versions of Office. Dian Chapman has enjoyed and excelled in educating users. As a technical writer, she specializes in Microsoft Office and Windows tutorials, hundreds of which are published on the Internet. She runs several support groups of her own and has provided training to many thousands of users through numerous technical newsgroups and user groups since 1995. Dian has written her own advanced Word courses and was an online instructor for several years with Eclectic Academy. During 2006 and 2007, she also taught Microsoft Office certification classes at various Computer System Institute in the Chicagoland area. Over the last 10 years, Dian has also created custom training courses for corporate clients, via the Internet, through telecommuting and also on-site training. You can view her corporate client list on this page http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting and you can read several student testimonials here: http://www.mousetrax.com/TechCourses.html.

Additional information about Dian Chapman can be found on her web site: http://www.mousetrax.com

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