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@HEADLINE= A quick guide to PowerPoint, Director, Flash, and Java Script. @BULLET= Includes an explanation of interactive multimedia, so readers can see how interactive elements can be used @BULLET= Demonstrates interactive multimedia uses in education and training @BULLET= Explains online and non-online modes of interactive multimedia for use in either web- or classroom-based settings@SUMMARY= An Introduction to Interactive Multimedia provides multimedia beginners with a hands-on overview of four popular multimedia applications used in education and business: PowerPoint, Macromedia Director, Macromedia Flash, and JavaScript. The book provides a chapter describing the capabilities of each of the four programs and a sample of what it can produce. It is especially useful for readers who are trying to decide what software to use for a specific project. A second chapter for each program describes the "operating system" of the program: the tools readers will use to create their multimedia presentations. Finally, a third chapter provides a step-by-step procedure for producing a high-impact multimedia object@AUTHBIO= Stephen J. Misovich is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Hillyer College, University of Hartford, CT @AUTHBIO= Jerome Katrichis is an Assistant Professor of Marketing and Interactive Information Technology, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT @AUTHBIO= David Demers is the director of the Faculty Center for Learning Development at the University of Hartford. @AUTHBIO= William B. Sanders is a professor at the department of Interactive Information Technology in the University of Hartford