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James J. Maivald

Jim Maivald is a graphic designer and artist with 25 years of experience in publishing and production. He has written three editions of Adobe Dreamweaver Classroom in a Book, as well as courseware on Adobe InDesign and XML geared for designers, Adobe Photoshop and CorelDRAW, and dozens of articles for national magazines on electronic publishing and production. He leads popular seminars and training for individuals and Fortune 500 companies on InDesign and XML. An Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in Dreamweaver, InDesign, and Acrobat, Jim is also the co-leader for the InDesign User Group chapter in Chicago.

James J. Maivald

James J. Maivald is a graphic designer and artist with 20 years of experience in publishing and production. He has written courseware on Adobe Photoshop and CorelDRAW, as well as dozens of articles for national magazines on electronic publishing and production. He leads popular seminars and training for individuals and Fortune 500 companies on InDesign and XML. An Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in InDesign and Dreamweaver, Jim is also the coordinator for the InDesign Users Group in Chicago.

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Cathy Palmer

James J. Maivald is a graphic designer and artist with 20 years of experience in publishing and production. He has written courseware on Adobe Photoshop and CorelDRAW, as well as dozens of articles for national magazines on electronic publishing and production. He leads popular seminars and training for individuals and Fortune 500 companies on InDesign and XML. An Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in InDesign and Dreamweaver, Jim is also the coordinator for the InDesign Users Group in Chicago. 

Cathy Palmer

James J. Maivald, owner of Desktop Design, is a graphic designer and artist with 20 years of experience in publishing and production. He has written courseware on Adobe Photoshop and other graphic design programs, as well as dozens of articles for national magazines on electronic publishing and production. He leads seminars and training on InDesign and XML for individuals and Fortune 500 companies. An Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) in InDesign and Dreamweaver, Jim is also the coordinator for the InDesign User Group of Chicago.

Cathy Palmer is an award-winning graphic designer and owner of Digital Design Tools. She has worked in both the design and production sides of print publishing for over 20 years and provides seminars and training on InDesign and XML. Cathy is an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in InDesign and InCopy, and coordinator for the InDesign User Group of Milwaukee.