Exam Objectives
The Microsoft Office Specialist: Word Expert Certification demonstrates competency in creating and managing professional documents for a variety of specialized purposes and situations. The exam covers the ability to customize Word environments to meet project needs, and to enhance productivity. Examples of expert-level documents include a business plan, a research paper, a book, a specialized brochure, and a mass mailing.
An individual earning this certification has approximately 150 hours of instruction and hands-on experience with the product, has proven competency at an industry expert-level and is ready to enter into the job market. They can demonstrate the correct application of the principal features of Word at an expert-level and can complete tasks independently.
Manage Document Options and Settings
Manage documents and templates
• Modify existing document templates
• Manage document versions
• Compare and combine multiple documents
• Link to external document content
• Enable macros in a document
• Manage the Quick Access toolbar
• Display hidden ribbon tabs
• Change the Normal template default font
Prepare documents for collaboration
• Restrict editing
• Protect documents by using passwords
Use and configure language options
• Configure editing and display languages
• Use language-specific features
Use Advanced Editing and Formatting Features
Find, replace, and paste document content
• Find and replace text by using wildcards and
special characters
• Find and replace formatting and styles
• Apply Paste Options
Configure paragraph layout options
• Configure hyphenation and line numbers
• Set paragraph pagination options
Create and manage paragraph, character,
and table styles
• Create styles
• Modify styles
• Copy styles to other documents or templates
Create Custom Document Elements
Create and modify building blocks
• Create QuickParts
• Manage building blocks
Create custom design elements
• Create custom color sets
• Create custom font sets
• Create custom themes
• Create custom style sets
Create and manage indexes
• Mark index entries
• Create indexes
• Update indexes
Create and manage tables of figures
• Insert figure and table captions
• Configure caption properties
• Insert and modify a table of figures
Create and manage bibliographies
• Create and modify bibliography citation sources
• Insert citations for bibliographies
• Insert bibliographies
Use Advanced Word Features
Manage forms, fields, and controls
• Add custom fields
• Modify field properties
• Insert standard content controls
• Configure standard content controls
Create and modify macros
• Record simple macros
• Name simple macros
• Edit simple macros
• Copy macros to other documents or templates
Perform mail merges
• Manage recipient lists
• Insert merged fields
• Preview merge results
• Create merged documents, labels, and envelopes
MOS Overview
Microsoft Office proficiency is more than a basic requirement in the workforce – it’s a powerful advantage. It is an essential skill set for productivity, collaboration, and communication across nearly every industry.
We developed the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification program to help individuals at any skill level learn, grow, and succeed. Backed by Microsoft, MOS offers multiple levels of recognition and provides hands-on, live-in-the-application testing providing the validation needed to succeed.
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