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Exam MO-101

Microsoft Word Expert (Word and Word 2019)

This book covers the skills you need to have for certification as a Microsoft Office Specialist Expert in Microsoft Word 365 and Microsoft Word 2019. Specifically, you need to be able to complete tasks that demonstrate the following skill sets:

  1. Manage document options and settings

  2. Use advanced editing and formatting features

  3. Create custom document elements

  4. Use advanced Word features

With these skills, you can create, manage, and distribute documents for a variety of specialized purposes and situations. You can also customize your Word environment to enhance the productivity you need to work with advanced documents used in a business environment.

Prerequisites

We assume that you have been working with Word 2019 for at least six months and that you know how to carry out fundamental tasks that are not specifically mentioned in the objectives for these Microsoft Office Specialist Expert exams.

The certification exams and the content of this book address the processes of managing, designing, and customizing Word documents and managing the options and settings that Word provides. We assume that you are familiar with the Office ribbon and that you understand basic Word features. This level of proficiency includes familiarity with features and tasks such as the following:

  • Creating blank documents and documents based on templates

  • Navigating through documents, including searching for text, inserting hyperlinks, and using the Go To command to find specific objects and references

  • Formatting documents and text, including changing document themes, inserting simple headers and footers, and changing font attributes

  • Inserting page, column, and section breaks

  • Changing document views

  • Printing documents, including printing document sections

  • Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar

  • Saving documents in alternate file formats

  • Working with tables and lists, including using Quick Tables, applying styles to tables, and sorting table data

  • Creating simple references such as footnotes and endnotes

  • Inserting and formatting objects such as shapes, SmartArt, and pictures

Exam Strategy

For information about the prerequisite tasks, see MOS Study Guide for Microsoft Word Exam MO-100 by Joan Lambert (Microsoft Press, 2020).