Skills measured This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam. Sharing and maintaining documents Apply different views to a document Selecting zoom options; splitting and arranging windows (view side by side, synchronous scrolling), document views (reorganizing a document outline, master documents, subdocuments, web layout, draft); switching windows; opening a document in a new window Apply protection to a document Applying protection by using the Microsoft Office Backstage view commands (applying controls and restrictions to document access, password-protecting a document, marking as final); applying protection by using ribbon commands Manage document versions Recovering draft versions; deleting all draft versions Share documents Sending documents via email, OneDrive, or Internet fax; changing file types; creating PDF documents; creating and publishing a blog post; registering a blog account Save a document Using compatibility mode, protected mode, and Save As options Apply a template to a document Finding templates (locating a template on your disk, finding templates on the web) Preparation resources Video: View the ruler and adjust zoom in Word Starter Save a document in Word Save a document to your OneDrive from Office 2010 Formatting content Apply font and paragraph attributes Applying character attributes; applying styles; using Format Painter Navigate and search through a document Using the Navigation Pane (headings, pages, results), Go To, browse by button, and Highlight features; setting Find and Replace options (format, special) Apply indentation and tab settings to paragraphs Applying indents (first line, hanging); setting tabs; using the Tabs dialog box; setting tabs on the ruler; clearing tabs; setting tab stops; moving tab stops Apply spacing settings to text and paragraphs Line spacing, paragraph spacing Create tables Using the Insert Table dialog box; using Draw Table; inserting a Quick Table; converting text to tables; using a table to control page layout Manipulate tables in a document Sorting content; adding a row to a table; adding a column to a table; splitting, merging, moving, resizing, and deleting a row or column; defining the header row; converting tables to text; viewing gridlines Apply bullets to a document Applying bullets; selecting a symbol format; defining a picture to be used as a bullet; using AutoFormat; promoting or demoting bullet levels Preparation resources Style basics in Word Adjust the line spacing between text or paragraphs Create a bulleted or numbered list Applying page layout and reusable content Apply and manipulate page setup settings Setting margins, non-breaking spaces, hyphenation, and columns; working with breaks; forcing a page break; inserting a section break (continuous, next page, next odd, next even); inserting a blank page into a document Apply themes Using a theme to apply formatting; customizing a theme Construct content in a document by using the Quick Parts tool Adding built-in building blocks (quotes, text boxes, headers, footers, cover pages, watermarks, equations) Create and manipulate page backgrounds Formatting a document’s background; setting a colored background; adding a watermark; placing page borders Create and modify headers and footers Inserting and formatting page numbers; inserting the current date and time; inserting a built-in header or footer; adding content to a header or footer (custom dialog box, manual entry); deleting a header or footer; changing margins; applying a different first page attribute Preparation resources Change page margins Apply themes to Word documents Add or remove headers, footers, and page numbers Including illustrations and graphics in a document Insert and format pictures in a document Adding captions; applying artistic effects and picture styles; compressing pictures; modifying a shape; adjusting position and size; inserting screenshots Insert and format shapes, WordArt, and SmartArt Adding text to a shape; modifying text on a shape; adding captions; setting shape styles (border, text); adjusting position and size Insert and format Clip Art Organizing ClipArt, captions, artistic effects, compressing pictures, corrections, modifying the shape, reset, picture styles, arranging options, size Apply and manipulate text boxes Formatting, saving selection to text box gallery, text box styles, text direction, shadow effects, 3-D effects, arranging options Preparation resources Move a WordArt, shape, or text box Change the size of a picture, shape, text box, or WordArt Proofreading documents Validate content by using spelling and grammar checking options Grammar and style options Configure AutoCorrect settings Adding, removing, exceptions, AutoCorrect dialog Insert and modify comments in a document Inserting a comment; editing a comment; deleting a comment; viewing a comment (viewing comments from another user, viewing comments inline, viewing comments as balloons) Preparation resources Check spelling and grammar AutoCorrect spelling, and insert text and symbols Insert or delete a comment Applying references and hyperlinks Apply a hyperlink Hyperlink using text; hyperlink using graphic, headings, and bookmarks; creating new document; email address Create endnotes and footnotes in a document Managing footnote and endnote location; configuring footnote and endnote format, presentation, and numbering Create a table of contents in a document Default formats, showing levels, alignment, tab leader, formats, options; modifying styles; updating table Preparation resources Insert or create footnotes and endnotes Performing mail merge operations Setup mail merge Performing a mail merge using the Mail Merge Wizard; performing a mail merge manually; auto checking for errors Execute mail merge Print, preview Preparation resources Use mail merge to create and print letters and other documents Who should take this exam? The core-level Microsoft Office Word 2010 user should be able to navigate Microsoft Office Word 2010 software at the feature and functional level. They should be familiar with and know how to use at least 80 percent of the features and capabilities of Microsoft Office Word 2010. The core-level user should be able to use Microsoft Office Word 2010 to create and edit professional-looking documents for a variety of purposes and situations. Users would include people from a wide variety of job roles from almost all areas of professional, student, and personal life.

Eligiblity for Certification :

Anyone who wanted to test their knowledge in Microsoft Word