Training: Microsoft Office Specialist – MOS Word Associate

Module 1: Manage documents

• Navigate within documents
  • Search for text
  • Link to locations within documents
  • Move to specific locations and objects in documents
  • Show and hide formatting symbols and hidden text
• Format documents
  • Set up document pages
  • Apply style sets
  • Insert and modify headers and footers
  • Configure page background elements
• Save and share documents
  • Save documents in alternative file formats
  • Modify basic document properties
  • Modify print settings
  • Share documents electronically
• Inspect documents for issues
  • Locate and remove hidden properties and personal information
  • Locate and correct accessibility issues
  • Locate and correct compatibility issues

Module 2: Insert and format text, paragraphs, and sections

• Insert text and paragraphs
  • Find and replace text
  • Insert symbols and special characters
• Format text and paragraphs
  • Apply text effects
  • Apply formatting by using Format Painter
  • Set line and paragraph spacing and indentation
  • Apply built-in styles to text
  • Clear formatting
• Create and configure document sections
  • Format text in multiple columns
  • Insert page, section, and column breaks
  • Change page setup options for a section

Module 3: Manage tables and lists

• Create tables
  • Convert text to tables
  • Convert tables to text
  • Create tables by specifying rows and columns
• Modify tables
  • Sort table data
  • Configure cell margins and spacing
  • Merge and split cells
  • Resize tables, rows, and columns
  • Split tables
  • Configure a repeating row header
• Create and modify lists
  • Format paragraphs as numbered and bulleted lists
  • Change bullet characters and number formats
  • Define custom bullet characters and number formats
  • Increase and decrease list levels
  • Restart and continue list numbering
  • Set starting number values

Module 4: Create and manage references

• Create and manage reference elements
  • Insert footnotes and endnotes
  • Modify footnote and endnote properties
  • Create and modify bibliography citation sources
  • Insert citations for bibliographies
• Create and manage reference tables
  • Insert tables of contents
  • Customize tables of contents
  • Insert bibliographies

Module 5: Insert and format graphic elements

• Insert illustrations and text boxes
  • Insert shapes
  • Insert pictures
  • Insert 3D models
  • Insert SmartArt graphics
  • Insert screenshots and screen clippings
  • Insert text boxes
• Format illustrations and text boxes
  • Apply artistic effects
  • Apply picture effects and picture styles
  • Remove picture backgrounds
  • Format graphic elements
  • Format SmartArt graphics
  • Format 3D models
• Add text to graphic elements
  • Add and modify text in text boxes
  • Add and modify text in shapes
  • Add and modify SmartArt graphic content
• Modify graphic elements
  • Position objects
  • Wrap text around objects
  • Add alternative text to objects for accessibility

Module 6: Manage document collaboration

• Add and manage comments
  • Add comments
  • Review and reply to comments
  • Resolve comments
  • Delete comments
• Manage change tracking
  • Track changes
  • Review tracked changes
  • Accept and reject tracked changes
  • Lock and unlock change tracking