Microsoft Word
2000 Core and Expert Objectives
This page describes how to prepare for the Microsoft® Office Specialist exam in Microsoft Word 2000.
Word
2000 Core Exam Objectives
The table below lists the skill sets and activities performed by individuals
identified as Core Users.
| Skill Sets |
Activities |
| Working
with text |
- Use the Undo,
Redo, and Repeat command
- Apply font formats
(Bold, Italic and Underline)
- Use the SPELLING
feature
- Use the THESAURUS
feature
- Use the GRAMMAR
feature
- Insert page breaks
- Highlight text in
document
- Insert and move
text
- Cut, Copy, Paste,
and Paste Special using the Office Clipboard
- Copy formats using
the Format Painter
- Select and change
font and font size
- Find and replace
text
- Apply character
effects (superscript, subscript, strikethrough, small caps and
outline)
- Insert date and
time
- Insert symbols
- Create and apply
frequently used text with AutoCorrect
|
| Working
with paragraphs |
- Align text in
paragraphs (Center, Left, Right and Justified)
- Add bullets and
numbering
- Set character,
line and paragraph spacing options
- Apply borders and
shading to paragraphs
- Use indentation
options (Left, Right, First Line and Hanging Indent)
- Use TABS command
(Center, Decimal, Left and Right)
- Create an outline
style numbered list
- Set tabs with
leaders
|
| Working
with documents |
- Print a document
- Use print preview
- Use Web Page
Preview
- Navigate through a
document
- Insert page
numbers
- Set page
orientation
- Set margins
- Use GoTo to locate
specific elements in a document
- Create and modify
page numbers
- Create and modify
headers and footers
- Align text
vertically
- Create and use
newspaper columns
- Revise column
structure
- Prepare and print
envelopes and labels
- Apply styles
- Create sections
with formatting that differs from other sections
- Use click &
type
|
| Managing
files |
- Use save
- Locate and open an existing document
- Use Save As (different name, location or format)
- Create a folder
- Create a new document using a Wizard
- Save as Web Page
- Use templates to create a new document
- Create Hyperlinks
- Use the Office Assistant
- Send a Word document via e-mail
|
| Use
tables |
- Create and format tables
- Add borders and shading to tables
- Revise tables (insert & delete rows and columns, change cell
formats)
- Modify table structure (merge cells, change height and width)
- Rotate text in a table
|
| Working
with pictures and charts |
- Use the drawing
toolbar
- Insert graphics
into a document (WordArt, ClipArt, Images)
|
Word
2000 Expert
Exam Objectives
Expert Users must be able to perform all
activities listed for Core Users, as well as the activities listed in the
table below.
| Skill Sets |
Activities |
| Working with paragraphs |
- Apply paragraph and section shading
- Use text flow options (Widows/Orphans options and keeping lines together)
- Sort lists, paragraphs, tables
|
| Working with documents |
- Create and modify page borders
-
Format first page differently than subsequent pages
- Use bookmarks
- Create and edit styles
- Create watermarks
- Use find and replace with formats, special characters and
non-printing elements
- Balance column length (using column breaks appropriately)
- Create or revise footnotes and endnotes
- Work with master documents and subdocuments
- Create and modify table of contents
- Create cross-reference
- Create and modify an index
|
| Using tables |
- Embed worksheets in a table
- Perform calculations in a table
- Link Excel data as a table
- Modify worksheets in a table
|
| Working with pictures and charts |
- Add bitmapped graphics
- Delete and position graphics
- Create and modify charts
- Import data into charts
|
| Using mail merge |
- Create main document
- Create data source
- Sort records to be merged
- Merge main document and data source
- Generate labels
- Merge a document using alternate data sources
|
| Use advanced features |
- Insert a field
- Create, apply and edit macros
- Copy, rename, and delete macros
- Create and modify form
- Create and modify a form control (e.g., add an item to a
drop-down list)
- Use advanced text alignment features with graphics
- Customize toolbars
|
| Collaborating with workgroups |
- Create and format tables
- Insert comments
- Protect documents
- Create multiple versions of a document
- Track changes to a document
- Set default file locations for workgroup templates
- Round Trip documents from HTML
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