Skill Sets

Exam Objectives

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 (Centre, 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 (Centre, 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

Using 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)