MICROSOFT ACADEMY WORD STUDY GUIDE FOR CERTIFICATION EXAM SKILLS TO KNOW: 1. How to find a word and replace it with another word a. Home Tab b. Editing Group c. Select Find type in word in Navigation pane enter d. Editing Group select replace e. In Find & Replace Dialog box Replace with: type word select Replace All 2. Add a shadow page border with a set width with the option to measure the border from the text a. Page Layout tab b. Page Background group Page border c. Under Settings select Shadow select width d. Go to options under border & shading options select measure from (drop down arrow) select measure from text 3. Change distance of footer from bottom of margin a. Go to Footer b. Under Header & Footer tools Design Tab c. Position Group Footer from bottom change setting 4. Split document before heading a. View Tab Window Group b. Select Split move line to where you want it to split 5. Add a Header style (ex. Cubicles even page) a. Insert Tab Header and Footer group b. Drop down arrow next to Header select appropriate header style 6. Create New Document using a Template Tab b. New Select Sample Templates select specified template 7. Add Custom Water Mark to document b. Page Background group drop-down arrow next to Watermark choose Custom watermark select Text Watermark type watermark in Text change color or size is requested to do so. 8. Rotate picture 90 degrees a. Select picture b. Right click on picture select size and position c. Under Rotation set 90 degrees 9. Apply fill color to text box
a. Select text box b. Drawing Tools Format c. Shape Styles Group d. Select Shape Fill choose specified color 10. Restrict file without a password and restrict what types of editing others can do b. Protect Document c. Restrict Editing select the types of editing that are allowed 11. Add a hyperlink to text a. Select the text b. Insert Tab c. Links Group Select Hyperlink d. Type in text to display (select if it s an existing webpage or file or if it s from a place in this document) 12. Insert Built-in Bibliography at end of document a. Go to end of document b. References Tab c. Citations & Bibliography group d. Drop down arrow at Bibliography e. Select if it s a Bibliography or Words Cited 13. View document side by side a. View Tab b. Window group c. Select View Side by Side 14. Add a comment a. Review Tab b. Comments Group c. New Comment type comment 15. Be able to change Theme or theme font a. Page Layout tab b. Themes Change theme, color, font or effects 16. Save document as a template Save As b. Save as Type Word Template 17. Create a Mail Merge using existing database and insert fields a. Mailings Tab b. Start Mail Merge group Select Start Mail Merge Letters c. Select Recipients Use Existing List d. Select file from database e. Select the field and go to insert merge field and choose appropriate field
18. Demote a bullet list a. Select the bulleted item b. Home Tab c. Paragraph group d. Select Increase indent or simply tab 19. Be able to autocorrect with exceptions Options Proofing Auto Correct Option 20. Convert Table to Test a. Table Tools b. Layout c. Data Group Convert to Text 21. Define new bullet (as a picture) a. Home Tab b. Drop down arrow bullets c. Define new bullet d. Select picture choose appropriate picture 22. Move text into SmartArt diagram a. Select text b. Cut c. Place cursor into diagram Paste 23. Modify Text Wrapping b. Select Text Wrap and choose appropriate wrapping c. Customize autocorrect text to not replace as user types d. File e. Options f. Proofing g. Auto Correct Options h. De-select Replace text as you type 24. Create Blog Post b. Save & Send c. Publish as Blog Post 25. Display only comments from Window User a. Review Tab b. Show Markup Reviewers Select only Window User 26. Format to prevent page breaks in middle of paragraph a. Select the paragraph you want to prevent from breaking onto two pages
b. On the Page Layout tab, click the Paragraph Dialog Box Launcher, and then click the Line and Page Breaks tab. c. Select the Keep lines together check box. 27. Insert Custom Table of Contents a. Reference Tab b. Table of Contents c. Insert Table of Contents 28. Insert Table with fixed width a. Insert Tab b. Table group c. Insert Table d. Select Fixed Colum width and set width 29. Set a picture to horizontal position relative to 60% of inside margin a. Select picture b. Under Picture tools Format c. Select Position More layout options d. Position Horizontal Relative to 60% of Inside Margin 30. Change AutoRecover file location to Recovery a. In Word 2010, from the File menu, choose Options. b. From the toolbar on the left, click Save, which will present you with options to customize how documents are saved. c. Next to AutoRecover file location:, click Browse to choose the folder where you want Word to save your AutoRecovered files. Click OK. 31. Remove Check Spelling option as you type b. Options c. Proofing d. Uncheck Check spelling as you type 32. Indent 1 st line of a paragraph by a certain amount (ex..5 ) b. Paragraph group drop down arrow c. Indentation Left line type in amount d. Special select first line