Cert Prep: PowerPoint 2010 Microsoft Office Specialist (77-883)

Become a PowerPoint Office Specialist. Prepare for the PowerPoint 2010 MOS certification exam. Get study tips and a full-length practice exam.

Get ready for the PowerPoint 2010 MOS certification exam. Certified MOS instructor Megan Hoffman has helped thousands of test-takers prepare for MOS certification, and has earned over 40 of her own certifications. This course prepares you for the five main skill sets of the PowerPoint 2010 specialization.

Explore the MOS certification program and its cost, format, and objectives. Then brush up on topics such as managing the PowerPoint environment, creating presentations, working with graphics and multimedia, building tables and charts, applying transitions and other effects, and managing multiple presentations. Plus, find out how to prepare and deliver your presentation for maximum audience engagement. There are practice exercises in every chapter, and a full-length practice exam at the end of the course.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What to know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files
• Using the challenges

1. Microsoft Office Specialist Exam Overview

• Compare Microsoft Office certifications
• Exam objectives, preparation tips, and the registration process

2. Manage the PowerPoint Environment

• Adjust views
• Manipulate the PowerPoint window
• Configure the Quick Access toolbar
• Customize PowerPoint properties and options
• ✓ Challenge: Manage the PowerPoint environment
• ✓ Solution: Manage the PowerPoint environment

3. Create a Slide Presentation

• Create and edit photo albums
• Apply slide size and orientation settings
• Add and remove slides
• Insert slides from outlines
• Format slides using themes
• Format slides using slide masters
• Enter and format text
• Format text boxes
• ✓ Challenge: Create a slide presentation
• ✓ Solution: Create a slide presentation

4. Work with Graphical and Multimedia Elements

• Manipulate graphical elements
• Manipulate images
• Modify WordArt and shapes
• Manipulate SmartArt
• Edit video and audio content
• ✓ Challenge: Work with graphical and multimedia elements
• ✓ Solution: Work with graphical and multimedia elements

5. Create Charts and Tables

• Insert and modify tables
• Insert and modify charts
• Apply chart elements
• Manipulate chart layouts
• Appy chart styles and formatting
• ✓ Challenge: Create charts and tables
• ✓ Solution: Create charts and tables

6. Apply Transitions and Animations

• Apply built-in and custom animations
• Apply animation effect options
• Manipulate animations
• Apply and modify transitions between slides
• ✓ Challenge: Apply transitions and animations
• ✓ Solution: Apply transitions and animations

7. Collaborate on Presentations

• Manage comments in presentations
• Apply proofing tools
• ✓ Challenge: Collaboration on presentations
• ✓ Solution: Collaboration on presentations

8. Prepare Presentations for Delivery

• Save presentations
• Share presentations
• Print presentations
• Protect presentations
• ✓ Challenge: Prepare presentations for delivery
• ✓ Solution: Prepare presentations for delivery

9. Deliver Presentations

• Apply presentation tools
• Set up slide shows
• ✓ Challenge: Deliver presentations
• ✓ Solution: Deliver presentations

10. Full-Length Practice Exam

• ✓ Challenge: Full-length MOS sample exam for PowerPoint 2010
• ✓ Solution: Full-length MOS sample exam for PowerPoint 2010

Conclusion

• Next steps