Microsoft Office 2016

The Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) 2016 certification exam has been designed to test a candidate's ability to use an Office application realistically. The MS Office 2016 exam task instructions do not include the command name, as in previous versions.

Candidates for this exam must understand the purpose and common usage of the program's functionality to complete the tasks in each project.

Lesson 1: Taking Your First Steps with Word

• Welcome to a New Word

• The Office Look

• Using the Word Start Screen

• Touring the Word Screen

• Exploring the File Tab

• Undoing and Redoing Actions

• Setting Word Options

• Getting Help

• Exiting Word

• Summary

Lesson 2: Diving Into Document Creation

• Creating a Blank File

• Creating a File from a Template

• Opening an Existing File

• Saving and File Formats

• Compatibility with Previous Versions of Word

• Choosing the Right Word View for the Task at Hand

• Printing a Document

• Achieving Attractive Documents with Styles

• Constructing Documents Faster with Outlining

• Cleaning Up Content with AutoCorrect

• Summary

Lesson 3: Working with Document Style and Content

• Reviewing the Ways You Can Format Text in Word

• Applying Character Formatting

• Structuring Text with Paragraph Formatting

• Setting Off Text with Paragraph Decoration

• Using the Styles Group to Apply Styles

• Checking Spelling and Grammar

• Summary

Lessons 4: Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Using the Clipboard

• Adding and Moving Document Content with Cut, Copy, and Paste

• Managing Pasting Options

• Searching with the Navigation Pane

• Starting an Advanced Find from the Ribbon

• Replacing Text via the Ribbon

• Summary

Lessons 5: Cleaning Up with AutoCorrect and AutoFormat

• Revisiting AutoCorrect

• Using Quick Parts and Building Blocks

• Inserting a Cover Page

• Printing Envelopes and Labels Automatically

• Printing an Envelope

• Creating Labels

• Creating PDF or XPS Output

• Emailing a Document

• Blogging

• Summary

Lessons 6: Building Tables, Charts, and SmartArt to Show Data and Process

• Getting a Quick Start with Quick Tables

• Table Basics

• Working with Table Layout and Design

• Inserting SmartArt

• Summary

Lesson 7: Adding Pictures and WordArt to Highlight Information

• Inserting Pictures from a File

• Adding an Online Picture

• Pasting or Snapping a Picture

• Manipulating Inserted Pictures (and Other Graphics)

• Creating WordArt

• Arranging Pictures and Other Objects

• Summary

Lessons 8: Adding Drop Caps, Text Boxes, Shapes, Symbols, and Equations

• Adding a Drop Cap for Drama

• Why use text boxes?

• Inserting a Text Box

• Inserting a Shape

• Adding a Basic Symbol

• Inserting a Symbol from the Symbol Dialog Box

• Summary

Lessons 9: Setting Up the Document with Sections, Headers/Footers, and Columns

• Changing Basic Page Setup

• Section Formatting

• Headers and Footers Overview

• Header and Footer Navigation and Design

• Adding Header and Footer Material

• Considering the Need for Columns

• Changing the Number of Columns

• Special Column Formatting

• Summary

Lessons 10: Changing Other Page Features

• Adding and Removing Page Borders

• Formatting the Page Background

• Applying Page Background Colors, Patterns, Textures, or Pictures

• Adding a Watermark

• Removing Watermarks and Page Backgrounds

• Working More Effectively with Themes

• Working with Bookmarks

• Hyperlinks

• Summary

Lessons 11: Identifying the Contents and Terms in Your Document: TOCs, Captions, and Indexing

• Automating Table of Contents Creation

• Working with TOC Styles

• Manually Creating a Table of Contents

• Updating or Deleting a Table of Contents

• Captions and Tables of Captioned Items

• Indexing a Document

• Footnotes and Endnotes Basics

• Working with Footnote and Endnote Styling

• Separators and Continuation

• Making a Bibliography

• Identifying the Sources for Your Bibliography

• Editing Citations

• Compiling the Citations into a Bibliography

• Summary

Lessons 12: Data Documents and Mail Merge

• Previewing the Mail Merge Process

• Data Considerations

• Reviewing Data File Formats

• Choosing the Data Document Type

• Attaching a Data Source

• Assembling a Merge Document

• Mail Merge Pane/Wizard

• Summary

Lessons 13: Managing Document Security, Comments, and Tracked Changes

• Protection Types

• Comments and Tracked Changes

• Accepting and Rejecting Changes

• Summary

Lessons 14: Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon

• The QAT?

• Changing the Buttons on the Quick Access Toolbar

• The Customize Quick Access Toolbar Dialog Box

• Making Changes to the Ribbon

• Importing and Exporting Ribbon Customizations

• Summary

Lessons 15: Word Options and Settings

• Opening Word Options

• General

• Display (and Printing)

• Proofing

• Save

• Language

• Advanced

• Summary

Lessons 16: Macros: Recording, Editing, and Using Them

• Displaying Macro Tools and Creating a Macro

• Managing Macros

• Understanding More about Macro Security

• Macro Storage

• Automatic Macros

• Visual Basic for Applications: Quick and Dirty Answers

• Summary