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Preparation Guide for Exam 77-603 MCAS: Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Exam news The Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) Exam 77-603: Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 became available in April 2007. Exam topics covered The following list includes the topic areas covered on this exam. • | Creating and Formatting Presentations | • | Creating and Formatting Slide Content | • | Working with Visual Content | • | Collaborating on and Delivering Presentations |
Audience profile Successful candidates for this exam have the equivalent of six months to one year of hands-on experience creating business deliverables with Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 and might have experience with previous versions of Microsoft Office PowerPoint. These candidates are especially effective and efficient at creating and formatting presentation masters and templates, creating and formatting slide content, working with dynamic visual content, and collaborating on and delivering presentations. Credit toward certification When you pass Exam 77-603: Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, you earn the following certification: Preparation tools and resources To help you prepare for this exam, Microsoft Learning recommends that you have hands-on experience with the product and that you use the following training resources. These training resources do not necessarily cover all of the topics listed in the "Skills measured" section. Classroom training • | Classroom courseware is being developed. Please check back here for updated information. |
Microsoft E-Learning • | Course 4627: What's New in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007: This e-learning course covers the differences between Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 and previous versions of the product. | • | Collection 5260: Core Training for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007: This e-learning collection was crafted specifically to help prepare you for the exam topics. |
Microsoft Press books • | Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Step by Step | • | Microsoft Certified Application Specialist Study Guide: 2007 Microsoft Office System Edition |
Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) • | Course 77-603: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (Wiley.com): This comprehensive Microsoft Official Academic Course includes a textbook, lab manual, and software. The course provides students with the conceptual understanding and real-world experience they need to be ready for the work force and to pass the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) exams for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. Each Microsoft Official Academic Course is aligned with existing MCAS exam objectives and includes: • | A six-month trial copy of Microsoft Office Professional 2007. | • | Textbooks that emphasize building skills to prepare students for workforce success by using an instruction strategy that provides: • | Authentic business scenarios. | • | Immediate introduction of hands-on practice in each lesson. | • | Easy identification of skills that apply to the workplace and to the MCAS exam. |
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Certiprep for 2007 Microsoft Office Certifications (Certiport.com)
Certiprep for Microsoft Office Certifications is the premier certification-simulation solution for Microsoft Certified Application Specialist certifications. Designed to replicate the certification-testing environment accurately, Certiprep corresponds directly to certification exam objectives and employs the same "live application" technology that is used in the exams. Certiprep offers the following features and benefits. • | Certiprep maintains a large bank of test items that align to specific certification skill objectives. | • | The performance-based technology is similar to that of the certification exams, resulting in an authentic certification exam experience. | • | Each Microsoft Office application features a Practice Test and Learning Mode, which provide test-takers with self-paced learning and exam simulation. | • | Practice Test provides a testing experience that is similar to the actual certification exam experience, including time limitations and a similar user interface. Practice Test assesses initial skills or certification-exam preparedness. | • | Learning Mode provides feedback and step-by-step instruction for each question. |
Skills measured This certification exam measures your ability to create and format presentation masters and templates, create and format slide content, work with dynamic visual content, and collaborate on and deliver presentations. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the following job skills. Create new presentations. | Customize slide masters. | Add elements to slide masters. | Create and change presentation elements. | Arrange slides. | Insert and format text boxes. | Manipulate text. | Add and link existing content to presentations. | Apply, customize, modify, and remove animations. | Create SmartArt diagrams. | Modify SmartArt diagrams. | Insert illustrations and shapes. | Modify illustrations. | Arrange illustrations and other content. | Insert and modify charts. | Insert and modify tables. | Review presentations. | Protect presentations. | Secure and share presentations. | Prepare printed materials. | Prepare for and rehearse presentation delivery. |
Note This preparation guide is subject to change at any time without prior notice and at the sole discretion of Microsoft. Microsoft exams might include adaptive testing technology and simulation items. Microsoft does not identify the format in which exams are presented. Please use this preparation guide to prepare for the exam, regardless of its format.
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