Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS)

Format Painter is a tool, which is used to copy the formatting of the selected text and apply it to another. By using format painter a user can copy and apply the various formatting attributes such as font size, font style, indentation, alignment, etc. from one place to another in the same document.

The steps to give spacing before and after a paragraph are as follows:

1. Select the paragraph(s) to which the spacing is to be applied.
2. Click on the Home tab.



3. Click on the Paragraph dialog box launcher. The Paragraph dialog box will appear.
4. Under the Spacing group, enter the amount of spacing in the boxes that are provided in front of Before and After labels.



5. Click on the OK button.

Microsoft’s 77-601 exam measures your skills and knowledge of technical tasks, such as creating and formatting documents, formatting content, sharing and securing content, making documents and content easier to find, etc. The Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (77-601) exam earns you credit towards the MCAS: Using Microsoft Office Word 2007 certification.

This exam prepares you for job roles that require knowledge and use of the Word application to complete business-related word processing tasks.

The exam is appropriate for you if you have at least six months to one year of hands-on experience in creating business deliverables with Microsoft Office Word 2007 and experience with previous versions of Microsoft Office Word.

Watermark is a text or a picture that appears behind the text. It is used for printed documents. A user can add watermarks such as Draft, Confidential, Preview, etc. A watermark does not interfere with the written text and is placed in the background in a very light color. It tells the status of the document such as Draft.

Document background is a color or a picture that appears in the background when the document is viewed in Web Layout and other views, except Draft View and Outline View. It enhances the appearance of the document. Any picture, texture, patterns, or solid colors can be used as a document background.

Cover page is the first page of a document that contains the title of the document, author name(s), date of creation, and any other information that a user wants to give.

Document Property is the information that is attached with each document. It identifies the personal information, such as author of the document, title of the document, etc.

Document Map is an alternative to Outline View. It uses the same outline levels as employed in an Outline View. It is shown along the left side of the document window. It is known as Document Navigation Tool. Thumbnail and Document Map cannot be viewed together.

Thumbnail is a pane that appears along the left side of the document window. It shows the pictures of each page in the pane on which a user can click and go directly to the clicked page. It is also known as Document Navigation Tool.

Formatting Content

Format text and paragraphs.

• Apply styles.
• Create and modify styles.
• Format characters.
• Format paragraphs.
• Set and clear tabs.

Manipulate text

• Cut, copy, and paste text.
• Find and replace text

Control pagination

• Insert and delete page breaks.
• Create and modify sections.

Creating and Customizing Documents

Create and format documents.

• Work with templates.
• Apply Quick Styles to documents.
• Format documents by using themes.
• Customize themes.
• Format document backgrounds.
• Insert blank pages or cover pages.

Lay out documents.

• Format pages.
• Create and modify headers and footers.
• Create and modify columns.

Make documents and content easier to find.

• Create, modify, and update tables of contents.
• Create, modify, and update indexes.
• Modify document properties.
• Insert document navigation tools.

Personalize Office Word 2007.

• Customize Office Word 2007 options.

Compatibility Checker is one of the most useful features in Word 2007. Word will analyze the document and check for compatibility issues with earlier versions of Word. It’s a good idea to run Compatibility Checker before sending the document if you are not sure whether the recipient uses Office 2007.

For example, if your document contains SmartArt (which is a feature that is not supported in earlier versions of Word), when a colleague using Word 2003 opens your document, the SmartArt graphics will be converted into a single object that cannot be edited.