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.

A 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.

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.

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.

This exam consists of performance-based questions where a candidate is required to perform a series of tasks using Microsoft Office 2007. There are no Case study type questions.

Many of the questions in this exam require you to complete a series of tasks. For example, in Microsoft Word 2007 exam, you might be instructed as follows:
Modify the existing list by completing the following tasks:

1. Apply a bold format to the heading Today’s Tasks.
2. Center-align the list of tasks directly beneath the heading.

Exam Controls

During the exam you will see the exam controls across the bottom of the screen. Each of the exam controls and their functions are described below.

1. COUNTER: The Counter tracks how many questions you have completed and how many remain.
2. TIMER: The Timer starts when the first question appears on your screen. The Timer displays the remaining exam time. If the Timer is distracting, click the Timer to remove the display. Note: transition time between questions is not counted against total allotted exam time.
3. ZOOM: The Zoom icon enables you to increase or decrease font size of the question text by clicking “+” or “-”.
4. RESET: The Reset button enables you to restart work on a question if you think you have made an error. Note: the Reset button will not restart the entire exam nor extend the total allotted exam time.
5. NEXT: When you complete a question, click the Next button to move to the next question. Note: It is not possible to move back to previous exam questions.

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.

A cell style is a defined set of formatting characteristics available in Excel, such as fonts and font sizes, number formats, cell borders, and cell shading. A cell style is used to apply several formats quickly. It also ensures that cells have consistent formatting. Several built-in cell styles are provied by Microsoft Excel that can be applied on cells. Users can also modify these styles to create custom cell styles.

An index is a list of words arranged alphabetically at the end of a book. Index helps a reader to find the information quickly and easily. The words in the index are given along with the page numbers where they occur to help the reader to quickly go to the desired word.

An index is a list of words arranged alphabetically at the end of a book. Index helps a reader to find the information quickly and easily. The words in the index are given along with the page numbers where they occur to help the reader to quickly go to the desired word.

The Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) certification is designed to validate skills in using the 2007 Microsoft Office system and the Windows Vista operating system and meeting the demand for the most up-to-date skills on the latest Microsoft technologies. This certification can help you differentiate yourself in today’s competitive job market, broaden your employment opportunities by displaying your advanced skills, and result in higher earning potential. Candidates who successfully complete the program by passing a certification exam show that they can meet globally recognized performance standards.

To get Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) certification, you have to pass any one of the following tests:

I, myself, have used the uCertify’s MCAS PrepKit and found it useful for the exam. The PrepKits are very useful in preparation for the exam. It has various step-by-step description of the actions performed by the actula software. These step-by-step descriptions are called How-Tos. These How-Tos help a lot in performing the simulaion based questions that come in the exam.

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The MCAS certification is the globally recognized standard for validating expertise with the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Reasons for Microsoft Business Certification include career advancement, personal improvement, skills enhancement, and higher salaries.

The MCAS exams are performance-based and conducted in a “live,” or simulated environment. You have to perform a series of tasks to clearly demonstrate your skills. For example, an Office Word 2007 exam might ask a user to balance newspaper column lengths or keep text together in columns.

A typical exam takes up to 90 minutes. Individual efforts are measured for both knowledge and efficiency. Hands-on practice on the software will help you a lot in scoring good marks in the exam. If you don’t have hands-on practice, atleast you should know the steps of performing various tasks in the software.

All MCAS exams are administered by Certiport. The result of an exam is displayed on your screen immediately after you complete an exam.

The following exams are covered under the MCAS certification:

1. Windows Vista (77-600)
2. Microsoft Office Word 2007 (77-601)
3. Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (77-602)
4. Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (77-603)
5. Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (77-604)
6. Microsoft Office Access 2007 (77-605)

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To protect your computer, Microsoft Outlook does not allow you to receive files of certain types (such as .exe files) as attachments, because of their potential for introducing a virus into your computer. These files are blocked by Outlook by default. If Microsoft Exchange is used in your organization, only the e-mail server administrator can unblock these file types. These file types cannot be unblocked by end users of Outlook.

The following file types are blocked by default in Outlook:

These are just few of the file types blocked by Outlook. There are many other file types. For more information, visit: Blocked attachments in Outlook.

An e-mail attachment is a computer file that is sent along with an e-mail message. You can attach different types of files, photographs, zipped folders, etc. An attachment can be an appointment, contact, task, journal entry, note, posted item, and document. Messages that have attachments are identified by a paper clip icon.

Worms and viruses are often distributed as attachments to e-mail messages. With vulnerable e-mail programs the virus may be activated by viewing or previewing the message; more robust programs only allow infection if the user opens the attachment for execution. Unexpected e-mail with attachments should always be considered suspicious and dangerous, particularly if not known to be sent by a trusted source.

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PowerPoint provides four types of views. Three of them helps you to develop your presentation: Normal, Slide Sorter and Slide Show. Different types of views used by PowerPoint are as follows:

1. Normal view: Whenever a user first creates a slide, the screen opens in Normal view. It is a default view and is used for designing. It provides a large view of a single slide at a time.
2. Slide Sorter view: In slide sorter view, thumbnails of all the slides in your presentation are laid out for you in the workspace. An overall view of your presentation is provide in this view. It is a good tool to help you arrange and resequence the slides it comprises.
3. Slide Show view: Slide show view is used to deliver the presentation. It steps through each slide sequentially.
4. Notes page view: It provides a small writing area to write some notes about a slide. Notes are shown on printouts but not in slide shows.
5. Outline view: It used for adding users text for a slide show. When you switch to the outline pane by clicking on its tab, a list of numbered headings is displyed, each one corresponding to a slide. To display that slide in the workspace, click on a heading.