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About Microsoft Windows Vista (77-600) exam

March 26th, 2010 Sam No comments

The MCAS: Windows Vista for the Business Worker exam is designed for the professionals who have hands-on experience using Windows Vista for at least one year. The professionals should be very productive, collaborative, and efficient in using the Windows Vista technology. The exam measures your skills and ability to accomplish technical tasks, such as protecting your computer, managing mobile and remote computing, managing files and folders, etc. On passing the exam 77-600, you earn credit toward the MCAS: Windows Vista for the Business Worker certification.

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How to customize watermark in Microsoft Word 2007

March 25th, 2010 Sam No comments

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.

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About Microsoft Word 2007 (77-601) exam

March 24th, 2010 Sam No comments

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.

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Exam format of MCAS exams

March 23rd, 2010 Sam No comments

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

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Cover Page

March 19th, 2010 Sam No comments

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.

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Cell Style in Excel 2007

February 16th, 2010 Sam No comments

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.

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Index vs Table of Contents

February 11th, 2010 Sam No comments

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.

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uCertify’s Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) Prepkit

February 8th, 2010 Sam No comments

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:

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Getting MCAS certified

November 6th, 2009 Sam No comments

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.

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Tips for passing the 77-605 exam

October 19th, 2009 Sam No comments

The Microsoft exam 77-605 consists of simulation questions. In the simulation type questions, you will be given an environment of Microsoft Access 2007 and you have to perform a given task. The Microsoft test 77-605 measures your ability to design databases and database objects. Before taking the 77-605 test, you should practice the following:

  1. Methods of creating databases.
  2. Various ways of formatting database objects.
  3. Ways of managing databases.
  4. Ways of inserting, retrieving, and deleting data.
  5. Ways of formatting data.
  6. Use of datatypes.
  7. Ways of connecting forms and reports to a table in a database.
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