Outlook 2016: Core Communication, Collaboration and Email Skills (77-731) Practice Exam

Who should take this exam?

• Boost their Outlook skills: Whether you're new to Outlook or want to brush up on your skills, this exam helps you master core functionalities.
• Increase productivity: Learn how to manage emails, schedules, and tasks efficiently within Outlook to save time and get more done.
• Enhance collaboration: The exam covers features that facilitate seamless communication and teamwork using Outlook.
• Stand out for job opportunities: The MOS certification demonstrates your proficiency in a widely used business application, potentially giving you an edge in the job market.
• There are no formal prerequisites to take the exam. However, basic computer literacy and familiarity with the Windows operating system would be beneficial.

Exam Pattern 

• Exam Name: Word 2016: Core Document Creation, Collaboration and Communication
• Exam Code: 77-725
• Credited Towards: Microsoft Office Specialist 
• Number of Questions: 40-60
• Length of Time:  90 Minutes
• Passing Score: 700 (on a scale of 1-1000)
  
• Exam Language: English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Thai, Turkish

Course Outline

• Creating a document: Create a blank document, create a blank document using a template, open a PDF in Word for editing, insert text from a file or external source
• Navigating through a document: Search for text, insert hyperlinks, create bookmarks, move to a specific location or object in a document
• Formating a document: Modify page setup, apply document themes, apply document style sets, insert headers and footers, insert page numbers, format page background elements
• Customizing options and views for documents: Change document views, customize views by using zoom settings, customize the Quick Access Toolbar, split the window, add document properties, show or hide formatting symbols
• Printing and save documents: Modify print settings, save documents in alternative file formats, print all or part of a document, inspect a document for hidden properties or personal information, inspect a document for accessibility issues, inspect a document for compatibility issues

• Inserting text and paragraphs: Find and replace text; cut, copy, and paste text; replace text by using AutoCorrect; insert special characters
• Formating text and paragraphs: Apply font formatting, apply formatting by using Format Painter, set line and paragraph spacing and indentation, clear formatting, apply a text highlight color to text selections, apply built-in styles to text, change text to WordArt
• Ordering and grouping text and paragraphs: Format text in multiple columns; insert page, section, or column breaks; change page setup options for a section

• Creating a table: Convert text to tables, convert tables to text, create a table by specifying rows and columns, apply table styles
• Modifying a table: Sort table data; configure cell margins and spacing; merge and split cells; resize tables,
• rows, and columns; split tables; configure a repeating row header
• Creating and modify a list: Create a numbered or bulleted list, change bullet characters or number formats for a listlevel, define a custom bullet character or number format, increase or decrease list levels, restart or continue list numbering, set starting number value

• Creating and managing reference markers: Insert footnotes and endnotes, modify footnote and endnote properties, create bibliography citation sources, modify bibliography citation sources, insert citations for bibliographies, insert figure and table captions, modify caption properties
• Creating and managing simple references: Insert a standard table of contents, update a table of contents, insert a cover page

• Inserting graphic elements: Insert shapes, insert pictures, insert a screen shot or screen clipping, insert text boxes
• Formating graphic elements: Apply artistic effects, apply picture effects, remove picture backgrounds, format objects, apply a picture style, wrap text around objects, position objects, add alternative text to objects for accessibility
• Inserting and formating SmartArt graphics: Create a SmartArt graphic, format a SmartArt graphic, modify SmartArt graphic content