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Digital Skills Resources for Washingtonians

Walk-through of available resources, learning paths, and value of outcomes.

Microsoft Office Specialist

Microsoft Office Specialist General Overview Exams Available
The Microsoft Office Specialist exams/certifications are an industry-recognized standard for more in-depth understanding of Microsoft Office tools. Passing three “Core” or associate tests earns the student the Microsoft Office Specialist full certification.

Access & Access Expert- Demonstrate the ability to use principal Access features to independently create custom, browser-based database applications. Tasks will include creating and managing a database, building tables, creating queries, creating forms and reports.

Excel & Excel Expert - demonstrate the fundamentals of creating and managing worksheets and workbooks, creating cells and ranges, creating tables, applying formulas and functions and creating charts and objects.

Outlook- Demonstrate how to customize the Outlook user interface format message content, create or insert graphic elements, and send and respond to emails and meeting requests. They can also manage and share multiple calendars, schedule meetings and appointments, create contact records and tasks, and set up contact groups to facilitate communication with other Outlook users.

PowerPoint - Demonstrate the ability to create and manage presentations, insert and format shapes and slides, create slide content, apply transitions and animations and manage multiple presentations.

Word & Word Expert - Perform Word tasks, such as creating and managing documents, formatting text, paragraphs and sections, creating tables and lists, applying references and inserting and formatting objects.

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