Exam 77-422: Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) – Microsoft PowerPoint 2013

Skills Measured:

Create and manage presentations

• Create a presentation
  • Create blank presentations, create presentations using templates, import text files into presentations, import Word document outlines into presentations
• Format a presentation using slide masters
  • Apply a slide master, add new layouts, modify existing layouts, add background images, control page numbers, insert headers and footers, modify presentation themes
• Customize presentation options and views
  • Change page setup options, change to view in color/grayscale, use views to navigate through presentations, modify presentation properties
• Configure presentations to print or save
  • Set handout print options, print selections from presentations, package presentations for CD, save presentations as webpages, print presentations in grayscale, print speaker notes, maintain backward compatibility
• Configure and present slideshows
  • Create custom slideshows, configure slideshow options, rehearse timing, configure slideshow resolution, use Presenter View, navigate within slideshows, annotate slideshows

Insert and format shapes and slides

• Insert and format slides
  • Add slide layouts, duplicate existing slides, hide slides, delete slides, modify slide backgrounds, apply styles to slides
• Insert and format shapes
  • Modify shape backgrounds, apply borders to shapes, resize shapes, insert shapes, create custom shapes, apply styles to shapes
• Order and group shapes and slides
  • Insert section headers, modify slide order, align and group shapes, display gridlines

Create slide content

• Insert and format text
  • Change text to WordArt, create multiple columns in a single shape, insert hyperlinks, apply formatting and styles to text, create bulleted and numbered lists
• Insert and format tables
  • Create new tables, modify number of rows and columns, apply table styles, import tables from external sources
• Insert and format charts
  • Create and modify chart styles, insert charts, modify chart type, add legends to charts, modify chart parameters, import charts from external sources
• Insert and format SmartArt
  • Add shapes to SmartArt, change color of SmartArt, move text within SmartArt shapes, reverse direction, convert lists to SmartArt
• Insert and format images
  • Resize images, crop images, apply effects, apply styles
• Insert and format media
  • Adjust media window size, trim timing on media clips, set start/stop times, set media options, link to external media

Apply transitions and animations

• Apply transitions between slides
  • Insert transitions between slides, manage multiple transitions, modify transition effect options
• Animate slide content
  • Apply animations to shapes, apply animations to text strings, add paths to animations, modify animation options
• Set timing for transitions and animations
  • Modify duration of effects, configure start and finish options, reorder animations, use the Animation pane

Manage multiple presentations

• Merge content from multiple presentations
  • Merge multiple presentations, reuse slides from other presentations, view multiple presentations
• Track changes and resolve differences
  • Set track changes, modify options for track changes, discard changes from specific users, manage comments
• Protect and share presentations
  • Encrypt presentations with a password, proof presentations, mark as final, compress media, embed fonts, restrict permissions, remove presentation metadata, check for accessibility issues, check for compatibility issues