WORD Exam - STUDY TIPS

STUDY TIPS

Projects
• Use your UNIT Chapter Projects to prepare for your Exam
• Reopen them, redo them
o It does not matter if your study mark is lower than the current mark when you re-do them
o MyLab IT only retains the highest mark
o In fact, you may even improve your existing mark

This is the quickest way to find out if you know the basic features and how to apply them.
• You have unlimited attempts on these Projects, so you can practice as much as necessary!
• You can also go back and pick and choose to do just certain questions for review purposes.

Simulation Trainings
• Use the Simulation Training exercises.
o They have the Learning Aids built-in (usually useful except for some odd glitches.)
o Use the VIEW ALL button to see a list of all skills covered in a Simulation Training
o Launch any skills that you want to practice.

PowerPoints/Videos
Go back into the Student Learning Resources in MyLab IT and quickly re-read the PowerPoints or fast-forward
through the videos. NOTE any areas of weakness and be sure to practice those skills.

External Web Assistance

If you choose to google a particular skill for MS Office, be sure to choose only reliable web sources.

• The official Microsoft Support website has many excellent videos and articles explaining aspects of
these apps, both for PC and for Mac.
o That will be any URL that starts with support.microsoft.com

• Use the HELP function from within any of the MS Office apps
o Choose to read help articles from there.

Remember that you only get one attempt at these Exams, so you want to be as prepared as possible before
you start!

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 WORD Exam SKILLS REVIEW Checklist– MS OFFICE 2019/365
You must be completely familiar with each of the skills below in order to be successful on the
upcoming WORD Exam. Write notes about each, as you get your questions answered. Check off
each skill when you are confident that you can apply that skill in a WORD 2019/365 document
using your computer (whether it is a Mac or a PC).
Check
SKILL REQUIRED NOTES
Download ZIP file, extract all
SAVE AS to the appropriate folder
in your folder structure
Upload and submit correct file to
MyLab IT – one attempt only!!
Bibliography: Insert, style
Breaks – page, column, section
Bullets
Captions
Center: Text, document, horizontal,
vertical
Citations: create new source, insert
citation, edit citation, writing style
Columns
Comments: Delete, insert, show
Display the Ruler
Document Themes, colors
Font: Size, Style, Color, bold, italic
Footnotes: Insert, Footnote style
Headers & Footers: Insert, align,
page number, options
Heading styles: apply, modify
Indent: Increase, decrease, hanging,
first line
Insert Text from file
Mail Merge: Select recipients,
Sort/Filter, Merge fields, Preview,
Finish, copy merged document into
original

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 WORD Exam SKILLS REVIEW Checklist– MS OFFICE 2019/365
You must be completely familiar with each of the skills below in order to be successful on the
upcoming WORD Exam. Write notes about each, as you get your questions answered. Check off
each skill when you are confident that you can apply that skill in a WORD 2019/365 document
using your computer (whether it is a Mac or a PC).
Margins – preset, custom
Outline view: Show Levels, move
sections
Paragraph shading, borders

Paragraph spacing, before/after,

single, double, 1.15
Pictures: Insert, Align,
height/width, wrap, position, aspect
ratio, effects, styles
Properties: Author, Keywords
Show/hide (Display non-printing
characters)
Smart art – styles, layout, text
Spelling: check spelling, grammar
Styles: Apply, Modify
Symbols: Non-breaking space,
non-breaking hyphen, m-dash,
n-dash
Table of contents: custom, levels,
format
Table of figures: Format, insert
Tables: Insert/Convert text to table,
Table style, insert row/column,
merge/split cells, autofit, center
text, center, distribute columns,
formulas, Styles, Style options,
borders, update field
Tabs: set tab stop, leaders, TAB
key
Watermarks

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