Microsoft Office 2000 User Specialist Study Guide [Paperback]

Gini Courter (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0782125743 | ISBN-13: 978-0782125740 | Publication Date: October 18, 1999

Go into the exams confident-and come out MOUS-certified!

Earning your Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) certification shows your current or future employer that you have the skills they need. This book helps you get those skills--by reinforcing what you know, teaching you what you don't, and preparing you for all the questions you'll face on the exam. Affordable and comprehensive, the Microsoft Office 2000 User Specialist Study Guide is the clear choice, and the only study resource you need to ready yourself to pass all the MOUS exams.

Meet every exam's objectives:
Word 2000
* Format characters and paragraphs
* Use styles, templates, and macros
* Publish documents on the Web
* Create tables and forms
* Generate a mail merge

Excel 2000
* Create, modify, and print workbooks
* Format worksheets
* Create charts
* Audit worksheets
* Create and use templates

Access 2000
* Create and modify a database
* Integrate information from other applications
* Publish Access data to the Web
* Build forms for other users
* Produce reports

PowerPoint 2000
* Create and modify presentations
* Add textual and visual information
* Deliver and distribute presentations

Outlook 2000
* Manage a contact list and calendar
* Send, receive, and organize e-mail
* Identify and filter spam and other unwanted e-mail
* Make Outlook work with other Office applications

FrontPage 2000
* Build and manage Web sites
* Publish Web documents from Word, Excel, and Access
* Create hyperlinks to link your site to others
* Craft your site's navigational structure using Navigation bars

PhotoDraw
* Learn the PhotoDraw interface and expansive tool set
* Import artwork or create your own graphics
* Touch up and enhance photos with designer effects
* Design your own professional images for the Web

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

You may not have known this, but there are professional certifications for computer users as well as programmers and administrators. The Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) rating tells potential employers that your skills as a user of the Microsoft Office 2000 programs (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, FrontPage, and PhotoDraw) have been tested and proven. With proof of your skills in hand, you don't have to expect employers to hire you as just another drone computer user. Microsoft Office 2000 User Specialist Study Guide shows you what you need to know to pass the application exams. Though it was written before the exams became final, the material here correlates closely with Microsoft's published exam objectives.

The emphasis in this book, as in the exam objectives, is on procedures. You have to know what steps to follow in order to protect an Excel spreadsheet with a password, say, or print an envelope under Word. The authors typically present an objective and then quickly list the relevant steps (choose this, click that) with a supporting screen shot, where appropriate. They then follow the how-to material with a brief commentary on more exotic variations of the procedure. Each section concludes with a testing protocol similar to those that appear on the exams. In one test, you're asked to create a new PowerPoint presentation, then add various graphical and multimedia elements to it. The authors present a comprehensive statement of the skills expert users have. --David Wall

Topics covered: All concepts, facts, and skills that appear in Microsoft's published exam objectives for the seven Office 2000 Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) exams.

From the Back Cover

Go into the exams confident-and come out MOUS-certified!

Earning yourMicrosoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) certification shows your current orfuture employer that you have the skills they need. This book helps you get thoseskills--by reinforcing what you know, teaching you what you don't, and preparingyou for all the questions you'll face on the exam. Affordable and comprehensive,the Microsoft Office 2000 User Specialist Study Guide is the clear choice, andthe only study resource you need to ready yourself to pass all the MOUSexams.

Meet every exam's objectives:
Word 2000

• Formatcharacters and paragraphs
• Use styles, templates, and macros
• Publishdocuments on the Web
• Create tables and forms
• Generate a mailmerge

Excel 2000

• Create, modify, and printworkbooks
• Format worksheets
• Create charts
• Audit worksheets
• Createand use templates

Access 2000

• Create and modify adatabase
• Integrate information from other applications
• Publish Accessdata to the Web
• Build forms for other users
• Producereports

PowerPoint 2000

• Create and modifypresentations
• Add textual and visual information
• Deliver and distributepresentations

Outlook 2000

• Manage a contact list andcalendar
• Send, receive, and organize e-mail
• Identify and filter spam andother unwanted e-mail
• Make Outlook work with other Officeapplications

FrontPage 2000

• Build and manage Websites
• Publish Web documents from Word, Excel, and Access
• Createhyperlinks to link your site to others
• Craft your site's navigationalstructure using Navigation bars

PhotoDraw

• Learn thePhotoDraw interface and expansive tool set
• Import artwork or create your owngraphics
• Touch up and enhance photos with designer effects
• Design your own professional images for the Web

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1008 pages
• Publisher: Sybex (October 18, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782125743
• ISBN-13: 978-0782125740
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,349,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #22 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Applications > Office

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50 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you're going to study, but another book. This one rots., December 15, 1999

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"burple" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office 2000 User Specialist Study Guide (Paperback)

This is NOT the best self-study guide and claiming that it "teaches all the essential skills needed to advance your career" is a bunch of bunk.

I'd rather spend a little extra money on a truly complete guide or for each application and learn it right the first time, instead of wasting my time with this book.

Since the chapter on Access was so pathetic (coverage on Word and Excel was alright, but I'm sure someone has done better), I'm debating whether or not I even want to finish reading it.

It may cover the exams, but don't rely on it if you've never used any Office products before. Print out the objectives from the MOUS website, buy yourself some decent study guides (even if it does cost more), then take the exam.

If I could return it, I would.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Study Guide ... but no book replaces experience, October 11, 2001

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"software_instructor" (Gray, Maine United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office 2000 User Specialist Study Guide (Paperback)

I found this MOUS study guide to be quite helpful. To help you judge for yourself, a bit about me: I am a "power user" of Microsoft Office .. I've used it for many years, and I actually create and teach courses for MS Office products.

I bought this book to help me get certified for a few main reasons:
> It was one of very few that covered all 5 exams required for Office 2000 Master certification
> it contained a certification map which describes the various topics covered on each exam, for each level (Expert vs. Core) and its topics are organized in that matter
> it is designed to be a REVIEW tool, with quick, step by step instructions AND brief explanations so that the reader will gain a basic understanding of the topic not just a memorization of steps (it is not a "course" book and will not replace a class if that is what you need).

I rate this as a great study guide, as long as you have some prior knowledge of the products. DON'T RELY ON THIS (or any other study guide) IF YOU HAVE NO EXPERIENCE WITH MS OFFICE!!

P.S. I passed all five exams, in one day. Thanks to this study guide (the only review guide I used) and experience/practice.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything in one book, January 26, 2000

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Susan Walker (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office 2000 User Specialist Study Guide (Paperback)

This book has everything I need to prepare for all the MOUS exams. It makes it really easy to study for all those features that cross over all of the applications. I think this book is a bargin. Although I may want to consult other references for more in depth coverage of some topics, I can use this book to identify what else I need. Definitely worth the price.