Microsoft
Office Certification exams are available in two versions. The Core
or Expert exams are available to certify your expertise in the most
popular desktop applications. At Microsoft Office Certification
. com you can prepare for either level of certification. Microsoft
offers the Word and Excel
exams in the Expert Specialist level. Passing the expert exam certifies
you have the highest level of knowledge for the product you certify
in.
Microsoft’s
MOS or Microsoft Office Specialist certification is meant for people
in any industry and with various job roles who want to demonstrate
a high-level of proficiency with Microsoft’s Office Software
applications. Microsoft has positioned MOS exams so they “provide
a valid and reliable measure of technical proficiency and expertise
by evaluating the overall comprehension of Office applications,
your ability to use their advanced features, and your ability to
integrate the Microsoft Office applications with other software
applications.“
The Microsoft Office certification commonly referred to as MOS certification
got its start back in 1998 as the MOUS certification. The MOUS stood
for Microsoft Office User Specialist. At the time the exams were
on Office 97 applications. In mid 2002, Microsoft changed the certification
name from MOUS or Microsoft Office User Specialists to the shorter
name MOS or Microsoft Office Specialist.
There
are no prerequisites to obtain the MOS certifications, although
some MOS certifications build on others. There are three levels
of Microsoft Office Certification (MOS): Core
Specialist, Expert Specialist,
and Master MOS. Microsoft Office Certification
exams are available for Office 2000, Office
XP or 2002 and Office 2003. Exams
are available in:
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Access
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