Exam 77-883: MOS: PowerPoint 2010

Exam 77-883: MOS: PowerPoint 2010 – Skills Measured

Audience Profile

The typical candidate for the exam is a student, office worker, or instructor who needs to

navigate PowerPoint 2010 at the feature and functionality level.

The core PowerPoint 2010 user is proficient with productivity tools, frequently collaborates with

others on projects, and personalizes his or her working environment for efficiency. Candidates

should know and demonstrate how to create or produce effective, practical slide shows.

Skills Measured

NOTE: The bullets that appear below each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate how

we are assessing that skill. This list is not definitive or exhaustive.

NOTE: In most cases, exams do NOT cover preview features, and some features will only be

added to an exam when they are GA (General Availability).

Manage the PowerPoint environment

Adjust views

 adjust views by using ribbon or status bar commands

Manipulate the PowerPoint window

 work with multiple presentation windows simultaneously

Configure the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)

 show the QAT below the ribbon

Configure PowerPoint file options

 use PowerPoint, Proofing, and Save options

Create a slide presentation

Construct and edit photo albums

 add captions to pictures, insert text, insert images in black and white, reorder pictures in

an album, and adjust image rotation, brightness, and contrast

Apply slide size and orientation settings

 set up a custom size, and change the orientation

Add and remove slides

 insert an outline, reuse slides from a saved presentation, reuse slides from a slide library,

duplicate selected slides, delete multiple slides simultaneously, and include non-

contiguous slides in a presentation

Format slides

 format sections; modify themes; switch to a different slide layout; apply a fill color,

gradient, picture, texture, or pattern to a slide; and set up slide footers

Enter and format text

 use text effects; change the indentation, alignment, line spacing, and direction of text;

change the formatting of bulleted and numbered lists; enter text in a placeholder text

box; convert text to SmartArt; copy and paste text; use Paste Special, and use Format

Painter

Format text boxes

 apply a fill color, gradient, picture, texture, or pattern to a text box; change the outline

color, weight, or style; change the shape of the text box; apply effects; set the alignment;

create columns in a text box; set internal margins; set the current text box formatting as

the default for new text boxes; adjust text wrapping; size and position a text box and use

AutoFit

Work with graphical and multimedia elements

Manipulate graphical elements

 arrange, position, and resize graphical elements; apply effects, styles, and borders; and

add hyperlinks

Manipulate images

 apply color adjustments and image corrections (sharpen, soften, brightness, contrast),

add artistic effects to an image, remove a background, crop a picture, compress selected

pictures or all pictures, change a picture, and reset a picture

Modify WordArt and shapes

 set the formatting of the current shape as the default for future shapes, change the fill

color or texture, change the WordArt, convert to SmartArt

Manipulate SmartArt

 add and remove shapes, change SmartArt styles, change the SmartArt layout, reorder

shapes, convert a SmartArt graphic to text, convert SmartArt to shapes, make shapes

larger or smaller, and promote or demote bullet levels

Edit video and audio content

 apply a style to video or audio content; adjust, arrange, and size video or audio content;

and adjust playback options

Create charts and tables

Construct and modify tables

 draw a table; insert an Excel spreadsheet; set table style options; add shading, borders,

and effects; change the alignment; resize, merge, or split columns and rows; distribute

and arrange columns and rows

Insert and modify charts

 select a chart type, enter chart data, change the chart type, change the chart layout,

switch row and column, select and edit data

Apply chart elements

 use chart labels, axes, gridlines, and backgrounds

Manipulate chart layouts

 select chart elements, and format selections

Manipulate chart elements

 arrange chart elements, specify a precise position, apply effects, resize chart elements,

apply Quick Styles, apply a border, and add hyperlinks

Apply transitions and animations

Apply built-in and custom animations

 use More Entrance, More Emphasis, and More Exit effects, and use More Motion paths

Apply effect and path options

 set timing and start options

Apply and modify transitions between slides

 modify a transition effect, add a sound to a transition, modify transition duration, and set

up manual or automatically timed advance options

Manipulate animations

 change the direction of an animation, attach a sound to an animation, use Animation

Painter, reorder animations, and select text options

Collaborate on presentations

Manage comments in presentations

 insert and edit comments, show or hide markup, move to the previous or next comment,

and delete comments

Apply proofing tools

 use Spelling and Thesaurus features, compare and combine presentations

Prepare presentations for delivery

Save presentations

 save the presentation as a picture presentation, Portable Document Format (PDF) file,

XML Paper Specification (XPS), outline, or OpenDocument presentation, save a slide or

object as a picture file, and save a presentation as a show (.ppsx)

Share presentations

 package a presentation for CD delivery, create video, create handouts (send to Word),

and compress media

Print presentations

 adjust print settings

Protect presentations

 set a password, change a password, and mark a presentation as final

Deliver presentations

Apply presentation tools

 add pen and highlighter annotations, change the ink color, erase an annotation, and

discard or retain annotations upon closing

Set up slide shows

 set up slide show, play narrations, set up Presenter view, use timings, show media

controls, broadcast presentations, and create a Custom Slide Show

Set presentation timing

 rehearse and keep timings, adjust a slide's timing

Record presentations

 start recording from the beginning of a slide show, start recording from the current slide

of the slide show