MOS: Microsoft Office Excel 2010

Preparing for an Exam
This exam validates the skills needed to be proficient in Excel 2010.
 
Audience Profile
The Core-level Microsoft Office Excel 2010 User should be able to navigate Microsoft Office Excel 2010 software at the feature and functionality level. They should be familiar with and know how to use at least 80% of the features and capabilities of Microsoft Office Excel 2010. The core-level user should be able to use Microsoft Office Excel 2010 to create and edit professional-looking spreadsheets for a variety of purposes and situations. Users would include people from a wide variety of job roles from almost all areas of professional, student, and personal life. Some of the roles users might take on include, but are not limited to:

•       Accountants
•       Clerical, Office professionals
•       Consultants
•       Executives/Managers
•       Help desk personnel
•       Instructors/Trainers
•       Program/Project Managers
•       Sales
•       Students
•       Other members of the general population

Tasks that might be undertaken or work products created by members of the Microsoft Excel 2010 Core-level User Target Audience might include, but would not be limited to:

•       Charting
•       Create analytical, financial, etc. reports
•       Data entry
•       Family budget
•       Format numerical (financial, statistical, etc.) reports
•       Forms
•       Graphing
•       Process data
•       Reporting
•       Technical support
•       Trending
Credit Toward CertificationWhen you pass Exam 77-882: Excel 2010, you complete the requirements for the following certification(s):Microsoft Office Specialist: Microsoft Excel 2010
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