MOS Study Guide for
Microsoft Excel Exam
MO-200
Joan Lambert
MOS Study Guide for Microsoft Excel Exam MO-200
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ISBN-13: 978-0-13-662715-9
ISBN-10: 0-13-662715-3
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Contents
Introduction
The Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification program has been designed to validate your knowledge of and ability to use programs in the Microsoft Office suite of programs. This book has been designed to guide you in studying the types of tasks you are likely to be required to demonstrate in Exam MO-200: Microsoft Excel 2019.
See Also
For information about the tasks you are likely to be required to demonstrate in Exam MO-201: Microsoft Excel 2019 Expert, see MOS 2019 Study Guide for Microsoft Excel Expert by Paul McFedries (Microsoft Press, 2020).
Who this book is for
MOS 2019 Study Guide for Microsoft Excel is designed for experienced computer users seeking Microsoft Office Specialist certification in Excel 2019 or the equivalent version of Excel for Office 365.
MOS exams for individual programs are practical rather than theoretical. You must demonstrate that you can complete certain tasks or projects rather than simply answer questions about program features. The successful MOS certification candidate will have at least six months of experience using all aspects of the application on a regular basisfor example, using Excel at work or school to create and manage workbooks and worksheets, modify and format cell content, summarize and organize data, present data in tables and charts, perform data operations by using functions and formulas, and insert and format objects on worksheets.
As a certification candidate, you probably have a lot of experience with the program for which you want to become certified. Many of the procedures described in this book will be familiar to you; others might not be. Read through each study section and ensure that you are familiar with the procedures, concepts, and tools discussed. In some cases, images depict the tools you will use to perform procedures related to the skill set. Study the images and ensure that you are familiar with the options available for each tool.
How this book is organized
The exam coverage is divided into chapters representing broad skill sets that correlate to the functional groups covered by the exam. Each chapter is divided into sections addressing groups of related skills that correlate to the exam objectives. Each section includes review information, generic procedures, and practice tasks you can complete on your own while studying. We provide practice files you can use to work through the practice tasks, and results files you can use to check your work. You can practice the generic procedures in this book by using the practice files supplied or by using your own files.
Throughout this book, you will find Exam Strategy tips that present information about the scope of study that is necessary to ensure that you achieve mastery of a skill set and are successful in your certification effort.
Download the practice files
Before you can complete the practice tasks in this book, you need to copy the books practice files and results files to your computer. Download the compressed (zipped) folder from the following page, and extract the files from it to a folder (such as your Documents folder) on your computer:
MicrosoftPressStore.com/MOSExcel200/downloads
Important
The Excel 2019 program is not available from this website. You should purchase and install that program before using this book.
You will save the completed versions of practice files that you modify while working through the practice tasks in this book. If you later want to repeat the practice tasks, you can download the original practice files again.
The following table lists the practice files provided for this book.
Folder and objective group | Practice files | Result files |
MOSExcel2019\Objective1 Manage worksheets and workbooks | Excel_1-1.xlsx
Excel_1-2.xlsx Excel_1-3.xlsx Excel_1-4.xlsx Excel_1-5.xlsx | Excel_1-1_Results subfolder: Excel_1-1_results.xlsx MyBlank_results.xlsx MyCalc_results.xlsx
Excel_1-2_results.xlsx Excel_1-3_results.xlsx Excel_1-4_results.xlsx Excel_1-5_Results subfolder: |
