Cert Prep: OneNote 2013 Microsoft Office Specialist (77-421)

Study for the OneNote 2013 certification exam to become a Microsoft Office Specialist. Learn about the four exam areas for MOS certification and get a full-length practice test.

Become a Microsoft Office Specialist. Study to pass the Microsoft OneNote 2013 certification exam. This course, created by Microsoft Project MVP Julie Sheets, helps test-takers prepare for exam 77-421, which covers the four main skill areas in OneNote 2013.

The course first explores the MOS certification program and its costs, format, and objectives. Julie then walks through all of the exam objectives in detail. Learn how to create notebooks and add notes, sections, and pages. Find out how to customize and personalize OneNote, including creating templates and configuring OneNote Backstage. Then discover how to organize and find notes, edit text and images, link content between notebooks and from other programs, and share and collaborate with other OneNote users.

There are over a half dozen challenges to test your skills, and a full-length, 50-minute practice test to ensure you're ready for the real exam.

Disclaimer: Microsoft does not produce, provide, or endorse this video training course.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What to know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Overview of Microsoft Office Specialist OneNote 2013 Exam (77-421)

• Compare the different Microsoft Office Specialist certifications
• Exam objectives, format, and registration process

2. Managing the OneNote Environment

• Create a OneNote notebook
• Capture information using Quick Notes
• Add sections, pages, and section groups
• Add notes to a notebook
• Merge content and expand outlines
• Customize fonts, rule lines, and display settings
• Customize proofing, backup, and send OneNote options
• Understand the View Ribbon and Review Ribbon
• Customize the Quick Access Toolbar and a ribbon
• Configure OneNote Backstage
• Challenge: Create a notebook with sections, pages, and notes
• Solution: Create a notebook with sections, pages, and notes

3. Editing and Linking Content in OneNote

• Customize notebook pages
• Use and customize page templates
• Create links within OneNote
• Create links between OneNote and other programs
• Insert files into OneNote
• Edit and format text in OneNote
• Insert and modify visual elements
• Challenge: Create templates with images and files
• Solution: Create templates with images and files

4. Organizing and Finding Notes

• Merge and group sections
• Organize notebooks with subpages
• Search for content in OneNote
• Export OneNote data
• Manage OneNote history and backups
• Quick filing multiple kinds of content to OneNote
• Quick filing from Outlook to OneNote
• Create and manage tags
• Challenge: Organize OneNote notebooks
• Solution: Organize OneNote notebooks

5. Sharing and Collaborating with Others

• Create a notebook directly on OneDrive or Sharepoint
• Move a local notebook to OneDrive or Sharepoint
• Synchronize OneNote notebooks
• Share OneNote content in various ways
• Collaborate with other OneNote users
• Challenge: Share and collaborate with others
• Solution: Share and collaborate with others

6. Final Practice Exam

• Challenge: Sample OneNote 2013 MOS exam
• Solution: Sample OneNote 2013 MOS exam

Conclusion

• Next steps