Microsoft® Office Specialist Program

The Microsoft® Office Specialist program is the only comprehensive, performance-based certification program approved by Microsoft® to validate desktop computer skills in Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003 in the following Microsoft® Office programs:

• Microsoft® Word
• Microsoft® Excel
• Microsoft® Outlook
• Microsoft® PowerPoint
• Microsoft® Access
• Microsoft® Project

Empower your employees with Microsoft Office Specialist certification. It's proof that they really know their way around business programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint®, Outlook®, Access and Project. They are a valuable contribution to your employees' continual professional vocational development. Plus, it means you can identify Super Users and your Help Desk staff will have time to spend on more important issues.

By encouraging individuals to develop advanced skills with Microsoft® business desktop software, the Microsoft® Office Specialist program is helping to fill the demand for qualified, knowledgeable people in the workplace. Microsoft® Office Specialist also helps satisfy your organisation's need for a qualitative assessment of your employee skills.

The Microsoft® Office Specialist program offers four levels of certification: Specialist, Expert, Master, and Master Instructor.

Employers who encourage Microsoft® Office Specialist certification report increased employee competence and productivity with Microsoft® Office programs. Microsoft® Office Specialist certification also simplifies the employee selection and hiring process by easily identifying individuals with the skills to be productive from day one. Employers who invest in Microsoft® Office Specialist certification experience a quick return on their training and certification investment. Investing in their skills brings improved employee morale, confidence, and productivity, while increasing your bottom line.

The results of an independent research study of participants in the Microsoft® Office Specialist program indicate Office Specialist certification improves employee competence, productivity, and credibility, including the following:

• Up to 87% of employers observe increased competency in their Microsoft® Office Specialist-certified employees.
• Up to 83% of employers feel their Microsoft® Office Specialist-certified employees are more productive.
• Up to 77% of employers feel Microsoft® Office Specialist certification has a positive effect on employee credibility among co-workers.
• Up to 74% of employers feel Microsoft® Office Specialist certification has a positive effect on employee credibility with customers and clients.
• Up to 82% of employers believe Microsoft® Office Specialist certification directly benefits an organization.
• Up to 67% of employers feel Microsoft® Office Specialist simplifies hiring and advancement decisions.

Enlightened Training are proud to be an authorised testing centre, working in partnership with Microsoft® and Certiport to promote and facilitate this programme in the United Kingdom. We can provide you with testing at our centre in Basingstoke, or at your training locations. All of our courses are designed to cover the syllabus of the Microsoft® Office Specialist programme and exam pricing starts at just £95.00 (VAT exempt). Call us for more details!

Microsoft Business Certification

Turn ordinary workers into unstoppable teams

Validate skills with the 2007 Microsoft® Office system.

The launch of the 2007 Microsoft Office system is an exciting opportunity for businesses worldwide to become more efficient and innovative by utilizing the powerful capabilities of the new release. With this new software comes Microsoft Business Certification, a valuable credential that recognizes the skills needed to use the full features and functionality of the 2007 Microsoft Office system. As an upgrade to the Microsoft Office Specialist Certification, the new Microsoft Business Certification will meet information worker needs and the performance requirements that businesses depend on.

Why get certified?

The new Microsoft Business Certification program specifically targets workplace demand for 2007 Office system skills. Companies can validate and maximize the value of their 2007 Microsoft Office upgrade by hiring certified individuals and getting their existing workforce certified.

Certified employees will be qualified to use the full features of the 2007 Office system, and the company will reinforce its technology investment with accelerated productivity and improved organizational performance.

Certified individuals have proven expertise utilizing the new 2007 Office user interface to complete tasks more easily and deliver results faster.

Discover the benefits of Microsoft Business Certification.

Microsoft Business Certification benefits everyone. It helps individuals differentiate themselves in a competitive job market, and enables hiring managers to simplify and shorten the hiring process. It allows teachers to prepare their students with desktop computing skills and expertise.

Corporations get the most out of their technology investment by ensuring their staff has the desktop computing skills to tackle the toughest tasks and projects. Most importantly— people who are certified are able to do their jobs better and faster than ever before.

Microsoft Business Certification also gives users the ability to show off their accomplishment. By successfully completing and passing an exam, an individual becomes a member of the Microsoft Certification program and receives an access code to a private Web site, where they can access a certification logo for use in business communications and on a resume. Users also receive a transcript to demonstrate proof of certification and a certificate suitable for display denoting the successful completion of the exam. These valuable benefits provide the individual with evidence of successfully passing a 2007 Microsoft Office system exam and of achieving the skill level associated with a Microsoft Business Certification.

Validate skills on the most popular Microsoft Office programs and the Windows Vista™ operating system.

Word 2007

• Spend more time writing, less time formatting, with the new Ribbon in Office Word 2007.
• Reduce fi le sizes and improve document retention.
• Connect documents to business information.

• Explore large amounts of data with more rows, columns, and other new features.
• Create, format, and expand tables with new Excel table enhancements.
• Use shared charting in the 2007 versions of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

• Add designer-quality SmartArt™ graphics.
• Use new themes, layouts, Quick Styles, tables, and charts.
• Share information and collaborate with users of different operating systems.

• Get started quickly using pre-built tracking applications.
• Complete tasks faster with the new user interface.
• Effectively share tracked information with others.

• Instantly search all information.
• Easily manage daily priorities and information.
• Connect with people easily and effectively.

• Improve security and compliance.
• Optimize your desktop infrastructure.
• Find and use information more easily.
• Better enable your mobile workforce.

New enhancements to the Microsoft Certification family.

The new Microsoft Business Certification features a series of verifications that provide a simple framework for skills qualification and validation. They include an entry level Pre-Test to identify baseline skills, an Application Specialist credential that validates product-specific skills, and an Application Professional credential that validates expertise to deliver on a specific project or task.  

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Microsoft Business Certification is poised to make a tremendous impact on global business performance. Find out today how certification can work for you. Get the latest information on Microsoft Business Certification and the 2007 Microsoft Office system.