Should You Become a Microsoft Office Specialist?

A Microsoft Office Specialist is a person who has passed an exam administered through a Microsoft Authorized Testing Center on one of the Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office XP, or Microsoft Office XP products. Introduced in 1997 as the Microsoft Certified Office User Program, users today can receive designation as Microsoft Office Specialists in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and Project. For those who really want to demonstrate their skills, exams are available at expert levels for Word and Excel.