MO-300 study guide
MO-300 · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
MO-300: Microsoft PowerPoint (Office 2019) is the Microsoft exam that satisfies the exam requirement for the Microsoft Office Specialist: PowerPoint Associate (Office 2019) certification. Microsoft positions it around the practical ability to create and manage presentations, insert and format shapes and slides, create slide content, apply transitions and animations, and manage multiple presentations. The MO-300 study guide has 5 sections and about 1,831 words.
01Manage presentations
Manage presentations is the deck-level domain: it tests whether you can create a file, set it up for the audience and printer, and deliver it reliably. Expect tasks on slide size and orientation, themes and variants, headers and footers, presentation properties, save and export formats, print layouts, slide show setup, custom shows, and presenter view.
395 words, about 2 min02Manage slides
Manage slides tests slide-level structure: adding, reusing, rearranging, grouping, hiding, and presenting subsets of slides. You need to know how layouts and placeholders interact, how Reset differs from manual formatting, and how sections and custom shows support navigation in long decks.
369 words, about 2 min03Insert and format text, shapes, and images
Insert and format text, shapes, and images tests object-level editing: text boxes and placeholders, lists, WordArt, shape formatting and merging, alignment and ordering, picture cropping, background removal, compression, and accessibility text. The exam rewards precision about what each command changes and what it leaves intact.
345 words, about 2 min04Insert tables, charts, SmartArt, 3D models, and media
Insert tables, charts, SmartArt, 3D models, and media tests rich-content objects that carry their own editing surfaces. You must know where data lives, how object-specific commands differ from ordinary shape formatting, and how media playback is controlled during a show.
366 words, about 2 min05Apply transitions and animations
Apply transitions and animations tests movement and timing: slide-to-slide transitions, object-level entrance, emphasis, exit, and motion-path effects, and the timing controls that make a sequence predictable. You need to distinguish transition settings from animation settings and use the Animation Pane to verify order.
356 words, about 2 min