The Microsoft Office Specialist: Word Associate (Microsoft 365 Apps) exam, MO-110, validates the core skills needed to create and maintain professional documents in Microsoft Word. Passing it shows employers that you can produce polished reports, multicolumn newsletters, resumes, and business correspondence. It suits administrative professionals, students, and business users who want a recognized credential for everyday Word work.
The exam covers six areas: managing documents; inserting and formatting text, paragraphs, and sections; managing tables and lists; creating and managing references; inserting and formatting graphic elements; and managing document collaboration. You complete performance-based tasks inside Word, so the exam measures what you can actually do, not what you can memorize.
To prepare, build a solid foundation in Word's core tools and practice real document tasks, such as applying styles, building tables, adding footnotes and a table of contents, placing images, and tracking changes. Review the full MO-110 exam objectives on Microsoft Learn.