Certiport Announces U.S. Winners to Compete in Championship Round of Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office

SALT LAKE CITY (BusinessWire EON) July 10, 2007 -- More than mere participants in a competition, this year's winners will use their Microsoft Office Specialist certification in 21st Century careers.

"Technology is the door to the world," said Monica Avenado, the pre-college Excel champion who plans to major in international and comparative education. "Being certified is great, no matter what language you speak."

Michael Taylor, the college-level champion for Excel said, "You can do anything with Microsoft Office. With Excel you can create spreadsheets to predict the future, analyze the past, and control what's going on today. Microsoft Office directly helps people in everything they do electronically."

In the upcoming final round of the Worldwide Competition only one Excel winner and one Word winner from each of the two tracks will earn the prestigious distinction of being World Champion. Each Champion will receive a trophy and a grand prize package worth over $4,500 USD. The package includes a Dell(TM) Notebook Computer with Windows Vista(TM) and Microsoft Office 2003, Pocket PC Phone with Microsoft(R) Windows Mobile(TM), Microsoft(R) Zune(TM) MP3 player, Microsoft(R) Xbox 360(TM) Console and Game Bundle, Microsoft(R) Learning Courseware, e-Learning, and Certification Bundle. Other 2007 Country Champions of the Competition include:

         Country Champions - Microsoft Word

         Canada - Elizabeth Reymundo, College

         Costa Rica - Flor Cubillo Zamora, Pre-college

         El Salvador - Luis Rodolfo Hasbun, Pre-college

         France - Odile Boutley, College

         Germany - Michael Werner, College

         Greece - Antonios Vidalis, Pre-college

         Greece - John Lianeris, College

         Ireland - Rachel Gaul, Pre-college

         Italy - Alessio Montrella, College

         Japan - Chiemi Sato, Pre-college

         Jordan - Omar Saeb Khresat, Pre-college

         Lebanon - Ali Ahmad Wazni, College

         Mexico - Diana Elizabeth Perez Marquez, College

         Singapore - Yi Rui Chua, Pre-college

         Singapore - Lup Peng Loke, College

         Taiwan - Rou-Jhen Wei, Pre-college

         Taiwan - Yi Shuang Tong, College

         Thailand - Khunvattanakarn Kasidej, Pre-college

         United Kingdom - Michael Pilkington, Pre-college

         Country Champions - Microsoft Excel

         Canada - Annie Phan, College

         China - Hongyi Hong Qiu, College

         France - Adeline Porcher, College

         Germany - Robin Trager, Pre-college

         Greece - Angeliki Margatini, Pre-college

         Greece - Aikaterini Logotheti, College

         Ireland - Kevin O'Brien, Pre-college

         Italy - Roberto Scarpetta, College

         Japan - Ikumi Nagao, College

         Jordan - Moh'd Salah Z. Al-Shariff, College

         Lebanon - Marwa Baz Rahawi, College

         Mexico - Sandra Guadalupe Zubiria Garces, Pre-college

         Singapore - Li Gang Lincoln Lin, Pre-college

         Singapore - Jonah Victor Dela Cruz, College

         Taiwan - Hsin-Fu Shen, Pre-college

         Taiwan - Zhi-Yang Chen, College

         Thailand - Khamyong Chatchanwan, College

         United Kingdom - Rachael Farrington, Pre-college

         United Kingdom - Angela Sawyer, College

For more information about the 2007 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office presented by Certiport, visit www.certiport.com/competition.

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Certiport prepares individuals and communities with current and relevant digital skills and credentials for the competitive global workforce. These solutions include Certiport Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC(3)(R)) and the Microsoft(R) Office Specialist certification programs delivered by more than 12,000 Certiport Centers worldwide. For more information, visit www.certiport.com.

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