Microsoft Office 2010 has already available in retail store. This is the latest Office application program from Microsoft which offers flexible and powerful new ways to deliver the best work at home and at school and of course at the office as well.

As according to Microsoft website, below are the Top 10 reasons why you should try Office 2010.

1. Use Office 2010 to express your ideas more visually.

Office 2010 opens up to a world of design options that can help you to express your ideas with more impact. There are new and improved picture formatting tools such as color saturation and artistic effects that allow you to transform your visuals into works of art. It includes a wide range of new customizable themes and graphic layouts that offer more ways for you to make your ideas stick.

2. Use Office 2010 to accomplish more when working together.

When you are working in groups, it gives brainstorm ideas, keep versions in sync and able to meet deadlines faster. Feature of Co-authoring in Word 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Excel Web App and OneNote 2010 shared notebooks allow you edit the same file at the same time with other people even when there are all located in different locations (required SharePoint Foundation 2010 or a free Windows Live ID).

3. Use Office 2010 to enjoy the familiar Office experience from more locations and devices.

With Office 2010, things can be done as on your schedule. You can extend the Office 2010 experience to the Web and store your Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote files online and then access, view, edit and share contents from virtually anywhere (required SharePoint Foundation 2010 or a free Windows Live ID).

You can also stay current and respond quickly using new mobile versions of Office 2010 application designed specifically for your Windows phone (using Mobile Office).

You can synchronize SharePoint 2010 lists and libraries with SharePoint Workspace (previously Microsoft Office Groove), so that you can access, view and edit files anytime and anywhere from your computer. Everything will synchronize automatically to the SharePoint server when you are back online.

4. Use Office 2010 to stay connected to your business and social networks.

With Outlook 2010, it is your hub for colleagues, customers and friends to be connected together using Outlook Social Connector to quickly view history of e-mails, meetings or attachments that you have received from individuals. You can also get additional information about people to stay on top of your business and social circles through SharePoint My Site, Windows Live or other popular 3^rd party sites.

5. Use Office 2010 to get your message out instantly.

You can broadcast your PowerPoint presentation to a remote audience regardless of they have PowerPoint installed or not. The new PowerPoint Broadcast Slide Show features allows you to make presentation right from your desk while your audience views the presentation live in their Web browser.

6. Use Office 2010 to create powerful data insights.

With Excel 2010, you can use the features of tracking and highlighting important trends with new data analysis and visualization. The new Sparklines feature delivers a clear and compact visual representation of your data through small charts within worksheet cells. There also a Slicers to let you filter and segment your PivotTable data in multiple layers so that you can spend more time on analyzing and less times on formatting.

7. Use Office 2010 to manage large volumes of e-mail with ease.

You can save some valuable time by streamlining your inbox. Outlook 2010 allows you to compress long e-mail threads into a few conversations that can be categorized, prioritized and conveniently filed. The new Quick Steps feature enables you to perform multi-command tasks such as reply and delete with a single click.

8. Use Office 2010 to deliver compelling presentations.

You can captivate your audience with personalized videos in your presentations. In PowerPoint 2010, you can embed and edit videos directly as well as trim, add fades and effects or bookmark any key scenes. Videos inserted from your files are now embedded by default so that you can share your dynamic presentations without having to manage separate media files.

9. Use Office 2010 to store and track all of your ideas in one place.

With OneNote 2010, you get ultimate digital notebook for tracking, organizing, sharing text, pictures and audio and videos files. New features such as page version tracking, automatic highlighting and Linked Notes give you more control over your information, so that you are always on top of your content and changes made by others.

10. Use Office 2010 to work your way, faster and more easily.

Microsoft Office Backstage view replaces the traditional File menu to give you a centralized space for all of your file management tasks including save, share, print and publish. The enhanced Ribbon, which is now common across Office 2010 applications, lets you access commands quickly and create or customize tabs to fit your work style.

If you need to have the Microsoft Office 2010 now, click below banner and follow the instructions.

Microsoft Office 2010 is best used with Windows 7 Operating System. If you still have not yet using Windows 7 but you have planned to use Office 2010, why not upgrade your Windows to Windows 7 edition first. To get your Windows 7 now, you can click below the version that you want and select upgrade or full version and in boxes or directly download from Microsoft Store (recommended with high speed connections).

Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 7 Professional

Windows 7 Ultimate

Thanks.

Victor Wan
www.VictorWan.com

After a few weeks busy staring at my 42” High Definition Television for the World Cup 2010 football matches in HD format, it is getting more interesting now on the quarterfinal matches. But one missing team that was supposed to be the winner of the World Cup 2010 as what everyone expecting is ENGLAND !!!

In my opinion, I thought that the current England team really does not deserve to win the World Cup. It seems like they were not a great team with strategy and tactics playing that can go all the way to the final match. First, they lacked a good potential experience goalkeeper that can help block every shoots from everyone shooting at their goal. I agreed with Oliver Kahn of Germany that he said England does not have an experience goalkeeper to choose from especially from the English Premier League because most of the best goalkeepers playing in the English Premier League are all from other countries such as Van der Sar of Manchester United, Petr Cech of Chelsea, Almunia of Arsenal etc. What they have are like David James of Portsmouth, Robert Green of West Ham which their clubs are always at the bottom of the league table. So, where can they get an experience goalkeeper for the country?

Secondly, from the match that I saw when England was playing Germany, it seemed that England’s defenders were not defending enough on their area. From the way the goals scored by Germany, most of their scorers were not marked at all by any of the England defenders or whoever that supposed to mark them. The Germany scorers were freely to receive the balls and just shot in as they wished. Was it because Rio Ferdinand was not playing and that’s was the reason they lacked on defending? I doubt it.

Thirdly, on the striker front, I still do not understand why Capello chose to play Heskey most of the time. If Heskey was not functioning well, he should have change to Defoe and what he did later or give to other such as Crouch to play. Well, that was his strategy. I am not a football coach, I might be wrong but at least everyone has a chance to voice out what they think about the current England World Cup 2010 team.

Lastly, if Lampard’s disallowed goal against Germany was allowed, will they make any difference if the score was in 2-2 draw again? Will England able to come back when they tied the score during the second half? What I can say is that it was really a fantastic goal that was not allowed to stand. It was clearly a goal from all the angles of the camera when we saw it on television, but alas, the decision was still in the referees’ hands. As according to the FIFA rules if there is, the referees will have the final decision on the matches and no appeal will be entertained at all. But what if it is really a bad decision call by the referees and they have robbed the chances to the team that still have a chance to win, can they go on to apply for a court decision to reverse the referees’ decision with all the enough proofs taken? Let’s hope that FIFA will make a change quickly to put in additional linesmen on the goal lines or other methods for a fair decision making for the outcome of a “FAIR PLAY” match as what FIFA always wanted. You want to have a “FAIR PLAY”, you also need to be FAIR from their referees’ decisions.

Anyone has any other comment or suggestion, please post it here. Let’s have an exciting final match of the World Cup 2010 and may the best team wins.

Thanks.

Victor Wan
www.VictorWan.com

The World Cup 2010 football competition in South Africa is almost here. I have created a subleague competition for all of us to play to predict all the matches of the World Cup 2010 from group matches up to the FINAL match. The one with the highest points from all the predictions will win the World Cup league.

The subleage is known as “Victor World Cup 2010″ and it is free to enter. All you need to do is to submit your name and your email address below and after that you will receive an email for you to confirm your participation. Please make sure you found that email because that email MAY be in your spam mailbox or junk mailbox as according to the setup of your inbox mailbox.

After you confirm your participation, it will lead you to register first and then you select to join the the subleague called “Victor World Cup 2010″ and again, all is free to register and take part.

So, let’s have fun and may the best predictor wins.

Thank you and enjoy the World Cup 2010.

Victor Wan
www.VictorWan.com

After all the hardworks done by the newsletter’s committee, Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters Club has finally published their second club’s newsletter. This issue includes an Interview Session with the club advisor, Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) Francis Ng as well as an article from the club’s chartered president, Haji Naburi Idin on how the club was started way back in the year 2002.

The newsletter can be downloaded for your reading pleasure. Just click on the below box of PDF file link and you will be directed to open the newsletter PDF file automatically.  The file size of this newsletter PDF file is about 1MB. If you have a slow Internet connection, please wait until it is fully downloaded then only you can view it. You can also save the file in PDF format in your local computer or print it out to your printer. Please feel free to share this newsletter to your friends.

If you have any suggestion, comments or improvement to be made on the newsletter, please feel free to let us know. You can email your recommendations to any one of the newsletter committee with the contact details available at the last page of the newsletter or you can email to me at victor@victorwan.com. You can also give comments at this post here below.

The next issue of the newsletter will be available in July 2010. If you have not done so yet, you can sign up here below so that you can be informed when the next issue published and we will send you the details of the next newsletters’ availability immediately.

NOW, please click on the link below to open the newsletter. If you have any problem and difficulty when opening the PDF file, please email to me immediately at victor@victorwan.com.

If you want to get the previous newsletter, please click here Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters Club’s Newsletter Issue no. 1.

Have a great reading pleasure.

Thank you.

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com

Mother’s Day is one of the days that we pay tribute to our mother. This year (2010), Mother’s Day will be celebrated on 9th May. I wish everyone will take this day to get together with their mothers and spend more time with them.

Some mothers like to smoke. The reason that their mothers like to smoke may due to the environment, the enjoyment they are getting from smoking, the pressure they are having that lead to them to smoke, the addiction or whatever reasons they have.

However, smoking may not be good to them. Personally, I do not like mother to smoke. In long term, smoking may jeopardize their health and may lead to lung cancer or any other sickness. That’s why, I recommend that smokers, whether is a mother or anyone, should reduce smoking or quit smoking at all. However, if you cannot quit, maybe try to smoke in a different way. A different way to smoke which will lead to healthy lifestyles and healthy environment is to take Green Smoke.

Green Smoke offers a different type of quality cigarette which is the Electronic cigarette with disposable cartridges. It comes with variety of flavors and nicotine levels and has been independently tested for safety. It tastes and feels just like tobacco cigarettes but is completely smoke free and tar free. It is good for smokers to change from an unhealthy style of smoking to a more healthy style of smoking and is the best alternative to tobacco. It is just like a real cigarette but without all the adverse side effects for smokers as well as creating a better environment for the people around the smokers.

If your mother smokes, why not ask her to smoke differently which will be better for her health and also other people’s health. For this Mother’s Day, why not get her a better gift for her. Get her a “Green Smoke” Mother’s Day Kit.

Please click on the link of the picture below for the promotion of “Green Smoke” Mother’s Day Kit. She will experience a difference of smoking lifestyle with a happy feeling that creates a better bonding to the family.

Happy Mother’s Day.

Thanks.

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com

Microsoft Windows 7 has been available since October 2009 and I have found that it is getting stable and better compare with the previous version which is the Windows Vista.
If you have already using Windows 7, please response to the survey below. I want to know which Windows 7 Edition are mostly used? Is it Home Premium Edition, Professional Edition, Ultimate Edition or Enterprise Edition? Are you using 32-bit version or 64-bit version?

Here are the survey questions.

In case that you want to purchase a Windows 7 software now, you can click below the version that you want and select upgrade or full version and in boxes or directly download from Microsoft Store (recommended with high speed connections).

Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 7 Professional

Windows 7 Ultimate

However, Windows 7 Enterprise Edition is not available to purchase for individual use. It is mainly for organization or enterprise users. If you really need a Windows 7 Enterprise Edition, please contact your local Microsoft reseller.

Thank you for your survey.

Victor Wan
www.VictorWan.com

This article was written by myself and was published in the newsletter of Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters Club issue number 1. I republished this article here and welcome your feedback. I appreciate if you could give some valueable feedback or comments or any suggestions that related to this article so that everyone will have benefit of getting more ideas on public speaking. Thank you.

Public speaking has always been a challenge for me. I still remember… at the tender age of 10, I took part in my primary school’s speech contest. As I stood in front of my teachers and fellow students in the school hall, I experienced my first stage fright… I felt extremely nervous, my palms were sweaty and my hands shook like in an earthquake. I wish the stage would swallow me up.

Ironically, despite my fearful childhood experience, I became a trainer. I am also sometimes engaged to be master of ceremony, speaker introducer and facilitator. I have to confess… in spite of my profession and the advantage of speaking in front of people, whenever I am in front of an audience, I still shake, get butterflies in my stomach, heart pumps faster and sometimes my mind goes blank.

Luckily, over the years, with practice, I look confident and comfortable enough training in front of any new audience. I count my lucky stars when I joined Toastmasters because I finally learned proven methods to conquer my fears. I started my Toastmasters journey with the first project speech, “The Ice Breaker”. Then, during evaluation, my speech evaluator gave me valuable feedback and ideas on how to improve and that is when I knew, my Toastmasters training would help me become an even better trainer. We can overcome our fears with action.

Life is an adventure… every one of us will definitely have moments where we need to speak in public. When you want to do something, there will always have a risk. After all, if you never take risks, you will never experience change and growth. In fact, everything in life involves some form of risk. When you learn to ride a bicycle, drive a car or swim, you could fall, crash or drown. Though you should not take every risk, you should take the risk that will reward you in some way.

Carolyn Kerner Stein, author of the book “Delivering Powerful Speeches”, recommends the following 3 questions to help you check if the risk you wish to take is worth taking:

1. Will I regret not trying?
2. Win or lose, succeed or fail, will I be proud of myself for trying?
3. What is the worst thing that can happen if I try?

For example, for me to take the risk to take part in our club’s International Speech contest, I did check:
Q: Will I regret not trying?
A: Yes, I will regret if I did not take part in the speech contest. I will miss the chance to perform and better my speaking skills. This way, I get a chance to compete with other talented members to improve further.

Q: Win or lose, succeed or fail, will I be proud of myself for trying?
A: Yes, I am proud of myself to take part in the contest. Win or lose, at least I tried my best to get rid of the fear to do it.

Q: What is the worst thing that can happen if I try?
A: I may still get nervous, hands will shake and make a fool of myself in front of the audience but at least I try and even if I did not win the contest, I will never give up. I will keep on contesting because one day, I will win.

Another confession… I do not enjoy taking risks, but I learned that things will happen and when we take action to deal with them, we still come out standing tall.

So, remember to ask yourself these 3 questions whenever you endeavor to take risks. You will never know, once you practice answering these 3 questions every time, you will have no fear to do the things that you have never done before. So, take the risk, break the ice and break the barriers. Instead of letting fear conquer you, conquer your fears.

As Roscoe Drummond says, “The mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the minute you are born, and never stops until you stand up to speak in public”.

Thank you for reading. If you want to get a copy of Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters Club’s newsletter, click the link here: http://www.victorwan.com/248/money-mastery-kl-toastmasters-clubs-newsletter-issue-no-1/.

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com

ATTENTION !!! Please TAKE NOTE this:

World Cup 2010 in South Africa has already started.

The World Cup 2010 Wall Chart Posters are already OUT OF STOCKS!!! I will not accepting anymore request for this World Cup 2010 Wall Chart Posters.

THANK YOU for those who submitted their names and make the payment for getting this World Cup 2010 Wall Chart Posters.

I hope you enjoy this World Cup 2010 and may your favourite country WINS the World Cup 2010.

Thank you for your attention!!!

FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa IS HERE and RUNNING NOW.

To celebrate this great world event, I am giving out more than 100 copies of the World Cup 2010 wall chart poster with match schedules for your references.

This World Cup 2010 wall chart poster measures at 39” x 27” (100cm x 70cm). See below pictures.

World Cup 2010 wall chart poster

World Cup 2010 wall chart poster up to the FINAL match

The wall chart also comes together with stickers for you to stick into the wall chart. There are two types of stickers available. The stickers with COUNTRY NAMES are used to stick on the area of Group Winners & Runners-up and also in the area of the play-off matches from Second Round onwards up to the FINAL match. The stickers with NUMBERS are used to stick on the score boxes to indicate the scores of all the matches played. See below picture.

World Cup 2010 wall chart poster with Stickers

Here are the terms and conditions to get this World Cup 2010 wall chart poster.

1. Only 1 person is allowed to receive 1 World Cup 2010 wall chart poster. The tracking is based on email address that you entered to get the World Cup 2010 wall chart poster.
2. You will need to pay a small sum of US$10 only for processing fees which include “Postage & Package” for the World Cup 2010 wall chart poster to send to your mailing address through air-mail.
3. This World Cup 2010 wall chart poster is giving out based on first come first serve of who have made the US$10 payment for the processing fees.
4. Please state clearly your NAME and your MAILING ADDRESS so that the postmen will be able to see clearly to deliver the World Cup 2010 wall chart poster to you. I will not be responsible for any undelivered due to unclear MAILING ADDRESS.
5. This World Cup 2010 wall chart poster will only giving out while stock last and will be stop giving out when the World Cup 2010 started unless as requested.

To get this World Cup 2010 wall chart poster, all you need to do is to key in your NAME and your EMAIL address in the boxes below and click the button “Let me Have it”.

After that, you will receive an email to seek your response of confirmation for this request. Read that email and click on the link inside the email to confirm your request before we send you another email on how to get the World Cup 2010 wall chart poster.

After your confirmation, you will receive another email which tells you how to make the payment of US$10 for the processing fees. After payment confirmed, the World Cup 2010 wall chart poster will be send to you immediately. Again, please state your NAME and MAILING ADDRESS clearly.

That’s it……..easy as 1, 2, and 3.

ATTENTION !!! Please TAKE NOTE this:

World Cup 2010 in South Africa has already started.

The World Cup 2010 Wall Chart Posters are already OUT OF STOCKS!!! I will not accepting anymore request for this World Cup 2010 Wall Chart Posters.

THANK YOU for those who submitted their names and make the payment for getting this World Cup 2010 Wall Chart Posters.

I hope you enjoy this World Cup 2010 and may your favourite country WINS the World Cup 2010.

Thank you for your attention!!!

So, to get this World Cup 2010 wall chart poster, type your NAME and your EMAIL address below and wait for email to send to you.

If you have any problem getting this World Cup 2010 wall chart poster, please write to me to victor@victorwan.com.

Thanks and enjoy your World Cup 2010 and wish your best team wins.

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com

As a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), I have always needed to upgrade my IT knowledge to follow the IT trend. I have already trained Windows XP and Windows Vista courses and now it is time to move forward to the latest Microsoft Windows products, Windows 7.

1. I have already been a Windows Vista user for more than 2 years and now I have upgraded to use Windows 7. Even though there are a lot of similarities between Windows Vista and Windows 7, but there are new features available and enhancement that makes it better to use Windows 7.

2. To start exploring into Windows 7, the first thing we need to look at, are our machines able to install and run Windows 7? Basically, for those machines already running Windows Vista, it should have no issue to run on Windows 7. However, to those older machines that are running on Windows XP and earlier version of Windows Operating Systems, it is recommended to run some testing to check if the machines can be installing and run on Windows 7. One important aspect that you need to look at is the peripherals’ drivers. Are the drivers Windows 7’s compatible? If your computer is still attached to old outdated printer, scanner or fax, those existing drivers might work fine in XP, but will it able to operate with Windows 7?

3. There is no need to waste time referring to system requirement on those peripheral manufacturers’ websites. The easiest solution is to run a simple software tool that can be download from Microsoft’s website since Windows 7 is a Microsoft product. This software tool is known as Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and it is designed to analyze the system and scans to look for weaknesses and problems with incompatibility with your hardware, devices and installed programs as well as give warning about any potential issues and recommend what to do before you decide to purchase Windows 7.

4. Therefore, before you start thinking about buying a Windows 7 license package, I advise you to run this Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor first to ensure your machine can run and compatible to Windows 7. You can get this free Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor at this link here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15&displaylang=en

5. After you have downloaded this small software, follow the instructions to install it into your computer. After installation, it should be available inside the Windows Menu when you click on the Start button in Windows Vista, or in Start->Program Files if you are using Windows XP or earlier Windows version.

6. One recommendation is that before you start to run Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, it is advisable to plug in all of the peripherals that you use on a regular basis in the computer that you are assessing. This is to allow the software tool to look at and assess all of the accessories that you have in that computer besides assessing the computer’s internal components so as to check whether they will work or not. The peripherals that I am referring here are printers, scanners, external hard disks, digital cameras, mobile phones, MP3 players and so on.

7. Once you hooked up everything, run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor software and then click on the “Start Check” button. It may takes a few minutes depending on how old your computer is and how many accessories you have attached to it. Just let it run until it finish.

8. After the analysis completed, it will show you the screen that tell you all about your PC’s ability to run Windows 7. It will tell you if you can upgrade directly or not from your current Windows operating system installation. Else, it may tell you with an alert advising that you must backup all your programs, data and documents and perform a custom installation or a clean installation to install Windows 7 from scratch.

9. Apart from telling you whether you can upgrade or perform a clean installation, Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor will also warn you that some of the features that you are currently running may not be available once you have installed or upgraded to Windows 7. One of them is the Windows Mail email application in Windows Vista or the Outlook Express in Windows XP. These applications are no longer included in this new operating system. However, if you still need to use email application and of course most of us need to use it, you can download the new “Windows Live Mail” from Microsoft website. This Windows Live Mail is a new powerful offline mail application with the Calendar feature and built-in Anti-Phishing tools. I will write more about this Windows Live Mail in the future post.

10. Lastly, at the bottom of the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor evaluations, there will be a summary of technical requirements to tell you if you have enough hard disk space, memory RAM, appropriate processor that can run Windows 7 and also let you know if your computer can run Aero effects such as the transparent windows. If also advise you on what software for your hardware may need updating and what application programs are not fully compatible to run in Windows 7.

There you go. Don’t just simply buy a Windows 7 and install into your computer. Check it out first if your computer can really upgrade or run Windows 7. Use this Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.

I will write more about Windows 7 in my blog here for your learning knowledge. Please feel free to give any comment here or email me at victor@victorwan.com

Thank you for reading.

In case that you want to purchase a Windows 7 software now, you can click below the version that you want and select upgrade or full version and in boxes or directly download from Microsoft Store (recommended with high speed connections).

Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 7 Professional

Windows 7 Ultimate

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com

Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters Club has published it first club’s newsletter. The newsletters will be quarterly published starting January 2010. It contains great information about Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters Club, the club’s meeting time and venue, members’ achievements, club’s achievements, great articles about public speaking skills, members’ magical transformation, jokes, club’s events and lots of photos.

The newsletter can be downloaded for your reading pleasure. Just click on the below box of PDF file link and you will be directed to open the newsletter PDF file automatically.  The file size of this newsletter PDF file is about 2MB. If you have a slow Internet connection, please wait until it is fully downloaded then only you can view it. You can save the file in PDF format in your local computer or print it out to your printer. Please feel free to share this newsletter to your friends.

If you have any suggestion, comments or improvement to be made on the newsletter, please feel free to let us know. You can email your recommendations to any one of the newsletter committee with the contact details available at the last page of the newsletter or you can email to me at victor@victorwan.com. You can also give comments at this post here below.

The next issue of the newsletter will be available on April 2010. If you want to be informed when the next issue published, you can sign up here in below and we will send you the details of the newsletters’ availability immediately.

Please fill up your details below to sign up for the next newsletter alert to send to you.

Please click on the link below to open the newsletter. If you have any problem and difficulty when opening the PDF file, please email to me immediately at victor@victorwan.com.

Have a great reading pleasure.

Thank you.

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com