All these days I used to use Microsoft Word 2007 as my blog publishing application. I noticed that my articles used to lose all its formatting once published from Word (P.S. If you will see my earlier post you will know what I am talking about). So after every post I used logon to Wordpress and re-format the article. In the bargain I used to waste a lot of time and patience.
After all these hassles I decided to find a blog publishing software which is especially designed for bloggers so that they can write their post and directly post it to their blog. I researched a bit and found out that Windows Live Writer is recommended and used by many bloggers.
Windows Live Writer (referred as WLW) is a free application developed by Microsoft, that is part of the Windows Live range of products. It features WYSIWYG authoring. WLW is currently compatible with most popular blogs like Windows Live Spaces, SharePoint blogs, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, Wordpress etc.
Windows Live Writer is very easy to use. Though it looks simple, it is packed with all powerful features and not to forget the vast plug-ins it supports. WLW allows you to manage more than one blog. It allows you to insert photos, videos and maps in your post and it also uploads them to the location you specify. It also has a preview pane so that you can view how your post will look once it is published. And it also has a HTML editing pane for advanced users.
WLW also allows you add tags, categories and excerpts to your post. It also allows you to save your post to your local drive. A very popular feature of WLW is the Set publish date. This feature allows you to set a date to publish the article.
These are just a few features of Windows Live Writer. According to me Windows Live Writer is best blog publishing software. If you use Windows Live Writer and would like to share some tips or features that I have missed out then please leave your comments.
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