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Using Windows Live Writer to write offline and publish to your blogs
When you use a desktop software, such as Microsoft Word, to write an entry and then paste it to iMechanica, the format often looks bad. Instead, you can use Windows Live Writer to write blog post offline. Installation takes about 5 minutes. The Live Writer has a remarkably clean interface, and is very easy to use.
You can set up a list of weblog sites to contribute to. You can write, edit and store an entry offline. Whenever you feel ready, a click on the button "publish" will post the entry to your chosen weblog. All the format will look right.
You can even insert an image.
To test the Writer further...
- I can also do inline spell check by clicking "abc" in the toolbar.
- I can add a link behind a phrase.
- I can only post blog entries, but not forum topics.
- When I change the title of a post, the Writer treats the post as a new post.
- I cannot upload an attachment within the Writer. Of course, I can always click "edit" of my post, and add attachment.
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Another offline blog writer: Blogger for Word
I once tried a word add-in designed for blogger.com, called Blogger for Word .
With this add-in installed, you can write blog post offline and publish to your blogger.com blog. It offers similar fuctions with Windows Live Writer, but is exclusively for blogger.com users.
Windows Live Writers supports multiple blog systems, e.g., blogger, wordpress, livejournal etc. But it seems not supporting individual blogs in Drupal (?)
The problem of Blogger for Word I've experienced is that the publishing process is often failed by too heavy web traffic of blogger.com. I haven't been using it for a while. I'm wondering if Windows Live Writers suffers the similar problem.
-Teng
On using Windows Live Writer
Dear Teng: Somehow I forgot to respond to your comments. Sorry. Here are a few points in response to your questions.
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