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Windows Live Writer, A Quick And Easy Tutorial

Windows Live Writer!I definitely believe that using a desktop blog editor makes life much easier, especially for those who don’t want the hassle of going into their WordPress admin area each time they want to post. For me, using a desktop blog editor has been great. You can create a post whilst you are offline. This definitely facilitates things, because when you are online again, all you need to click is one button - Publish.

Windows Live Writer: This is my desktop blog editor of preference. I use it because it was recommended by several other bloggers and I believe it is one of the best of its kind. Windows Live Writer has great functionality. You can download plugins for Live Writer which enable you to easily find images from Flickr. Here is a bit of a tutorial…

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The above menu shows you the navigation menu for Windows Live Writer. As you can see, some of the commands are pretty intuitive. Publish allows you to publish your post to your blog. Save Draft allows you to keep it as a draft for the future. Features like the View drop-down menu allow you to look at your blog post as it would look on your blog, as HTML code etc…The tools menu allows you to check spelling and manage your blog account from the Live Writer console.

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The second tier of the menu bar has some very Microsoft Word style buttons, you can format your text accordingly. You can make the text bold, italics, underlined or have strike-through text. You can also insert block-quotes (represented via the two speech marks). There is also a function to indicate “More…” for those blogs that enjoy baiting the readers to read more. Then there are the other buttons such as “Insert Picture” and “Easy Table Formatting“. At the beginning there is a drop-down box where it says ‘paragraph’ you can also choose between the 6 different stock standard HTML header styles.

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The image on the left is another shortcut style menu found in Windows Live Writer, it is very helpful and it adds to the ease of use of Live Writer. It allows you to do things that you can’t do with great ease in WordPress. These include inserting tags easily, inserting a map, inserting a Flickr image (plugin) or inserting a Polaroid look image (plugin). This really makes life easier for bloggers who don’t have ample amounts of time and need to get things done quickly and efficiently. The ability to add plugins to optimize the functionality of Windows Live Writer is fantastic. I highly recommend downloading it: Download Windows Live Writer Now!

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Posted on March 19, 2008
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8 Responses to “Windows Live Writer, A Quick And Easy Tutorial”

  1. no imageMel Avila Alarilla (Check me out!) on March 20th, 2008 12:16 am

    Thank you very much for this valuable post. It is very informative and practical. I did not know that we can use so many tools in making a post. Thanks again for this post. God bless you and your loved ones always.

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  2. no imageReena (Check me out!) on March 20th, 2008 12:06 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial..

    Reena’s last blog post..Building One Way Link Network

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  3. no imageJojo (Check me out!) on March 20th, 2008 12:07 pm

    Interesting tutorial. Easy to understand. Thanks you

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  4. no imageFabien (Check me out!) on March 20th, 2008 12:17 pm

    No problem, I try and make my tutorials as helpful as possible. Glad you liked it. I write articles every couple of days, so be sure to come back and check for new content!

    Kind Regards,
    Fabien

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  5. no imagetiara (Check me out!) on March 22nd, 2008 4:36 pm

    hi! i use windows live writer too and it’s great, especially for bloggers like me can’t be connected to the internet all the time. :)
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  6. no imageFabien (Check me out!) on March 22nd, 2008 11:55 pm

    Hey Tiara, Yes - Live Writer is really great and I have been extremely please with its ease of use and general functionality overall. It facilitates my blogging life! :-)

    Thanks for your comment!
    Fabien

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  7. no imageVictoria's Secret Models (Check me out!) on March 28th, 2008 10:25 pm

    Personally I don’t like to use a beta software. Why don’t they just release a 1.0 Final? I’m sure a lot more users will appreciate the final version.

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  8. no imagesiput (Check me out!) on July 29th, 2008 8:14 am

    i’m trying to install this software many time. But failed. Don’t know what to do…

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