Windows Live Writer
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Blog Tools, Blogging Software & Website Editor | Windows Live Writer
Windows Live Writes is a full set of blog tools for blogging on Windows Live Spaces and your other favorite blogging sites.
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Screen capture demonstrating 3-click video publishing
3-click video publishing
Upload videos easily from your PC to Soapbox on MSN Video or YouTube. Load them into your blog in just 3 clicks without ever opening a Web browser or exiting Writer.
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Screen capture demonstrating Easy blog publishing
Easy blog publishing
It's easy to publish to most popular blog services, including Windows Live Spaces, SharePoint, Wordpress, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, Moveable Type, Community Server, and more.
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Screen capture demonstrating Familiar look and feel
Familiar look and feel
If you can use Microsoft Word, you’re ready to get started with Writer. The familiar interface lets you format blog entries without wasting time learning how to use new features.
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Screen capture demonstrating Scheduling and composing
Scheduling and composing
Schedule blogs to post on a future date so you can plan for new entries even if you won’t be online. Or compose your blog entries offline, and then publish them when you're back online.
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Screen capture demonstrating Preview
Preview
Writer detects your blog theme and displays it while you compose and edit, so you can see how your blog post will look before you publish it. Inserted photos, video links, maps, tags, and other rich media are automatically published when you post.
Windows Live Writer
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Windows Live Spaces
Use Writer to compose and preview your blog on your computer—online or offline—then post to Windows Live Spaces in a few clicks.
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Fun with Windows Live Writer and Photo Gallery
1/5/2010 8:10:50 PM, Ludwig J.
Windows Live Writer offers some fun options and so does Windows Live Photo Gallery. Here I will start in Photo Gallery and select some photos. Clicking the Make command offers several options. What I want to demonstrate is Make a blog post. Now if you ...
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Embed SkyDrive photos in Spaces HTML modules and other websites
1/3/2010 8:28:50 PM, Ludwig J.
Spaces offers a rich variety of options and when you really need full control you can add HTML modules. Embedding photos in an HTML module from your SkyDrive folders is not at all hard to do. The procedure described here will seem quite familiar to you. ...
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Using fancy fonts in your blog post – Windows Live Writer
1/9/2010 3:39:54 PM, Ludwig J.
Sometimes you would like to make something really stand out by using a fancy font. The Font command in the menu bar allows you to select from a wide range of fonts that are installed on your computer. So click on the “Font” A and select the font you like: ...
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Windows Live Mail Wave4, it’s all looking good!
1/19/2010 2:11:42 AM, Technogran
Thanks again to LiveSino.net we now have a very interesting screen grab of the forthcoming Wave4 version of Windows Live Mail, the desktop email application that is downloadable from HERE and can more or less be considered the default mail program for ...
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How to show a font in your blog posts that others don’t have on their Machines.
1/11/2010 1:27:06 AM, Technogran
I use Writer for all my blog posts as most of my readers are well aware. Writer makes use of all the fonts that a user has installed on their machine. I particularly like ‘script’ type fonts myself especially the ones that look like handwriting. But if I ...
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How to set up Windows Live Writer to work with blogs outside of Windows Live and have the blog’s activity shown on your Windows Live Profile
2/19/2010 8:51:01 AM, X-Evolutionist
Windows Live Writer can work with many blogs in addition to the blogs in Windows Live Spaces. If you do not already have Windows Live Writer, it can be downloaded as part of Windows Live Essentials, or individually. As Writer’s download page says, ...
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Family Safety
Manage and monitor your children’s Web experience so they can surf the Internet more safely.
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Writer
Compose your blog, add your photos and links to your video, then post it on the web.
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Movie Maker
Movie Maker
Create beautiful, memorable movies, then publish to the Web with a few clicks.
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Profile
Profile
Easily share your latest updates and key information to family, friends, or the whole world.
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Photos
Photos
Tag and share photos, make slideshows, and let friends and family comment on their favorites.
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Groups
Groups
Connect and collaborate online with your real-world teams, clubs, family, and other groups.
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