(6 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)If you are new to blogging or if you are an avid blogger, a good blog editor will always come handy.
I have been blogging for a while now and have used variety of tools to blog. While the editors provided by most of the blog portals like Blogspot, Wordpress are
adequate, they sometimes fall short or make job of blogging a bit tedious. There are variety of tools out there along with plug-in to browsers which help you do this.
Today, I want to introduce you to “Windows Live Writer” and thankfully it is not Beta. I have been using it since it was in Beta and I am more than impressed with its ability.
Features
- Out of the box integration with popular blogging portal: Wordpress, Blogger, Live Spaces, Live Journal, Typepad
- WYSWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor, creates posts exactly the way you see in the editor
- Excellent Object Insert feature, provides total control on Images, Videos, tables etc that are inserted into the posts.
- Image Management, enables provides good effects and way to insert images into the posts
- Additional Information such as Tags, Excerpts and other additional features supported by the Blog provider.
- Publishing is a breeze.
- Wide array of plug-in to choose from, which enhance the tool.
- HTML Editing, to fine tune the post
- Spell Checker
Apart from the above features there are few other nifty tools, which make the overall experience of using the tool enjoyable. I only wish it could enable filling all additional data from Wordpress plug-ins installed on any site.
But other than that it is fantastic. I have written this post using Windows Live Writer.
I strongly recommend you all to give it a try. Get it from http://home.live.com
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January 4th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Hey Sid
Thanks for this, been thinking to get on to Live editor. Now your article gives me a reason to. Keep posting !
Regards
K
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January 17th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Hey Sid,
Have you tried Zoho office or Google docs? Would be nice to see your thoughts on that.. Ive been using google docs for a while now – I find that its very simple , easy to use – but cant really replace a offline editor. I just use it to take quick notes and nothing much.
Thanks for the good post.
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January 17th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Hi Venkat,
Thank you for your comments.
I did try Google docs, and are really simple and great tools to use. However given my requirement I switched to Open Office .org and then to MS Office 2007.
I have not tried Zoho office fully, but plan to give it a try. Look forward to my comparison on these office suites.
For now my choices:
Free: Open Office.org
Paid: MS Office 2007
-Sid
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