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Windows Live Writer

Windows Live Writer is one of the most popular blog editors. With a large numer of features WLW is a bloggers best friend.

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  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Windows
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Discontinued

No longer supported and downloadable, together with Windows Essentials icon Windows Essentials. Windows Live Writer was open sourced by Microsoft in 2015 and it was forked as Open Live Writer icon Open Live Writer.

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Windows Live Writer, and it has gotten 56 likes

Windows Live Writer was added to AlternativeTo by scarymary on and this page was last updated . Windows Live Writer is sometimes referred to as Windows Writer. 

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Shoji VR
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Open live Writer is based on a fork of the well-loved but not actively developed Windows Live Writer code

Lambda
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When it works so seamlessly with Chyrp and looks native in every theme, tell me.

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What is Windows Live Writer?

Windows Live Writer is one of the most popular blog editors. With a large numer of features WLW is a bloggers best friend.

Writer works with many popular blog service providers such as WordPress, Blogger, and TypePad.

Features

Create a new blog and add it to Writer

If you don't already have a blog, click Add blog account, and then click Create a new blog. Next, follow a few steps to go to the WordPress website and create your blog. After you create your blog, click the Set up in Writer button on the website. This will automatically set up Writer for you.

Add a blog that you already have

If you already have a blog account, click Add blog account, and then follow the steps to set up your blog in Writer.

Give your post a title

Type a title for your post where it says Enter a post title.

Start writing your story

Type your story in the post window. If you want to format the text, use the commands in the ribbon. Create headings by using the options in the HTML styles group. Change the style of a font by using the options in the Font group.

Add photos

Click Picture, and then click to add a single picture from your PC or the web, or a thumbnail preview of photos from an album on Windows Live SkyDrive. After you choose the pictures that you want to add, they'll appear in your post.

Add online videos

Open a web browser and find a link to a video that you want to display from a popular video service such as YouTube, Dailymotion, and Metacafe. Just copy and paste the link in the post, and a video preview will appear automatically.

Add a Bing map

When you know the location you want to add, click the Insert tab, and then click Map. In the Find location box, type an address or location, and then press Enter.

To choose the kind of map that you want, click the drop-down list, click Road, Aerial, or Bird's eye, and then click Insert.