If you are a user of Microsoft Live Messenger, you recently received a notice that there an update was available. If you decided to update your version of Messenger, you probably also noticed that you are given a chance to download additional software at the end of the process. One of these programs is called Windows Live Writer. The name does not make it clear what this software does. My first guess was that it was a free word processing program. In a way, I was right.
Windows Live Writer is a low end word processor, but it dedicated to creating and posting entries to blogs such as this. In fact, this posting was written in Windows Live Writer. I have to say that the program is excellent for the task. It is easy to set up and “understands” how to work with many different types of blogging software. Initially, it asks if you want to set it up with Microsoft software and services, but once you say that you are using something else, you are prompted for the type of software or service and guided through the process.
I am pleased with the way it works. It automatically downloaded information from this blog and presented many options for formatting this posting in a word processing format. It also provided me with ways to add hyperlinks, images and even videos. Because of its ease of use and cost, I recommend it. Try it.
Robert Alonso
Alonso Consulting
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