Windows Live Writer now has very good support for blogs published on Wordpress. I like to write my posts in installments, currently using the save feature provided by Wordpress. I tried using Windows Live Writer when it was in Beta but somehow my wordpress theme was not imported correctly and hence WYSWNWIG (What I Saw Was Not What I Got). Once it got out of beta, I tried to give it another try. The configuration was a breeze as it picked up the theme and configuration in 4 easy steps.

All set! I am writing this post on Live writer only. You can download various useful plug-ins for Live Writer from WLWPlugins or from Windows Live Gallery. Some of my favorites -

• Insert Video v3, that you can use to insert videos from various online video repositories like YouTube, Google, Soapbox, Yahoo, MySpace among others.
• Flickr4Writer - Include any public image from flickr in your posts.
• Polaroid Plug-in - Insert Polaroid style pics in your posts.

Windows Live Writer promises to be a very useful tool for people who have limited amount of time at their hand and still want their blogs to have that well-designed, professional look n’ feel.

And btw, this post was created in Windows Live Writer, using some of the plug-ins mentioned above.

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