{"id":565,"date":"2007-05-31T09:04:49","date_gmt":"2007-05-31T13:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/?p=565"},"modified":"2007-06-01T11:46:36","modified_gmt":"2007-06-01T15:46:36","slug":"writer-zone-windows-live-writer-beta-2-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/2007\/05\/31\/writer-zone-windows-live-writer-beta-2-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer Zone: Windows Live Writer Beta 2 Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, this is a great tool for bloggers and now it&#8217;s improved! I was using <a title=\"Link to w.bloggar site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wbloggar.com\/\">w.bloggar<\/a> last year. When I tried the original Beta of Windows Live Writer I immediately saw that it had the same Microsoft Look-and-Feel I was familiar with. It is not Microsoft Word but it had most of the features I used in writing blog entries. I was duly impressed. Within a month I had uninstalled w.bloggar. Here are some of its new features:  <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Writer team has been working hard on a new release and we&#8217;re excited that it is now available for download!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/writer.live.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"41\" alt=\"Download\" src=\"http:\/\/byfiles.storage.msn.com\/y1pE9h6adBL5paKLSQvF_g7MZ1-TB7nRIjNdP2F_SxloE7FEgPj94y5i4VSqbramI2e\" width=\"129\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This release incorporates a ton of feedback from our discussion forums and your blogs. Here are some of the new features you&#8217;ll find in Beta 2:<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Authoring Capabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inline spell checking  <\/li>\n<li>Table editing  <\/li>\n<li>Ability to add categories  <\/li>\n<li>Page authoring for WordPress and TypePad  <\/li>\n<li>Support for excerpts and extended entries  <\/li>\n<li>Improved hyperlinking and image insertion  <\/li>\n<li>Paste Special<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Integration and Compatibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SharePoint 2007 support  <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn2.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb463266.aspx\">New APIs<\/a> enabling custom extensions by weblog providers  <\/li>\n<li>Automatic synchronization of local and online edits  <\/li>\n<li>Integration with <a href=\"http:\/\/g.msn.com\/4SAWLWenus\/WriterDownloadPluginsURL\">Windows Live Gallery<\/a>  <\/li>\n<li>Support for Blogger Labels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Plus&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New look and feel  <\/li>\n<li>Available in 6 languages  <\/li>\n<li>Improved accessibility and keyboard support  <\/li>\n<li>Many other frequently requested enhancements!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com\/blog\/cns!D85741BB5E0BE8AA!1272.entry\">Writer Zone: Windows Live Writer Beta 2 Now Available<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, this is a great tool for bloggers and now it&#8217;s improved! I was using w.bloggar last year. When I tried the original Beta of Windows Live Writer I immediately saw that it had the same Microsoft Look-and-Feel I was familiar with. It is not Microsoft Word but it had most of the features I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/2007\/05\/31\/writer-zone-windows-live-writer-beta-2-now-available\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Writer Zone: Windows Live Writer Beta 2 Now Available&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iN3d-97","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}