Danielle from shopautodotca seocontest thanked me for bringing Windows Live Writer to her attention. Danielle was considering upgrading to Word 2007 to use its desktop blogging features.
So I thought it might be useful to compare features of the two clients.
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Windows Live Writer |
Word 2007 (Blog Posting) |
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Advanced HTML formatting, fonts and styling |
Some |
Fully HTML |
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Charts |
Yes |
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WordArt |
Yes |
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Symbols |
Yes |
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SmartArt |
Yes |
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Shapes |
Yes |
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Table |
Yes |
Yes (advance formatting) |
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Spelling |
Yes |
Yes |
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Thesaurus |
Yes |
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Grammar |
Yes |
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Translate |
Yes |
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Auto Thumbnail |
Yes |
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Advance Picture Editing (Cropping, shadows, colour) |
Some |
Yes |
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Tagging |
Yes |
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Maps |
Yes |
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Post Splitting |
Yes |
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Post Draft (Upload but don’t post) |
Yes |
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View HTML |
Yes |
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Web Preview |
Yes |
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Open Past Posts |
Yes |
Yes |
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Pluggin’s |
Yes |
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Post Date Posts |
Yes |
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Hyperlinks |
Yes |
Yes (Slow Process) |
Word 2007 features
Here are some of the features that do not exist in Windows Live Writer.
Advance picture editing, especially cropping is a big advantage
Charts and SmartArt
Word Art and Shapes
Your, You Are, You’re, Its, It’s
Grammatical mistakes and writing style
Blogger.com
If you are using Blogger platform from Google you can download an add-on, which allows you to blog directly from Word 2000 or higher.
http://buzz.blogger.com/bloggerforword.html
Making Word 2007 a Killer Blogging Client?
So what features would Word 2007 need to become the ultimate desktop blogging client?
- Tags
- HTML View
- Auto Thumbnails
- ?
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Thanks! (for both more information and the link!) I am trying out Windows Live Writer tonight, and I am very excited. I had the trial of Word 2007 and I did like it, though there were some things I did not like. Your comparison is absolutely helpful, and I see a lot of things in Windows Live Writer that appeal to me. It seems that Word 2007 has a few fancy options, but from a blogger’s perspective there are some things that are lacking. I think Live Writer will likely be more useful to me in the long run. I hope that Microsoft reads this and follows your recommendations, and then I will buy Word 2009!
Thanks for the well wishes. I hope I win too, but really even if I don’t I feel I have still gained a lot. After all, it got me interested in blogging!
Comment by Danielle — June 13, 2007 @ 11:50 pm