Windows Live Writer v Word 2007 - Blogging Client

By Jamie | June 13, 2007

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.

	Windows Live Writer	Word 2007 (Blog Posting)
Advanced HTML formatting, fonts and styling	Some (HTML view)	Fully HTML
Charts		Yes
WordArt		Yes
Symbols		Yes
SmartArt		Yes
Shapes		Yes
Table	Yes	Yes (advance formatting)
Spelling	Yes	Yes
Thesaurus		Yes
Grammar		Yes
Translate		Yes
Auto Thumbnail	Yes
Advance Picture Editing (Cropping, shadows, colour)	Some	Yes
Tagging	Yes
Maps	Yes
Post Splitting	Yes
Post Draft (Upload but don’t post)	Yes
View HTML	Yes
Web Preview	Yes
Open Past Posts	Yes	Yes
Pluggin’s	Yes
Post Date Posts	Yes
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

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.

So what features would Word 2007 need to become the ultimate desktop blogging client?

Topics: Web development & eCommerce, Windows |

Danielle
June 13th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
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!