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Windows Live Writer

Blog your heart out

Writer makes it easy to share your photos and videos on almost any blog service—Windows Live, WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, and many more.

Writer is part of Windows Live Essentials, which includes free programs for photos, movies, instant messaging, e‑mail, blogging, family safety, and more. Get Writer or get them all—they're free!

A new version of Writer is coming! Learn about the beta

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Essentials includes Messenger, Photo Gallery, Mail, Movie Maker, Writer, Family Safety, and Toolbar, plus Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, Office Live Add–in, and Microsoft Silverlight.
Note: Movie Maker is only available for Windows Vista and Windows 7.

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Blog almost anywhere

Writer lets you publish to almost any blog service, including Windows Live, WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, SharePoint, Community Server, and many more. Don’t have a blog yet? Writer can help you set one up.

What you see is what you get

With Writer, you can preview everything you’re adding to your blog, to see how the fonts, spacing, colors, and images will look, before you publish.

Bring your blog to life

It's fast and easy to make your photos and videos look great on your blog. Insert them and apply cool borders and effects. You can even pull your photos together into an album—just select the style you want.

Plug in some extras

Writer is already packed with useful features, but if you like to tinker, there are all sorts of plug-ins you can add to help you do even more—like insert your stuff from Facebook, Flickr, and other websites.