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With Windows Live Writer, you can compose your blog offline, then publish your entry with just a few clicks to one or multiple blogging sites. It's easy to bring your posts to life with photos, video, music, maps, emoticons, and more – and Writer lets you preview your blog before you publish, so you can make sure you've got your story straight.

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  • Works with your blog service: Automatically configure your blog to publish to most major blog services, including Windows Live Spaces, SharePoint, Wordpress, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, Moveable Type, Community Server, and others. Don't have a blog or space set up yet? Writer will help you set one up, quickly and easily.
  • Preview before you post: See what your blog post will look like before you post it. Writer detects your blog theme – including fonts – and displays it while you compose and edit.
  • Easy rich media: Insert your photos, video links, maps, tags, and other rich media into your blog easily. Writer publishes all of your stuff automatically when you post.

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  • Blog and publish on your schedule:Schedule blogs to post on a future date so you can plan for new entries even if you won't be online. Or compose your blog entries offline – at the café, on the beach, in the park – then publish them when you're back online.
  • Multiple locations:Writer lets you post to multiple blogs at once and automatically detects themes for each.
  • Easy plug-ins:With plug-ins from Windows Live Gallery, you can add rich content like music feeds, emoticons, and quotes of the day to your blog.
  • Editing tools:Quickly link to previous blog posts and other Web pages, insert and edit tables, and catch typos with spell checker before you publish.

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  • Easily import your favorite photos from Windows Live Photo Gallery into Writer to jazz up your blog posts with pictures of your adventures.
  • Writer works seamlessly with Windows Live Spaces so you can post with a few clicks and access your blog stats through Writer so you can keep tabs on your blog's success.

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