Oh! How Cool is THAT!?!
Posted in General Business by: SandiThat was so incredibly easy it’s not even funny! I wrote my last post directly in Word, clicked publish & POOF! There’s my blog post!
I’ll be tinkering with this new toy a little more over the coming days, so forgive me if there might be some ‘hiccups’ in the next few posts as I try out formatting, fonts, and other adjustments to see how they turn out.
If you’d like to try out this nifty little feature, you’ll first need to make sure you’re using MS Word 2007 as I’ve never seen this feature in previous versions of Word. Once you have Word 2007, here’s what you need to do:
- Open Word
- Click the little Microsoft icon in the top left corner (the one that lets you print, publish, open, close, etc.)
- Select New
- Click New Blog Post
- Follow the prompts to find your blog provider, fill in your post URL (it will show “http://<Enter your blog URL here>/xmlrpc.php” in the dialog box, just replace the <Enter your blog URL here> part with your blog URL) then enter your user name, and your password.
- Write a post, click Publish & you’re off!
There is an option for handling pictures, but I haven’t tried that out just yet. First I have to figure out how I want to manage pictures & find a hosting option for them. (Loading them on my main site server takes an awful lot of room after awhile!)
Word’s new blog feature works with Windows Live Spaces, Blogger, Sharepoint blog, TypePad, and Wordpress, but has options for ‘other’ blog hosts. If you use one of those blog hosts, it should be a breeze to set up Word to post to your blog. If you try it out & find anything (good, bad, or indifferent) worth mentioning, feel free to drop me an email at sandi@virtuallyyoursllc.com and tell me about it!
