Wordpress Publishing With Microsoft Word

I have been using Microsoft’s new Word 2007 for quite sometime now. Never did I thought that the new Word 2007 actually support publishing post to blogs powered by services such as Wordpress, TypePad, Blogger and Live Spaces.

We talked about Windows Live Writer before, but for those regular word users, this is definitely much better with a lot more advanced option to play with.

Setup wise, it was a whole lot easier than I expected, by just following a few simple steps below, you should be able to start publishing in no time.

MS Word 2007 Setup Procedure:

1. Open a Microsoft Word Document
2. Hit the new office button then select publish -> Blog
3. If prompted to register, select “Register Now”
4. Choose Wordpress from the dropdown and hit “Next”
5. Enter your exact Wp blog URL followed by “/xmlrpc.php”
6. Then enter your WP username and password and press OK

Once done, there will be a notification and you may now enter your post title, categories….etc. The best part you can also save your article as draft for later editting.

With all the advanced editing and built-in proofing feature in Word 2007, this is a feature worthwhile testing.

For more info, check out Skattertech Blog.

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