Windows Live Writer 2009

Windows Live Writer 2009 offers an effective tool which helps you to make it easier to compose compelling blog posts using Windows Live Spaces or your current blog service. It includes a WSYIWYG blog editor as well as tools for publishing photos, maps. An included SDK allows developers to extend the capabilities of Writer to publish additional content types. Windows Live Writer is a great client for Windows Live Spaces but also works with other weblogs including Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, or WordPress.

Major Features:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Look like a pro
   • It's fast and easy to make your photos 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 and Writer takes care of the rest. When you publish, Writer automatically saves your picture or album online and links them to your blog.
5. Videos bring your blog to life
   • Writer can help you publish videos to Soapbox on MSN Video, or to YouTube, and embed them in your blog. And just like photos, it’s easy to align, resize, and caption your videos, so they look just the way you want them to.
6. 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, or other websites.

Enhancements:

• Unspecified updates
• Enhancements
• Bug fixes.

Requirements:

1. Operating system: Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (32-bit edition only), Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit editions), Windows 7 Beta (32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows Server 2008. Note: Windows Live Movie Maker is not supported on Windows XP
2. Processor: 1 GHz or higher for Windows Vista; 800 MHz or higher for Windows XP
3. Memory: 128 MB of RAM (256 MB or more recommended) for Windows XP; 512 MB for Windows Vista
4. Resolution: Minimum 1024 x 768
5. Internet connection: Internet functionality requires dial-up or broadband Internet access (provided separately). Local or long-distance charges may apply.
6. Browser: Windows Live Toolbar requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later
7. Graphics or video card: Windows Live Movie Maker requires ATI Radeon 9500 (or higher) or nVidia GeForce FX 5900 (or higher).
8. Additional requirements
   • The following components are needed for specific Windows Live programs, and may be installed for you if they’re not already on your computer.
   • For Writer: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or higher*