[Video]: Using a Blog Client

If you’re a heavy blogger, one of the best practices you must learn is to install a blogging client, then connect your blog to the program.

Using a blog client has its advantages. Writing, loading, editing and formatting is faster. You can work on the article even if you’re offline. You can take advantage of built-in features not usually found in the generic editor on the web browser.

Connecting your blog to a client is not at all that hard. One of the aims of my blog is to help even the most technophobic of users do things that may appear complicated, but in truth is, they can be accomplished with just a few simple steps. That’s the reason why I’m posting step-by-step guides and videos to assist users on a regular basis.

This article is split into two parts, based on the client used: Microsoft Word and Windows Live Writer.

Part I: Microsoft Word

Many computers still come pre-installed with Microsoft Office, so Word is pretty accessible. Posting to a blog is one of the best features of the program. To simplify things, I made this video showing the steps needed to register your blog.

How to setup your blog with Word.

 

→ Next, Windows Live Writer

Pages: 1 2

10 Unknown & Under-Utilized Features of Microsoft Word

Long before computers gave up productivity in exchange for social networking, media streaming, gaming and many other unproductive practices, they have been utilized for usefulness, designed as a machine made to simplify tasks and produce beautiful output.

Microsoft Word is still an absolutely essential program that needs to be installed on every computer, even though its usage has lessened through the years. In fact, I noticed that I use a basic text editor like Notepad more frequently. Furthermore, there are also several free alternatives available, like OpenOffice, LibreOffice and Google Doc’s. And yet, in spite of all of these, I still prefer Word because there are still a lot of features not found in other word processors, enabling me create professionally crafted documents with absolute ease. There simply aren’t any substitutes. However, many users don’t seem to be aware of these features, so I decided to list down some of the easy ones.

How to Change Windows 7’s Logon Screen

Bored with Windows’ default screen every time you login? Well, here’s a way to spice up that screen and use custom pictures.

[Video]: How to Change the Background of Your USB Disk

Apparently, some of my readers have commented (thanks guys) that they were having trouble making the background work using the instructions I have posted in my previous blog post, so I decided to make a video detailing how it’s done.

Anyway, sorry I made the video in haste so it looks rather simplistic. No background music or captions. Hope you can get something out of it.

Click the Youtube watermark at the lower right portion of the vid for a larger screen.

How to Post to the Latest G-Blogs Using Windows Live Writer

Ever since G-Blogs got integrated into Globe Circles, I was unable to make any blog post from WLW anymore. Moreover, if you haven’t used Windows Live Writer and you would like to set it up to publish contents into your own blog, the old method doesn’t work anymore. To solve this problem, you need to set up your blog all over again.

Earth Day: 10 Little Things You Can Do to Save our Planet

I realized too late that Earth Day occurred last Wednesday. I have always thought that Earth Day always falls on a weekend day. Oh well. My post is three days late but I think I’m going to post it anyway.