Microsoft has released an update for windows live writer. If you are using Windows Live Writer as your blogging tool, you can download the upgrade. 

I checked the Windows Live Writer home page which is not updated with the latest version, it shows an older version. The left image is from my Windows Live Writer installation and the right image is from the Writer Home Page. You can get the latest version from the link given above.

If you are using Windows Live Writer to post your blog and have a twitter account. Then you should use this plugin if you are not using it.

Its very simple, just download this file and copy it to your Windows Live Writer plugins folder. Go to Tools->options->plugins and enable the twitter plugin by adding your account login credentials and customize the message that you want to add with the Title and URL of the new blog post. That’s it,

I had done a post related to the Auto-Linking Feature of Windows Live Writer couple of days back. I would like to highlight all the new features of the latest version of Windows Live Writer

Uploading Videos From Windows Live Writer

This is a new feature where you can upload video directly from windows live writer. You need to go to Insert Video link which you can find on the right sidebar and in the tab, select from file and then you will be asked to login to your windows live account. Just put the file to upload and continue working on the post. The video upload goes on.

Image Cropping – This was something which I was badly looking for. You can directly crop an image from Windows Live Writer and you do not need an image editor. Earlier I used Adobe Photo shop for this job, but now, I just insert and image and then use this feature to remove the unwanted part of the image.

Other features include, addition of new borders, Auto-Linking Feature, Inserting links from previous posts, word count, a new search box to search categories, which is really helpful.

I am sure that there are lots of bloggers who use this tool for their blog posting and regular updates like this really helps. I have been using windows live writer for posting my blog entries for some time and always wait for some updates and features.