BLOG EDITORUsing OneNote and Word as a Blog Editor.

PROBLEM STATEMENTOver the years I’ve created for good, bad or indifferent reasons multiple blogs. Of course I didn’t stick to one platform, I thought it would be cool to try out a variety of hosts.Each host came with their own native blog editor but I didn’t stop there, I decided to try out multiple blog editors. I’ve managed to Wheedle my blogs down to five (with my O365 blog soon to go). So now I want to get too one blog editor for all five (eventually four) blogs. Which one to choose? First some quick details….

MY BLOG PRESENCE• I have sorted my blogs into two main categories:

1. Personal2. Business

• The business blogs are hosted by either WordPress or O365 (SharePoint Office 365).

• The Personal blogs are hosted by Blogger.• The blog editors I use for each host are different:

1. WordPress – Windows Live Writer2. O365 – Microsoft Word3. Blogger – Native editor

EDITORS I’VE FOUND ONLINE• Windows Live Writer• BlogDesk• Qumana• MarsEdit• Ecto• Blogjet• RocketPost• MacJournal• MyBlogEdit

• Thingamablog• Bleezer• Post2Blog• W.Bloggar• Flock• ScribeFire• Zoundry• OneNote/Word

WHY I DECIDED ON ONENOTE/WORD• I already paid for these tools.• I use both of these tools on a daily basis.• OneNote handles all sorts of media files:• Video• Audio• Images• Drafts are saved online and offline.• All my research notes are available to be blogged.• Hand-free drawing (Surface Pro)• Natively copies page to Word using “Send to Blog”

SEND TO BLOG• OneNote relies on the web

publishing features of Microsoft Word.

• OneNote's Send to Blog feature, just press:

• File > Send > Blog

RESULTS OF “SEND TO BLOG”• The OneNote “Send to

Blog” fires up Microsoft Word.

• Word automatically imports the OneNote page using the Blogging Template.

• This document can be modified if needed using all of Words functionality.  

SELECT BLOGGING HOST• OneNote blogging

requires a connection to a hosted blog.

• Any content management system that provides an API or xmlrpc.php entry point will do.

• The Word Template allows you to configure which host you are sending this post to. 

CONFIGURE WORD TO POST• After choosing the

desired blogging platform Microsoft Word displays a dialog box prompting for the account credentials of the blog. 

PUBLISHING A POST• To publish a

post, we use the BLOG POST tab located on the left of the Microsoft Word command ribbon.

MY BLOGS• Pondering the Imponderables• SharePoint (O365)• Steven Sobotincic Photography• Travel Adventures• Recipes for hiking and camping

REFERENCES

Materials I used for research on this presentation.

ONLINE REFERENCE• Elegant Themes.• Free Blog Editors.• Blog Marketing.• Help Blogging with Word.• Blogging from OneNote.• 8 Tips on Using OneNote for Blogging.