How to edit existing blog posts with Windows Live Writer 2011

by Joe Payne 23. March 2011 09:04

I finally figured out how to edit existing posts in my blog using WLW 2011.  It’s actually simple but not obvious with the Microsoft style of menus and toolbars.

First you have to click the primary app menu in WLW that looks like this:  image_thumb

Then click on Open Recent Posts.  Don’t click a choice on the fly-out menu to the right, just click the menu option itself.

Finally, the traditional File/Open dialog appears.  On the left side you will see your specific name.  Click your name and all your previous blog posts are listed. image_thumb[1]

  From there you pick one, edit as needed and just click Publish to save it back to your blog.

So far I like WLW 2011 – does a good job where other web-based editors don’t.

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Christiaan Veeningen
Christiaan Veeningen Netherlands
10/31/2011 2:38:55 PM #

Thanks! Saved my day.

George K
George K Canada
11/6/2011 10:22:19 AM #

Thanks, this saved me. I was 5 seconds away from un-installing the app and looking for an alternative.

Sylvia
Sylvia United States
12/1/2011 6:12:32 AM #

Thanks so much! I was dreading the possibility of having to edit everything through wordpress itself.  

Tim
Tim United Kingdom
3/31/2012 3:58:54 PM #

Oh, thank you! I doubt I'd have ever found that myself.

I think those menu items that do something else when you click on them (instead of just opening up their child menu) are incredibly unintuitive. It just never occurs to me to click on them.

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