This post is from Word 2007 Beta 2. I’ve tried a bunch of desktop blogging tools and my favourite to date has been Zoundry. But what I really miss when writing is AutoCorrect and background spellchecking as found in Word (“favourite” and “Zoundry” are underlined in red as I type – “favourite” because I’m Canadian but didn’t tell Word and “Zoundry” cuz it ain’t a word).

I’m a bit unsure what I’m supposed to do to upload images. Looks like it doesn’t work for Wordpress blogs.

Oh, and you have to change tabs to insert a hyperlink. Not good for bloggers who like to link a lot (although I’m sure they can remember the Ctrl+K shortcut). I’m interested to see what improvements the Office team brings to the next public release.

UPDATE: Ouch. Word posted this with a timestamp of November 29, 1999. Not cool.