Help with blogging in Word 2007 - Register my existing blog account

If you already have an account with a blog service provider, you can configure Word to use your account information when you open or publish blog posts. If you have more than one blog account, you can register all of them in Word. When you blog, you can choose whichever account you want to use for a particular post.

The procedure for registering your blog account with Word depends upon the blog service provider you use.

Which provider do you use?

• Windows Live Spaces
• Windows SharePoint Services
• Blogger
• Community server
• Other providers

Windows Live Spaces

To register a Windows Live Spaces account with Word, type your space name and secret word in the dialog box for registering blog accounts in Word.

Your space name is the unique part of your Windows Live Spaces Web address. For example, if your Windows Live Spaces Web address is http://stigpanduro.spaces.live.com/, then your space name is stigpanduro.

Your secret word is the word that you choose when you turn on e-mail publishing in your space settings.

To turn on e-mail publishing

1. Sign in to your space.
2. Click Options.
3. Click the E-mail Publishing tab, and then follow the steps for turning on e-mail publishing.

Windows SharePoint Services

Important Blogging in Word on a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services blog page is available only in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

To register a Windows SharePoint Services account with Word, type the Web address of your blog page in the dialog box for registering blog accounts in Word.

The Web address of your blog page is a URL that contains the address of your blog page with no additional information. For example, if the URL of your blog page is http://contoso/myblog/default.aspx, you type http://contoso/myblog in the Blog URL box in Word.

Blogger

To register a Blogger account with Word, type your user name and password in the dialog box for registering blog accounts in Word.

Your user name and password are the credentials that you use to log on to your blog account.

Community Server

To register a community server account with Word, type your user name, password, and blog post URL in the dialog box for registering blog accounts in Word.

Your user name and password are the credentials that you use to log on to your blog account.

Your blog post URL is your blog provider's host Web address plus /metablog.ashx. For example, if your blog provider's Web address is http://blogs.contoso.com, you type http://blogs.contoso.com/metablog.ashx in the Blog post URL box in Word.

Other providers

To register a blog account with Word for a provider that is not listed, type your user name, password, Application Programming Interface (API), and blog post URL in the dialog box for registering blog accounts in Word.

Your user name and password are the credentials that you use to log on to your blog account.

The API and blog post URL information may be available from your provider. Check with your provider for an API and blog post URL, and type them in the boxes provided.