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Oliverde – im my last post didn’t I write about the ExtendedTinyMCE?

Evita – of course it’s free and that’s what I’m doing right now. But it’s not “fast”. If you had a complicated bussiness letter to send out (with quotes, hyphenation, small comments, etc.) – wouldn’t you prefer to write it in MSWord and just print? Off course, it’s possible to do it in a pure HTML editor, create all tags and print out – but even if it can be pretty simple – it’s certainly NOT fast. Same goes with the complicated formatting of a post in WordPress. If there is no shortcut – it certainly can be done this way, but I’m sure we can find something better (and I promise to keep this thread open, till I’m convinced, that it ends with a good solution for others, who may share may concern)

Thanks for all your input, but unfortunately it didn’t solve the problem, yet.

With high hopes I uploaded the Windows Live Writer – unfortunately, it requires WindowsXP. In my previous search I totally missed the Weblog Client option. But I see, that there is a long list of other programs on the list – I will have to take a look at them.

I don’t think, that any plugin WYSIWYG editor would help me, because I think there is no way to adjust the width of input field to much my wide post field. Anyway, it would have to use my the settings from style.css in the input field display. And I hate writing in a small window.

But it’s true, that the thread https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/92670?replies=31 gives a lot of good info about WYSIWYG plugins. I have already installed ExtendedTinyMCE (https://www.mkbergman.com/?p=275), which I find quite acceptable for writing fast just a few new lines.

However for writing long post with complicated structure (multiple blockquotes with embedded quotes from poems, f.e), when it’s important for the exact layout to be preserved – it doesn’t work.

So let me broaden the thread and restate the question posted:
What is the best way to get DTP quality long and very structured post formatted for WordPress using freeware tools?

Extensive use of h1-6 settings? Cleaning the code created by MSWord, AbiWord, Open Office (which of those creates the best HTML, btw)? Using some other Windows WYSIWYG text editor? Or maybe using full flexed HTML editor/webside builder like 1stPage2000 or Nvu (I didn’t try any of them, yet)?