Post to your .Text blog using this add-in for Word
I released the alpha version of my blog posting add-in for Microsoft Word 2003 or XP as a GotDotNet workspace: http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/TonesNotes
TonesNotes is a free and lets you post to a .Text blog from any open Word document.
The intended mode of operation is to use a single Word document in which the ideas you’re working on take shape. When an idea is baked, place the insertion point within its content, click the “Post” button on the TonesNotes toolbar, and the content is simultaneously posted to one or more blogs and archived as a separate Word document on your local file system.
The command bar has a “New” button which starts a new entry at the bottom of the active Word document. An entry is demarked by a paragraph with the style “Heading 1” by default. The “New” command inserts a paragraph with a date stamp which will become the post creation time. Complete the note heading with a comma separated list of categories and a title. Anything in the note heading paragraph not recognized as a date or category name becomes part of the title.
Since not all ideas are suitable for public posting, the behavior of the Post command is driven by assigning a category name to each configured blog. A note is posted to each blog whose category name is listed in the entry heading, or simply archived if it isn't meant to be blogged.
In addition to the “New” and “Post” functions, the toolbar has a “Config” button which brings up the configuration dialog.
Here’s a topic page in the .Text wiki that lists pros, cons, and configuration for various authoring options including TonesNotes: http://dottextwiki.scottwater.com/default.aspx/Dottext.AuthoringOptions