Recently Windows Live Writer team released a new version of Live Writer known as Windows Live Writer 2011. With easy to use interface and some new features this version is one of the best till date (though some people faced problem while shifting to older to new version as new version interface is completely different from the old one).
One more thing changed in Live writer is keyboard shortcuts. For example in the older version to add picture from computer we were pressing “Ctrl+L” but in the newer version it is “Ctrl+J”. Similarly some more keyboard shortcuts have been changed and added. Here is the complete list of shortcuts. Reminding all of them will save your precious time and make you more productive.
Actions |
Keys |
| Create a new post | Ctrl+N |
| Create new page | Ctrl+G |
| Open a post | Ctrl+O |
| Save a post | Ctrl+S |
| Publish a post | Ctrl+Shift+P |
| Post draft to blog | Ctrl+Shift+D |
| Insert hyperlink | Ctrl+K |
| Add picture from computer | Ctrl+J |
| Add picture from the web | Ctrl+Shift+J |
| See post properties | F2 |
| Set categories | Ctrl+Shift+C |
| Update blog theme | Ctrl+F11 |
| Change to edit view | F11 |
| Change to preview view | F12 |
| Change to source view | Shift+F11 |
Actions |
Keys |
| Bold | Ctrl+B |
| Italicize | Ctrl+I |
| Strikethrough | Ctrl+H |
| Underline | Ctrl+U |
| Subscript | Ctrl+= |
| Superscript | Ctrl+Shift+= |
| Bullets | Ctrl+Shift+L |
| Clear formatting | Ctrl+Space |
| Center text | Ctrl+E |
| Align text left | Ctrl+L |
| Align text right | Ctrl+R |
| New paragraph | Ctrl+Shift+N |
| Heading 1 | Ctrl+Left Alt+1 |
| Heading 2 | Ctrl+Left Alt+2 |
| Heading 3 | Ctrl+Left Alt+3 |
| Heading 4 | Ctrl+Left Alt+4 |
| Heading 5 | Ctrl+Left Alt+5 |
| Heading 6 | Ctrl+Left Alt+6 |
| Set text direction from left to right (Only available in RTL mode) |
Ctrl+Left Shift |
| Set text direction from right to left (Only available in RTL mode) |
Ctrl+Right Shift |
