This
article provides information for the Help links within the blog-related
dialog boxes in Microsoft Office Word 2007. It also includes
troubleshooting information for the
More Information button in error messages related to blogging from Office Word 2007.
For more information about blogging in Office Word 2007, click a link in the
See Also section.
Which link did you click in Word?
Microsoft Office Online: blog providers that work with Office Word 2007
Office Word 2007 supports several different blog service providers, including the following:
- Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services If your organization hosts a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site, ask the site manager to set up a blog page for you.
- Community Server Web address: http://www.communityserver.com
Follow
the instructions on the home page to purchase your own hosted community
site, including blogs, forums, file sharing, photo sharing, and user
management. The service is available on a tiered price structure.
- WordPress Web address: http://www.wordpress.com
Follow the instructions on the home page to create your own space. The service is free.
- Blogger Web address: http://www.blogger.com
Follow the instructions on the home page to create your own blog. The service is free.
- TypePad Web address: http://www.typepad.com
Follow
the instructions on the home page to purchase your own hosted blog
site, including features that facilitate design, posting, Web
integration, and community management. The service is available on a
tiered price structure.
You may find additional providers by going to the
Microsoft Office Marketplace and searching on
blog providers.
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My provider isn't listed
- In the New Blog Account dialog box, select Other in the list of blog providers.
- In the New Account dialog box, select your Application Programming Interface (API) and type in your blog post URL.
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.
- Type your user name and password.
Your user name and password are the credentials that you use to log on to your blog account.
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I don't have a blog yet
If you don't have an account with a blog service provider, try one of the following providers, or visit
Office Marketplace to learn about provider options.
Here are some blog service providers to try.
- Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services If your organization hosts a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site, ask the site manager to set up a blog page for you.
- Community Server Web address: http://www.communityserver.com
Follow
the instructions on the home page to purchase your own hosted community
site, including blogs, forums, file sharing, photo sharing, and user
management. The service is available on a tiered price structure.
- WordPress Web address: http://www.wordpress.com
Follow the instructions on the home page to create your own space. The service is free.
- Blogger Web address: http://www.blogger.com
Follow the instructions on the home page to create your own blog. The service is free.
- TypePad Web address: http://www.typepad.com
Follow
the instructions on the home page to purchase your own hosted blog
site, including features that facilitate design, posting, Web
integration, and community management. The service is available on a
tiered price structure.
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Help me fill out this section: SharePoint
Important Blogging in Word on a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services blog page is available only in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
- In the New Blog Account dialog box, select SharePoint blog in the list of blog providers, and then click Next.
- In the New SharePoint Blog Account dialog box, type the Web address of your blog page.
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 Office Word 2007.
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Help me fill out this section: Community Server
- In the New Blog Account dialog box, select Community Server in the list of blog providers, and then click Next.
- In the New Community Server Account dialog box, type your user name, password, and blog post URL.
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 address plus
/metablog.ashx. For example, if your blog address is http://blogs.contoso.com, you type
http://blogs.contoso.com/metablog.ashx in the
Blog Post URL box in Office Word 2007.
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Help me fill out this section: WordPress
- In the New Blog Account dialog box, select WordPress in the list of blog providers, and then click Next.
- In the New WordPress Account dialog box, type your user name, password, and blog post URL.
Your user name and password are the credentials that you use to log on to your blog account.
Your blog post URL is the URL of your WordPress
xmlrpc.php file, which is usually located in the root folder of your
site. For example, if your site is www.contoso.com, you type http://www.contoso.com/xmlrpc.php.
Note If you installed
the xmlrpc.php file in a subfolder of your site, include the subfolder
in the URL. In the previous example, if your copy of xmlrpc.php is
stored in a subfolder called /utilities, you type http://www.contoso.com/utilities/xmlrpc.php.
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Help me fill out this section: Other providers
- In the New Blog Account dialog box, select Other in the list of blog providers.
- In the New Account dialog box, type your user name, password, Application Programming Interface (API), and blog post URL.
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.
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I don't have an image provider
When you view a blog post in a Web browser, the picture appears on
the Web page, but it is not contained in the same file as the text of
the post. Instead, the picture is stored as a file on a Web server, and
the blog post uses Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to specify the Web
address (URL) of the picture.
Your blog service provider may be able to automate the process of
including pictures in your blog, but not all blog service providers
include this service. Contact your blog service provider to determine
whether they can also serve as your picture provider.
If your blog service provider cannot serve as your picture provider,
you can still include pictures in your blog, but you need to use an
image-hosting service as a picture provider. The Web has many free
image-hosting services available, as well as premium services available
for a fee. For example, you can try Flickr, Photobucket, Image Station,
or IMGSpot.
Be aware of any terms and conditions of the service that you choose.
For example, free services can enforce restrictions or limitations such
as a maximum size of files, total amount of storage, or allowable file
formats.
Note If your pictures are already uploaded
on a Web server, make sure that they are available to the public before
you include them in your blog.
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My image provider isn't listed
- If your blog service provider can serve as your picture provider, select My blog provider (or, for Windows SharePoint Services, select SharePoint blog) in the Picture Provider list. If you are using a provider other than your blog service provider, select My own server.
Note If you don't want to include pictures in your blog posts for this blog account, select None - Don't upload pictures.
- If you selected My own server in step 1, type the URLs for uploading and for displaying images.
In the Upload URL box, type the
address that you use to upload pictures to your picture provider's
server. This can be an FTP or HTTP address, depending on the server
configuration. Contact the provider of your picture-hosting service if
you need help determining the address to use.
In the Source URL box, type the
HTTP address that is used to display the pictures. The blog post will
use this address as part of the IMG tag in the HTML of the blog post
files.
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More Information
The problems that you are most likely to encounter will occur when
you are registering your account, publishing or opening a post, or
uploading pictures.
What problem are you encountering?
I see a message that says Word can't register my account
- Do you already have an account with a blog service provider? You
must have a blog account before you can register it with Word. For more
information, see the I don't have a blog yet section in this article.
- If you are typing your user name and password, make sure that the
information is correct. It should be the same information that you use
to log on to your blog account. Passwords are case-sensitive, so make
sure that CAPS LOCK is not on.
- If you are using Windows SharePoint Services, make sure that you
type the correct URL for your blog page. For more information, see the Help me fill out this section: SharePoint section in this article.
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Publishing pictures doesn't work
- Do you already use a service provider to host your pictures? Check
with your blog service provider to learn how pictures are hosted in
your blog. If your blog service provider does not host pictures
directly, you may be able to use a picture library on the Web (sometimes
also known as a photo album or picture gallery) to host the pictures in
your blog. Alternatively, visit the Office Marketplace to learn about provider options.
- If publishing the pictures in your post fails, especially if you
successfully published pictures in the past, your storage space may be
full. Try deleting some pictures on the server and republishing your
pictures.
- If you are using Windows SharePoint Services, verify that a
picture library was created with your blog page. If this library was
deleted, recreate it and try again.
- If you are using a custom Metaweblog provider, your provider may
not support uploading pictures. Contact your provider for more
information.
- If you typed an upload URL for your picture options, make sure that the information that you typed is correct.
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Publishing my post doesn't work
- Make sure your user name and password are correct. Remember that
passwords are case-sensitive, and make sure that CAPS LOCK is not on.
- If you assigned a category to your post (by using the Insert Category command in the Blog
group) and the post does not publish, it can be that your blog provider
does not support publishing posts in categories. Try resetting the
category to None and publishing the post again.
- Your blog provider may require titles on posts. Make sure that the title is not blank, and then try publishing the post again.
- You may have saved your post in the Word 97-2003 file format. If
the file extension on the file name is .doc rather than .docx, Word
cannot publish the post. To publish the post, do the following:
- With the document open, click the Microsoft Office Button
, and then click Convert.
- Press CTRL+S to save the file.
- Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Publish, and then click Blog.
- Select the original title of the post and press CTRL+X to delete
it, and then press DELETE twice to remove the horizontal line and extra
space.
- Click Enter Post Title Here, and press CTRL+V to paste the title into the content control.
- On the Blog Post tab, in the Blog group, click Publish.
Back to the list of problems
I can't open a post that I already published
Make sure that your user name and password are correct. Remember that
passwords are case-sensitive, and make sure that CAPS LOCK is not on.
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