<s>
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
desktop	O
blog-publishing	O
application	O
that	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
distributed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	O
Live	O
suite	O
of	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
came	O
out	O
in	O
2012	O
(	O
end-of-life	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
completely	O
discontinued	O
in	O
January	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
open-source	B-License
fork	B-Application
of	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
was	O
released	O
as	O
Open	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
on	O
December	O
9	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
featured	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
authoring	O
,	O
photo-publishing	O
and	O
map-publishing	O
functionality	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	O
Live	O
Spaces	O
,	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
blogs	O
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
TypePad	B-Protocol
,	O
WordPress	B-Application
,	O
Telligent	B-Protocol
Community	I-Protocol
,	O
PBlogs.gr,	O
JournalHome	O
,	O
the	O
MetaWeblog	B-Operating_System
API	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
Movable	B-Protocol
Type	I-Protocol
API	I-Protocol
,	O
Blogengine	O
,	O
Squarespace	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
all	O
blogs	O
that	O
supported	O
Really	O
Simple	O
Discovery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
introduced	O
the	O
Provider	O
Customization	O
API	B-General_Concept
that	O
enables	O
both	O
rich	O
customization	O
of	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
's	O
behavior	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
add	O
new	O
functionality	O
to	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
Live	O
Spaces	O
,	O
WordPress	B-Application
,	O
and	O
TypePad	B-Protocol
had	O
all	O
taken	O
advantage	O
of	O
this	O
API	B-General_Concept
to	O
expose	O
additional	O
service-specific	O
features	O
within	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
was	O
localized	B-General_Concept
to	O
48	O
different	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
was	O
based	O
on	O
Onfolio	O
Writer	O
,	O
a	O
product	O
Microsoft	O
obtained	O
from	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Onfolio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
inline	O
spell	O
checking	O
,	O
table	O
editing	O
,	O
ability	O
to	O
add	O
categories	O
,	O
page	O
authoring	O
for	O
WordPress	B-Application
and	O
TypePad	B-Protocol
,	O
support	O
for	O
excerpts	O
and	O
extended	O
entries	O
,	O
improved	O
hyperlinking	O
and	O
image	O
insertion	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
"	O
Paste	O
Special	O
"	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
improved	O
integration	O
to	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
2007	I-Protocol
support	O
,	O
new	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
enabling	O
custom	O
extensions	O
by	O
weblog	O
providers	O
,	O
automatic	O
synchronization	O
of	O
local	O
and	O
online	O
edits	O
,	O
integration	O
with	O
Windows	O
Live	O
Gallery	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
"	O
Blogger	B-Application
Labels	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
version	O
2009	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Essentials	I-Application
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
on	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
2011	O
introduced	O
the	O
new	O
Ribbon	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
7	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
2012	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Essentials	I-Application
2012	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2012	O
became	O
the	O
last	O
major	O
update	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Essentials	I-Application
suite	O
and	O
the	O
Writer	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
10	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Essentials	I-Application
2012	O
and	O
all	O
its	O
apps	O
,	O
including	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
,	O
reached	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
support	O
,	O
meaning	O
it	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
receive	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
bug	O
fixes	O
,	O
and	O
security	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
fork	B-Application
of	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
,	O
known	O
as	O
Open	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
,	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
on	O
December	O
9	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
release	O
of	O
this	O
fork	B-Application
was	O
in	O
2017	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
change	O
on	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
