# Blogging – Software Tools I Use

- Link: https://lifeandwork.blog/blogging-software-tools-i-use/
- Published: 2026-09-25T15:18:08-05:00
- Author: Bert Swope

I thought it might be useful to put a shortlist of the tools that I use to create
an update my blogs. I don’t use anything spectacular just the basics, but here’s
a quick inventory of the tools I use and what I use them for.

# Writing and Composition

## Microsoft Word

![Microsoft Word](https://i0.wp.com/lifeandwork.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/
98984-microsoft-word.jpg?resize=790%2C788&ssl=1)

Microsoft Word

I use **Microsoft Word** for my blog editing and basic blog formatting, mostly because
I own it.  Also, it does have some convenient features such as being able to push
my blogs out to a PDF and the fact that Grammarly integrates nicely with it. I don’t
use the published directly feature, but I have used it in the past.

## WordPress Editor

![WordPress](https://i0.wp.com/lifeandwork.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/e57a7-
wordpress-581849_1920-e1547568105188.jpg?resize=790%2C421&ssl=1)

WordPress

I do use the **WordPress editors** to finalize my posts and sometimes from the **
iPhone app** to create initial drafts when the inspiration hits me. Truthfully, 
of the two web-based editors, I still use the old format.  I have found the new 
WordPress editor to be a little clumsy for me, but perhaps that is because I learned
the old one first.

# Proofing and Editing

![Grammarly](https://i0.wp.com/lifeandwork.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/e4913-
grammarly.jpg?resize=790%2C185&ssl=1)

Grammarly

For proofing and editing, I use **Grammarly**, for the most part, but I also use
the grammar and spellcheck capabilities of **Microsoft Word**.

## KompoZer HTML WYSIWYG

I use KompoZer mostly to edit my tables and paste them into the text tab to ensure
they display correctly on my sites. I have used KompoZer for other uses, but tables
are how I use KompoZer most the time. I found that some of the other tools don’t
translate quite the way I expected them to.

# Photography and Photo Editing

For photography and photo editing, I used several tools, which include paint.net,
my iPhone camera, and my digital camera.

![Paint.net](https://i0.wp.com/lifeandwork.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/0d3da-
paint_net.jpg?resize=790%2C215&ssl=1)

Paint.net

## Paint.net

Currently, for my photo editing, I’m using **Paint.net, **it’s fairly basic but 
it gets what I need to do done. I have you used other tools, but the types of editing
I do to support my blogs doesn’t require an expensive fancy tool.

## iPhone Camera

![iPhone](https://i0.wp.com/lifeandwork.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3d399-iphone-
6-458159_1920.jpg?resize=790%2C529&ssl=1)

iPhone

I use my **iPhone camera** mostly to take pictures and, usually, because I have 
my iPhone on me as a necessity of my day job even on weekends.  And to tell the 
truth, the camera on my phone not bad at all.

## Digital Camera

![Blog Digital Camera](https://i0.wp.com/lifeandwork.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/
03/f2e4b-blog_digital_camera_img_4455.jpg?resize=790%2C418&ssl=1)

Blog Digital Camera

I use my **digital camera**, mostly to support my iPhone when I have a planned outing
to some local venue or a planned trip and I’ve thought ahead and put it packed my
camera. Also, I use my digital camera when I want to ensure stability and I want
to mount it on my tripod or I happen to have some free time and I’m feeling creative
and I want to use a photo box and take some special shots.

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