Small but useful thing. In Windows Live Writer, I discovered Paste Special Options. Three options: Try copying from Word.
Depending upon the contents of the clipboard, the options change. Notice them and use them. I also noticed a bug. If Undo is pressed after a Paste operation, WLW does NOT Undo the paste operation. Undo only affects the actions done BEFORE the paste operation. Be careful. You may miss the unintended UNDO impact.