I can't answer the first two polls! Though I'm probably being too picky with #1. I use Notetab, which is a text editor similar to Notepad, only a whole lot more versatile - multiple tabs, adds html, is generally darn nifty. (And I used to use Word, but due to security restrictions at work, I can't really work with Word files on my jump drive anymore. Another reason to favor text editors.) Annnnd if I use a beta, it's usually my friend lemniskate, so I post it on LJ filtered to her.