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Microsoft Expression Web 2 was released in 2008.<ref>{{cite web
|URLurl = http://webdesign.about.com/od/expressionweb/gr/expression_web2.htm
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Microsoft Expression Web 3 was released in 2009.<ref>{{cite web
|URLurl = http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/products/?p=674
|title = Review: Microsoft Expression Web 3 HTML editor
|work = [[TechRepublic]]
|date = September 1, 2009
|access-date = August 24, 2010
|URLurl-status = dead
|archive-URLurl = https://archive.is/20120530162906/http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/products/review-microsoft-expression-web-3-html-editor/674
|archive-date = May 30, 2012
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}}</ref> Until version 2, Expression Web was the only application in the Expression Studio suite based on [[Microsoft Office]] code and dependencies.<ref name="XWeb3UI">{{cite web|URLurl=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/b656a8e6-6e3d-45ff-b045-92192416ec8b |title=How to customize Toolbar Icons in Expression Web 3 |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref> With version 3, Expression Web was rewritten in [[Windows Presentation Foundation]], in line with the rest of the Expression Suite, without Microsoft Office dependencies. A result of this was features like customizable toolbars and menus, standard Windows color scheme, spell check, DLL addins, file menu export feature, drag-and-drop between remote sites, comparing sites by timestamp, automatic language tagging, basic macro support were removed in this version.<ref name="XWeb3UI"/><ref>{{cite web|URLurl=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/web/thread/8db494b5-0a09-46c8-ba36-837513d4e4a7 |title=Expression Web 3 File Export Function Missing? |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|URLurl=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/c6457d2d-e27a-4f9d-b186-cd03d999c58c |title=Why I can't copy files between two sites on Expression Web 3? |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|URLurl=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/c75bc021-fa4b-47b5-a7d2-9ad8f88b217e |title=Using timestamps to compare if remote website has changed (EW 3) |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/c4bbb7c7-658e-4bce-b7bf-e5a27171433f |title=Has Expression Web a future? |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/web/tips/expressionweb.html |title=Using Microsoft Expression Web for Non-English Sites |publisher=Tlt.its.psu.edu |date=2011-05-11 |access-date=2011-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612063330/http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/web/tips/expressionweb.html |archive-date=June 12, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/web/thread/e6d91a21-dd3e-4bf8-8a0e-efc4f20a68cb |title=Cannot figure out how to create macros in Expression Web |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref> Other features like Undo do not work reliably.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/6d44838d-ef0d-4d09-bb2a-6ceb7706123f |title=Expression web 4 undo is broke. When will it be fixed? |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date=2011-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814152903/http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/6d44838d-ef0d-4d09-bb2a-6ceb7706123f |archive-date=August 14, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/web/thread/72fec1d8-3cf0-4d66-b92c-94b3008bf720 |title=Buggy Undo still present in EW4 |publisher=Social.expression.microsoft.com |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref> Version 3 introduced Expression Web 3 SuperPreview tool for comparing and rendering webpage in various browsers. Also noted was the lack of support for root relative links, links that start with a "/" to refer to the root of a web server. This feature was added with Expression Web 3 Service Pack 1, released in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://blogs.msdn.com/xweb/archive/2010/04/26/different-types-of-hyperlinks.aspx
|title = Different types of hyperlinks
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