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Keith Soltys<p>When I was working at the Toronto Stock Exchange I had to create some large documents with content that was being shared with another writer. I did not trust Word&#39;s Master Document feature so came up with my own solution. It took a bit more effort than using Master Documents but was stable. I&#39;ve published my guide to working with multi-file Word documents on my blog in the hope that it may help others.</p><p><a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/03/working-with-multi-file-word-documents_7.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/03</span><span class="invisible">/working-with-multi-file-word-documents_7.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/MicrosoftWord" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MicrosoftWord</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/word365" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>word365</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TechComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechComm</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TechnicalWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechnicalWriting</span></a></p>
Keith Soltys<p>If you&#39;re a technical writer, today is a sad day. The Society for Technical Communication has filed for bankruptcy.</p><p><a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/01/stc-rip.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/01</span><span class="invisible">/stc-rip.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/TechComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechComm</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/STC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>STC</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@alanpringle" class="u-url mention">@<span>alanpringle</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@sarahokeefe" class="u-url mention">@<span>sarahokeefe</span></a></span></p>
Keith Soltys<p>It seems that Microsoft is forcing Copilot onto users of Microsoft Word. If you subscribe to the paid version of Copilot, you&#39;ll start seeing it pop up in Word, whether you want it or not.</p><p><a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2024/01/microsoft-is-forcing-copilot-onto-word.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coredump3.blogspot.com/2024/01</span><span class="invisible">/microsoft-is-forcing-copilot-onto-word.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/MicrosoftWord" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MicrosoftWord</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Copilot</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Techcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Techcomm</span></a></p>
Keith Soltys<p>I had a recipe that I wanted to share with the family, but the original was a scanned PDF of a rather smudgy page that I didn&#39;t want to share. I was able to convert it text and edit it in Word, then save it as a much cleaner and smaller PDF. </p><p>Details are too long to post here so I put them on my blog.</p><p><a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2024/01/converting-image-of-text-into-editable.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coredump3.blogspot.com/2024/01</span><span class="invisible">/converting-image-of-text-into-editable.html</span></a></p><p>You could probably do this directly in Acrobat Pro or other tools but these are what I had on hand. </p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/TechComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechComm</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/MicrosoftWord" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MicrosoftWord</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PDF</span></a></p>
Keith Soltys<p>Today&#39;s blog post is another collection of links to articles on the excellent freeCodeCamp site that should be useful to technical writers (and developers) who want to improve their technical skills. </p><p><a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2024/01/more-useful-coding-tutorials-for.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coredump3.blogspot.com/2024/01</span><span class="invisible">/more-useful-coding-tutorials-for.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TechComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechComm</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TechnicalWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechnicalWriters</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HTML</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/CSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CSS</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/MySQL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MySQL</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Keith Soltys<p>So NASA engineers are having to consult &quot;decades old manuals&quot; to figure out how to fix a communications problem with the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which is now almost a light-day away from the Earth.</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/nasas-voyager-1-spacecraft-is-speaking-gibberish-1851096904" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/nasas-voyager-1-sp</span><span class="invisible">acecraft-is-speaking-gibberish-1851096904</span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Voyager" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Voyager</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/techcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>techcomm</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TechnicalCommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechnicalCommunication</span></a></p>
Keith Soltys<p>This week&#39;s Featured Links post has links to articles about: a video about what likely caused the SpaceX Starship failure, why there were no aliens at Roswell, why the timid US media is a threat to democracy, and more.</p><p><a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/search/label/Featured%20Links" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coredump3.blogspot.com/search/</span><span class="invisible">label/Featured%20Links</span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/ereaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ereaders</span></a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>programming</span></a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>society</span></a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>space</span></a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TechComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechComm</span></a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Windows</span></a></p>
Keith Soltys<p>Today&#39;s blog post is a collection of tutorials from freeCodeCamp that should be useful to technical writers looking to expand their technical skills. </p><p><a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/05/more-useful-coding-tutorials-for.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/05</span><span class="invisible">/more-useful-coding-tutorials-for.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/techcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>techcomm</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a></p>
Keith Soltys<p>I wrote a blog post about some useful tools for Microsoft Word, starting with Paul Beverley&#39;s immense collection of macros. </p><p><a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/05/some-useful-microsoft-word-tools.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/05</span><span class="invisible">/some-useful-microsoft-word-tools.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/MicrosoftWord" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MicrosoftWord</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TechComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechComm</span></a></p>
Keith Soltys<p>I&#39;ve published another blog post with some links to articles and tutorials for technical writers who want to improve their technical skills. </p><p><a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/04/more-useful-coding-tutorials-for.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/04</span><span class="invisible">/more-useful-coding-tutorials-for.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/techcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>techcomm</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HTML</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/CSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CSS</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coding</span></a></p>
Keith Soltys<p>New blog post: A Couple of Free Writing Tools. The ebook converter is something that I want to try out. If anyone has used it and has comments, please leave a reply. </p><p><a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-couple-of-free-writing-tools.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/04</span><span class="invisible">/a-couple-of-free-writing-tools.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/dita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dita</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/techcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>techcomm</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ebooks</span></a></p>
Keith Soltys<p>Updated blog post: AI Tools and Technical Writing <a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/03/ai-tools-and-technical-writing.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/03</span><span class="invisible">/ai-tools-and-technical-writing.html</span></a> Updated to include a link to a YouTube video about how freelance editors can use ChatGPT, including a downloadable prompt file.</p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Techcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Techcomm</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Keith Soltys<p>I wrote a blog post commenting on Tom Johnson&#39;s excellent article on language-generative AI tools. </p><p>While they have many uses, I am worried that they may reinforce the &quot;anyone can write&quot; attitude of many managers.</p><p><a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/03/ai-tools-and-technical-writing.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/03</span><span class="invisible">/ai-tools-and-technical-writing.html</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/ChapGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChapGPT</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TechComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechComm</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TechnicalWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechnicalWriting</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@alanpringle" class="u-url mention">@<span>alanpringle</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RhondaBracey" class="u-url mention">@<span>RhondaBracey</span></a></span></p>
Keith Soltys<p>This week&#39;s Featured Links post has articles about Canada&#39;s Bill C-18 and how it will affect Canadians&#39; news consumption, Gravity&#39;s Rainbow at 50, corruption at Fox &quot;News&quot;, carbon capture from seawater, and more.</p><p><a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/02/featured-links-february-27-2023.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coredump3.blogspot.com/2023/02</span><span class="invisible">/featured-links-february-27-2023.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TechComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechComm</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/BillC18" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BillC18</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/FoxIsNotNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FoxIsNotNews</span></a></p>
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