Technical communication blog
Technical communication blogWith bits of copywriting, content design, and other stuff too
Technical communication blog
With bits of copywriting, content design, and other stuff too
Welcome to the StrayGoat Technical Communication Blog.
Here, I’ll be posting technical writing advice, opinion pieces, recommendations, and explanations on how to achieve various tasks with different software tools. (The latter of which is going to be a reminder for me as much as anyone else!).
If you find the technical writing advice posts useful, please leave a comment.
Some of the older posts have some formatting issues, due to conversion problems when I upgraded the site theme. Sadly, the comments were lost in migration too.
Technical communication blog posts
General posts about technical communication:
Accordion Menu Layout for MadCap Flare 2017 R3
Need a MadCap Flare layout that looks like Top-Nav, but has a side menu for the entire contents? Here’s a project that’s already been set up for you. Click the link to find out more.
read moreA Chat with Dave Lee about MadCap Flare and Tech Comm
Dave Lee is probably the most knowledgable user of MadCap Flare I know - take a look on the Flare forums and you'll see his helpful comments plastered all over the place. A while back, I got the chance to have a little email chat with him about Flare and technical...
read moreAccordion Menu in MadCap Flare – Part Six
This is Part 6 of a series of posts on how to create the following layout, complete with accordion menu and slide-in drill-down menu, in MadCap Flare. If you missed the previous parts, here are links: Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five In this post, I'm...
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Fixing Bullet Lists and Numbered Lists in Flare (or any HTML)
If you import content into MadCap Flare from another format, you may find your bullet lists are not quite right. Indents slightly wrong, nested bullet lists a bit off, etc. Here's how you can fix the code and get your bullets back where they need to be. Bullet Lists...
read moreDITA blog posts
Here are some posts about DITA. I rarely post about DITA, as I don’t use it, but sometimes post about how to achieve certain things.
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MS Word blog posts
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Camtasia and Snagit blog posts
Tips and reminders for using TechSmith Camtasia and Snagit.
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Non-technical communication posts
Sometimes, I post things that are nothing to do with tech comm, but people might find useful. You’ll find those posts here.
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