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Converting a Word Document to Markdown in One Move

The Problem

A lot of important government documents are created and saved in Microsoft Word (*.docx). But Microsoft Word is a proprietary format, and it's not really useful for presenting documents on the web. So, I wanted to find a way to convert a .docx file into markdown.

Installing Pandoc

On a mac you can use homebrew by running the command brew install pandoc.

The Solution

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Embedding a twitter stream in Jekyll

1. Create a _plugins folder in your root.
2. Add the following to _config.yml

plugins:
  - jekyll-gist

3. If you don't have a Gemfile associated with your Jekyll project, create one with the following text