Digital Skills Blog

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    DigiTip 80 – Free up space with TreeSize 🌳

    Here’s another handy utility application for you! If you’ve ever struggled with a cluttered file system, disorganised drive, or just flat ran out of storage space, you might benefit from JamSoftware’s TreeSize. TreeSize is an “intuitive visualisation tool” that allows you to see the structure and contents of your file systems in various helpful formats. […]

    TipDigidol – Rhyddhau gofod gyda TreeSize🌳

    Dyma raglen ddefnyddiol arall i chi! Os ydych chi erioed wedi cael trafferth gyda system ffeiliau anniben, gyriant anhrefnus, neu wedi rhedeg allan o ofod storio, efallai y byddwch yn elwa o TreeSize gan JamSoftware. Mae TreeSize yn “offer delweddu sythweledol” sy’n eich galluogi i weld strwythur a chynnwys eich systemau ffeiliau mewn gwahanol fformatau […]

    DigiTip 3 – Organising your Outlook 📧

    Do you have too many emails coming into your inbox? Are you struggling to find a specific email you need, or are you lost in all your emails?  Time to organise!  Did you know you can create subfolders in Outlook to help organise your emails.   You can use these folders to clear your inbox so […]

    TipDigi 3 – Trefnu eich Outlook 📧

    Oes gennych chi ormod o negeseuon e-bost yn dod i mewn i’ch blwch post? Ydych chi’n ei chael hi’n anodd dod o hyd i e-bost penodol sydd ei angen arnoch, neu a ydych chi ar goll yn eich holl negeseuon e-bost?  Mae’n amser rhoi trefn ar bethau!  Oeddech chi’n gwybod y gallwch chi greu is-ffolderi […]

    DigiTip 2 – Check your Welsh text using the Cysill app 📝

    Cysill is part of a language software package called Cysgliad that you can download on your PC, and Cysill will be able to identify and correct Welsh-language errors in your text. You can use the online version of Cysill, but you can check your text much easier if you download the app (how do I […]

    TipDigi 2 – Gwiriwch eich testun Cymraeg drwy ddefnyddio ap Cysill 📝

    Mae Cysill yn rhan o becyn meddalwedd iaith y gallwch ei lawrlwytho i’ch cyfrifiadur o’r enw Cysgliad, a bydd Cysill yn medru adnabod a chywiro gwallau Cymraeg yn eich testun. Gallwch ddefnyddio’r fersiwn ar-lein o Cysill, ond gallwch wirio’ch testun yn llawer haws drwy lawrlwytho’r ap (sut ydw i’n gwneud hynny?). Ar ôl i chi […]

    Develop your digital skills each week with our new DigiTips! DigiTip 1 – Bookmark your favourite webpages 🔖

    Each week we’ll be posting a useful DigiTip to help you make the best use of technology. To follow our DigiTips, subscribe to our Digital Skills Blog. Or alternatively, you can bookmark this webpage, where a new DigiTip will be added each week! Do you want to be able to find the exact webpage you […]

    DigiTip 79 – Tick your Tasks with Microsoft Excel’s Checkboxes ✅

    Excel can be a great way to plan, schedule and keep track of things such as budgets or project tasks. But did you know that you can insert checkboxes into your spreadsheet so that you can easily check off your work. To do this go to insert > checkbox.  To follow our DigiTips, subscribe to our […]

    DigiTip 78 – Shhhh with Microsoft Teams ‘Quiet Hours’ 🤫

    If you struggle with work life balance, then DigiTip 78 can help. Did you know that on the Microsoft Teams phone app you can set ‘quiet hours’ so that you do not receive notifications outside of your working hours. On the app, go to Notifications > Block Notifications > Block during quiet hours. You can […]

    DigiTip 77 – Master bullet points with Alt + Shift + Arrow! 🟣

    Adjust your PowerPoint notes area with DigiTip 77. In any PowerPoint you can choose to include presenter notes that only you can see. In this area you can easily adjust the promotion and demotion of bullet points by using the shortcut Alt + Shift + Arrow. View the short video below for a demonstration of […]