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    Digitip 86 – Outlook Email Tagging 🏷️

    If you’re like me, having an empty email inbox is both an incredible joy and an insurmountable goal. Today i’ll share something that helps me feel more in control of my inbox by keeping track of what’s what – what you can delete, keep, respond to, or whatever else you need. Introducing: Email tagging! This […]

    TipDigi 86 – Tagio E-bost Outlook 🏷️

    Os ydych chi fel fi, mae cael blwch derbyn e-bost gwag yn llawenydd anhygoel ac yn nod anorchfygol. Heddiw byddaf yn rhannu rhywbeth sy’n fy helpu i deimlo bod gennyf fwy o reolaeth dros fy mewnflwch trwy gadw golwg ar beth yw beth – beth allwch chi ei ddileu, ei gadw, ymateb iddo, neu beth […]

    Digitip 85 – I or l: Avoid getting tricked 🔍

    Imagine, for a moment, this harrowing scenario: Hi, here's the important code you requested: Az3971InwlI1mkEnDIWnl11Il You'll have to enter this manually, using a remote control, one character at a time.The input field will reset after 60 seconds, so better move fast.Oh, and one last thing...Some of those are lower-case Ls, and some are upper-case Is. […]

    TipDigi 85 – I neu l: Osgowch gael eich twyllo 🔎

    Dychmygwch am eiliad y senario dirdynnol hwn: Helo, dyma'r cod pwysig y gwnaethoch gais amdano: Az3971InwlI1mkEnDIWnl11Il Bydd yn rhaid i chi fewnbynnu’r cod â llaw, gan ddefnyddio teclyn rheoli o bell, un nod ar y tro.Bydd y maes mewnbynnu yn ailosod ar ôl 60 eiliad, felly rhaid symud yn gyflym.O, ac un peth arall...Mae rhai […]

    TipDigi 4 – Cyfle i wella eich cynhyrchiant wrth helpu’r blaned, gyda’r Forest App 🌱

    Ydych chi eisiau cynyddu eich cynhyrchiant wrth helpu’r blaned? Bydd y Forest App yn helpu i leihau oedi ac amhariadau a rhoi’r cymhelliant ychwanegol i chi aros yn gynhyrchiol, trwy dyfu coed ac ennill darnau arian rhithwir i ddatgloi planhigion newydd gan ddibynnu ar ba mor hir yr ydych chi wedi aros yn gynhyrchiol. Wrth […]

    DigiTip 4 – Increase your productivity whilst helping the planet with the Forest App 🌱

    Do you want to increase your productivity whilst helping the planet? The Forest App will help reduce your procrastination and distractions whilst giving you the extra incentive to stay productive, by growing trees and earning virtual coins to unlock new plants depending on how long you have stayed productive for. As your forest grows, you […]

    DigiTip 84 – Read Aloud in Word 🗣️

    Short one today, but helpful!Continuing on from last week’s DigiTip on proof-reading, this tip is all about the text-to-speech function (or ‘read aloud’) in Microsoft Word! Before we talk about exactly why this function is so useful, here’s how to make it work for you. To access it, you can either: Navigate to Review and […]

    TipDigidol 84 – Darllen yn Uchel yn Word 🗣️

    Un byr, ond defnyddiol heddiw!Gan barhau o DipDigidol yr wythnos diwethaf ar brawfddarllen, mae’r awgrym hwn yn ymwneud â’r nodwedd testun-i-lais (neu ‘darllen yn uchel’) yn Microsoft Word! Cyn i ni drafod pam mae’r nodwedd hon mor ddefnyddiol, dyma sut mae’n gweithio. Er mwyn cael mynediad ato, gallwch naill ai: Llywio i Adolygu ac yna […]

    DigiTip 83 – Double-check anything with Word’s Editor 📝

    You’ve probably been writing on your computer before – be it Microsoft’s Word or any other word processor – and seen that red squiggly line under your writing indicating that you’ve misspelled something. It’s pretty helpful, and makes it effortless to go back and correct yourself while you write. However, in this blog you’ll see […]

    TipDigidol 83 – Gwirio unrhyw beth gyda Golygydd Word 📝

    Mae’n debyg eich bod wedi bod yn teipio ar eich cyfrifiadur – boed hynny gyda Microsoft Word neu unrhyw brosesydd geiriau arall – a gweld y llinell goch o dan y geiriau yn dangos eich bod wedi camsillafu rhywbeth. Mae’n eithaf defnyddiol, ac yn ei gwneud hi’n ddiymdrech i fynd yn ôl a chywiro eich […]