DigiTips

DigiTip 67 – Count on My Row Counter 🧶

With the rise of popularity in crochet and knitting, apps have been created to support development. Apps such as ‘My Row Counter’ which has functions such as free patterns, a glossary, units convertor and a pattern creator. View the pictures below for a quick glimpse at My Row Counter.   To follow our DigiTips, subscribe to our […]

DigiTip 66 – Spruce up your PowerPoints with ‘Designer’ 🖌️

Are you looking to make your PowerPoint presentations more interesting? But you’re not sure where to start? Why not use PowerPoint’s ‘Designer’ feature. The Designer feature presents generated ideas to make your slides look more interesting. View the short video below for a quick demonstration.   To follow our DigiTips, subscribe to our Digital Skills Blog. Or […]

It’s Our Favourite Time of Year – The Return of DigiTips! 👋🏻

Starting next week, our DigiTips will be returning. Join us for our weekly posts about our favourite digital tips and tricks to help improve your digital skills. If you haven’t seen our previous DigiTips you can view them all here. Remember to keep up to date with our DigiTips and all other digital skills posts […]

Top of the Tips: Our Top 5 DigiTips from 2024/25 🏆

Before we move into the new academic year and into a new batch of DigiTips – weekly blogpost to highlight a useful tip that you can use to make your daily digital life easier – let’s look back on our most popular DigiTips from 2024/25!  Have you ever been in an MS Teams meeting where you’ve needed […]

DigiTip 65: Speak it aloud with Microsoft Word Dictate 🗣️

Swap out typing for talking with DigiTip 65 and Microsoft Word’s Dictate tool. On Microsoft Word there is the option to dictate by either clicking the microphone button or using the shortcut Alt and +. This means that you can talk, and Microsoft Word will type for you!  To follow our DigiTips, subscribe to our Digital […]

DigiTip 64: Change Direction with Excel Text Orientation 💻

Take your spreadsheets to the next level with DigiTip 64. Did you know that you can change the direction of text on your spreadsheets. This can help if your spreadsheets are becoming text heavy, especially headings. View the short video below to learn how!  To follow our DigiTips, subscribe to our Digital Skills Blog. Or alternatively, […]

DigiTip 63: Tag you’re it! OneNotes Tagging Feature ✅

With DigiTip 63, learn how to insert tags into your pages on OneNote. Tags are small emojis such as checkboxes to help you keep track of what’s important in your OneNote pages.   Watch the short video below to learn more.   To follow our DigiTips, subscribe to our Digital Skills Blog. Or alternatively, you can bookmark this webpage, […]

DigiTip 62: Perfect Presenting with PowerPoint Presenter Coach ⏱️

Do you want to perfect your presenting skills before your next big presentation? With DigiTip 62 and PowerPoint’s Presenter Coach you can get feedback while you practice! Simply follow these steps:  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!  

DigiTip 61: Quick Zoom: Windows Magnifier Master 🔎

Zoom in and out with ease with DigiTip 61! If you need to quickly zoom in or zoom out on your Windows computer, the easy shortcut for this is Windows Key and + to zoom in and then Windows Key and – to zoom out!  To follow our DigiTips, subscribe to our Digital Skills Blog. Or […]

DigiTips are returning next week! 📢

Since September 2023, the Digital Skills Team have been publishing weekly tips and tricks to help improve your Digital Skills one DigiTip at a time. So far, we’ve published 60 DigiTips from Microsoft shortcuts to digital wellbeing app suggestions! We’ll be returning next week on Tuesday 29 April with a further 5 DigiTips, if you […]