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! 

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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! 

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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.  

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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: 

  1. In your PowerPoint go to ‘Slide Show’ then ‘Rehearse with Coach’. 
  1. Run through your presentation as usual  
  1. Once finished – receive your personalised feedback summary of statistics on what you did well and how you can improve! 

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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 want to go back and look at previous DigiTips you can read them all from this webpage.

How can I follow the DigiTips?

If you want to keep up weekly with our DigiTips, there are a couple of different ways you can follow our DigiTips.

  1. You can bookmark this webpage and a new DigiTip will appear here at 10am each Tuesday during term time (Read DigiTip 1 if you’re unsure how to bookmark a webpage).
  2. If you want to receive an email notification each time, we post a new DigiTip, you can subscribe to our Digital Skills Blog.
  3. We also publish each DigiTip on Facebook and Instagram pages which you can access from the icons below. From there, you can follow our hashtags #TipiauDigiPA #AUDigiTips

DigiTip 60: Power up your PowerPoint! ⚡

Have you ever struggled with presenting your PowerPoint online through sharing your screen? Did you know that you can present directly from PowerPoint to Teams? With DigiTip 60 – now you do! 

When you’re in your meeting and ready to share your slides – simply select the “present in Teams” button in your PowerPoint and present! 

View the short video below to see how easy it is: 

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DigiTip 59: Remember to Stay hydrated with the My Water 💧

Forgetting to stay hydrated while at Uni or work? This DigiTip is for you. Staying hydrated is a major part of wellbeing as it influences how much energy you have and helps you to stay focussed. 

My Water has a free version which will send you notifications at set intervals reminding you to drink to reach your goal for the day. Alongside this you are also given statistics based on how you are doing for the week with your water intake. There’s also an Achievements page that shows what milestones you’ve hit and how to achieve more. When reporting what you have drank on the free version you are given the option of selecting water, coffee or tea which will return different amounts to your water progress based on the water balance of the drink. 

Below are some screenshots from the app that show some of these features. 

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DigiTip 58: Take Ctrl of your Headings in Word ⌨️

Sometimes, it can be a pain swapping from different headings in Word but with DigiTip 58 it doesn’t have to be a pain anymore!  

Use the simple shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + S to easily swap between all the different heading styles available in Word.

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International Day of Forests 🌲

Today – 21st March 2025 – is International Day of Forests and to celebrate we’re revisiting all our blogposts and DigiTips related to nature! 

  1. Plant your Productivity with the Flora app! 🌼: Available on iOS and Android, Flora is an interactive productivity app where you can store to-do lists and build positive habits.
  2. DigiTip 40: Get More Connected to Nature with Seek by iNaturalist 🔎🌼: You may come across birds, plants, fungi, and amphibians that you can’t identify. Using image recognition technology, the Seek by iNaturalist app will help you take your knowledge of nature to the next level! 
  3. Nature at your fingertips: My favourite apps for exploring the outdoors 🍃🌻: To enhance your outdoor adventures, I’ve compiled a list of my favourite free apps that will hopefully spark your curiosity and deepen your appreciation for nature.
  4. 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.