If you’re new to Slack and aren’t quite sure how to navigate all its functionalities, this guide might help! Included: tips on how to pep up your posts with different styles, a hands-holding guide to replying to a post in its thread as opposed to just in the general channel, and a note about emojis.
POSTS
- new line:
shift
+enter
(without theshift
, it’ll post) - post:
enter
(noshift
this time) - keywords: surround text with backticks (e.g.,
keyword text
) - bold: surround text with asterisks (e.g., bolded text)
- italicize: surround text with underscores (e.g., italicized text)
- lists: begin message with the numeral one ( 1 ) for ordered lists or an asterisk ( * ) for unordered lists
- block quote: begin line with a bracket ( > ); get out of it by creating a new line
- inline code: begin with triple backticks (
``
); get out of it by closing it with triple backticks * code snippet: click
lightning boltin new message, then select
create a code or text snippet, then select what language to use in the
type` dropdown menu, then paste in the editor
THREADS
- reply to a post by clicking the
chat bubble
icon to go to the thread - post your comment as a reply in that specific thread, as opposed to in the general channel stream
REACTIONS
- use emojis to quickly reply to a message without using text
- have everyone click on a certain emoji to indicate they’ve completed a task
MENTIONS
- grab someone’s attention by using the “at” symbol ( @ ) before their username
- users get notifications of their mentions
MESSAGES
- send a private message to specific user by going to the
All DMs
link in the top left of the main sidebar - type a user into the search bar to pull them up, then send them your message
CHANNELS
- organize discussions into different sections, based on their primary focus
- searchable
- join or leave as needed
- all your channels appear in your sidebar under
channels
- stars: star channels to pull them out of the general
channels
section of the sidebar and into a newstarred
section of the sidebar - pins: pin important messages in threads, so they’ll always be accessible via the
pin
icon in the top left corner of a channel’s stream
INTEGRATIONS
- you can link up third-party platforms like Dropbox or Google Calendar
MORE INFO:
https://slack.com/resources/using-slack/how-to-use-slack
https://slack.com/help/articles/202288908-Format-your-messages
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