The Joys of Slack

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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 the shift, it’ll post)
post: enter (no shift 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: clicklightning bolt in 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 new starred 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