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  • Channels

    • Work with templates in channels
    • Create and share custom templates
    • What is a channel?
    • Join a channel
    • Create a channel
    • Set a conversation topic or channel description
    • Add people to a channel
    • Remove someone from a channel
    • Rename a channel
    • Convert a channel to private or public
    • Leave a channel
    • Archive or delete a channel
    • Use the general channel to share announcements
    • Copy member names and email addresses from a conversation
    • Add a channel to multiple workspaces in your Enterprise Grid organisation
    • Slack Connect guide: work with external organisations
    • Use Slack Connect to work with other companies in channels
    • Accept a Slack Connect channel invitation
    • Remove organisations from a Slack Connect channel
    • Let additional organisations join a Slack Connect channel
    • Slack Connect: Disconnect from an organisation

  • Direct messages

    • Understand direct messages
    • Use Agentforce in Slack
    • Add people to a direct message
    • Convert a group direct message to a private channel
    • Use Slack Connect to start a DM with someone at another company
    • Find external people on Slack
    • End direct messages with people from other organisations

  • Format and style messages

    • Format your messages
    • Add GIFs to a message in Slack
    • Send and read messages
    • Edit or delete messages
    • Use emoji and reactions
    • Use mentions in Slack
    • Set your message formatting preference

  • Message features & tools

    • Notify a channel or workspace
    • Print a Slack canvas
    • Add contacts as VIPs
    • Add and manage tabs in channels and direct messages
    • Share sidebar sections in Slack
    • Understand canvas update messages
    • Triage notifications in the Activity tab
    • Introduce people across the organisations that you work with
    • Open separate windows in Slack
    • Create a user group
    • Add customised emoji and aliases to your workspace
    • Star channels and direct messages
    • Save messages and files for later
    • Use threads to organise discussions
    • Send emails to Slack
    • Set a reminder
    • View all your unread messages
    • Edit message retention settings for specific conversations

  • Share files & conversations

    • Add files to Slack
    • Create and share custom canvas templates
    • Find and use canvas templates
    • Create and share custom list templates
    • Use a canvas in Slack
    • Use lists in Slack
    • Discover ways to use canvases
    • Manage access permissions for canvases and lists
    • How data management features apply to canvases and lists
    • Add descriptions to images
    • Create or paste code snippets in Slack
    • Share links and set preview preferences
    • Forward messages in Slack
    • Reassign canvas or list ownership

  • Search in Slack

    • Search in Slack
    • Search across your applications with Slack enterprise search
    • Browse people and user groups in Slack

  • Audio and video

    • Use huddles in Slack
    • Create audio and video clips in Slack
    • Guide to network and system configuration for Slack huddles
    • Troubleshoot audio and video issues in Slack

  • Keyboard shortcuts & accessibility

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