Find information that you need

With key information spread across various emails and files, it can be hard to keep track of everything that you need to get work done.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Slack to:

  • Search for information
  • Access messages and files that you use most

 

Search for information

Finding the right information is key to working smarter and faster, and being more productive. In Slack, you can quickly find messages, files, channels and people, all in one search.

Try it: Click the  magnifying glass icon in the sidebar and search for a topic in the search field.

 

Access messages and files that you use most

You can save messages and files that you often reference so that they’re easy to access later. Let’s say that a teammate shares a report that you’ll need to revisit often as part of an upcoming project. Instead of repeatedly searching for the file, you can save it for later and access it quickly from  Later. Clicking the Save for later button from a message to add it to Later

Try it: Hover over a message that you’d like to save for later and click the  Save icon.