If you click the + button next to the Direct Messages section, a window will open to let you find or start a direct message conversation. Click on any name to send that person a private, one-to-one message. Direct Messagesīelow Channels, you’ll see a Direct Messages section in the sidebar, followed by the names of every person invited to your Slack team. This Slack FAQ page offers more info about channels. You’ll further be allowed to name the channel, invite others to join, and briefly describe the channel’s purpose. You’ll then see options to create a public or private channel. To create a new channel, click the + button next to Channels in the sidebar.
And finally, if you click the Channels section name, you’ll see a new window that lets you browse and sort all channels. If a channel is public, everyone in your team can join, but if it is private, only select people can join. You can name chat rooms based on anything, including a project (screenplay), a topic (music), or a team (sales). Underneath the name of your Slack Team and your own username, you’ll see a section called Channels in the sidebar. This Slack FAQ page offers more info about stars. This is useful as you Slack grows and there are more and more people and groups to talk to or keep an eye on but some are more important than others. Stars essentially allow for pinning of a channel or chat so that it's easily visible and accessible. You can also star messages in Slack so you can easily come back to them later. You can star channels or direct messages to move them to the top of your left sidebar. Stars are a way to mark an item in Slack as important. Starred conversationsĮverything you've starred will appear above the Channels section and below your team name and username in the sidebar. This Slack FAQ page offers more info about notifications. If there's a channel that you find is particularly busy and regularly disturbs you but you don't need to follow constantly then you can right click and click to mute that channel on its own. To get to those settings, open the channel you want to adjust, then click the name of it at the top of the screen, and select Channel notification preferences. Each channel even has individual notification preferences, for instance.
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