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Welcome to Slack – your productivity platform. Slack transforms the way that organisations communicate by bringing people together to work as one unified team. To get started, download the desktop app and take a look at the guide below for a quick tour.
Tip: When you're ready to learn more, see our Slack tutorials.
Sidebar
From the sidebar, you can access the channels that you've joined, open your direct messages, view activity that might need your attention and see a list of your saved items and reminders.
1. Home
2. DMs
3. Activity
4. Later
Home is where you'll access your conversations, including channels. Choose the conversations that you're part of by joining and leaving channels, and customise what you see in your sidebar by adjusting your preferences. DMs is a list of all your Direct Messages (DMs) that you can search and filter. Use DMs for one-off conversations that don't require an entire channel of people to weigh in, or as a way to start a huddle with a colleague when it’s easier to talk than type. Activity is a single view of everything that might need your attention. See messages that you’ve been mentioned in, threads that you’re part of and reactions to messages that you’ve sent. Later is where you’ll find messages and files that you’ve saved for later and reminders that you’ve set. Prioritise tasks and enjoy the satisfaction of marking items as complete.
Tip: If you can't see Later, hover over any message and click the save icon.
Channels
Channels are fundamental to working in Slack – they bring the right people and information together in one place, and make it possible to organise work around a common purpose.
5. Channel header
6. Messages and files
7. Emoji reactions
Click the channel name to see details about the channel that you’re in, like the channel topic and description, and files shared in the channel. You can also start a huddle and open the channel’s canvas.Channels provide a dedicated space to write messages and add files. With everything related to a particular topic, project or team in channels, you can scroll up to see the conversation history any time you open or join one.Emoji reactions are a quick way to respond to any message in Slack. They're both fun and helpful for getting work done – a simple reaction can often replace the need for a follow-up message.
Message field
When working in Slack, you have a variety of options available from the message field to help you communicate and connect with your team.
8. Files
9. Formatting
10. Mentions
11. More actions
Double-click the plus icon to add files so you can share important information alongside your team's discussions.Format your messages to add a little clarity or pizzazz – bold the most important items, break out thoughts with bullet points and more.Use mentions to get the attention of specific people in a conversation, whether you need to ask for feedback or follow up on action items.From the more actions menu, you can correct or delete a message that you’ve already sent.
Search, plus and profile
Use the search bar to find something in Slack, the plus button to create something new and click your profile picture to manage your profile and preferences.
12. Search bar
13. Plus button
14. Your profile
Click the search bar to search your team’s conversation history in Slack and find messages, files, channels and people you need to get work done.Use the plus button to quickly create messages, huddles, canvases and channels.Click your profile image to set your status, pause your notifications, manage your preferences and more.
Tip: Access all of our help and learning resources from Help. Click the question mark icon in the top right from your desktop, or the bottom left from a browser.
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