Slack quick reference

• Slack setup
  • Use Slack for Desktop to use Slack windowing features.
  • Use Grammarly Desktop so that it works with the Slack Desktop app. It needs to be downloaded from Grammarly's website.
  • Slack Settings
    • Advanced
      • When writing a message, press Enter to…
        • Start a new line (use command + Enter to send) (checked)
      • Download location
        • Choose location for each download (checked)
    • Mark as read
      • Under "When I view a channel"
        • Start me at the newest message, but leave unseen messages unread (checked)
    • Messages & media
      • Theme -> Compact
      • Names -> Just display names
    • Additional options
      • Display information about who is currently typing a message (checked)
      • Show times with 24-hour clock (checked)
      • Display color swatches next to hexadecimal values (checked)
    • Emoji
      • Convert my typed emoticons to emoji
      • Show one-click reactions on messages
        • Custom
    • Themes
      • System (selected)
• Tips for writing communication
• - negates during search. Example to search the term <TERM> not in the channel <CHANNEL-NAME>:

  <TERM> -in:#<CHANNEL-NAME>
  

• Search messages that have a link.

  has:link
  

• Search DM's by person <ALIAS>.

  in:@<ALIAS>
  

• Set the <USER-ALIAS> color to the color <HTML-COLOR-CODE>.

  /color <USER-ALIAS> <HTML-COLOR-CODE>
  

  • Example: /color @espinoco #639FB6
• Open the "Unreads" view.

  command + shift + A
  

• Expand/collapse sidebar.

  command + shift + D