On the Message menu, you can:
- Communicate with others one-on-one, in a small group, or in a team
- Add GIFs and code snippets
- Invite and communicate with guest users (users outside of your company) for free
- Share links and files
- Create and manage tasks for yourself or others
- Share important events to keep your team members informed of your activities
Using Message
Navigate to Message via the left navigation bar. Here, you can message your co-workers, customers, and partners.
- @mentions: View or respond to messages from someone who’s calling your attention.
- Bookmarks: Contains messages that have been marked to find later.
- Show unread: Control your read and unread conversations.
- Favorites: Allows you to view your favorite conversations in one section.
- Direct messages: Find one-on-one and group conversations.
- Teams: Find your active team conversations.
- New folder: Create a new conversations folder to group relevant conversations together.
- Format messages: Use the rich text editor to access formatting options, such as bold, italic, bulleted list, and more.
- Attach file: Attach a file from your computer or Google Drive.
- Emoji: Select an emoji from the emoji menu by scrolling through or typing keywords into the search bar.
- Share a GIF: Select or search for a GIF you want to share.
- New task: Create a new task.
- New event: Create a new event.
- New note: Create a new note.
- New code snippet: Create a new code snippet.
Hover over a message to see these options at the top right corner of the message:
- Quote: Quote a message and reply to inform others of which comment you’re responding to.
- Forward: Forward a message to another user or team.
- Pin/Unpin: Save an important message for yourself and your team.
- More: Click to use Bookmark/Remove bookmark, New task, or Delete post options.
- Reply to task: Click to open the task’s window and reply to the task.
- Edit post: Edit a message you sent.