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Setting your status and availability in Slack

https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/201864558-Set-your-Slack-status-and-availability

 

https://slack.com/slack-tips/let-your-team-know-your-working-hours

Updating your notification settings

https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/201355156-Guide-to-Slack-notifications-

Manage your sidebar display

https://slack.com/help/articles/212596808

Using threads and following threads

https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/115000769927-Message-and-file-threads

Formatting messages to organize long messages

https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/202288908-Format-your-messages

Searching for information, files, a member

https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/202528808-Guide-to-search-in-Slack-

 

https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/360003534892-Find-members-in-the-directory-

 

Cross posting, sharing posts

https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/203274767-Share-messages-in-Slack

Star Channels, Messages, Files

https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/201331016-Star-channels-messages-or-files

 

https://slack.com/slack-tips/upload-and-share-files

Set a reminder

https://slack.com/help/articles/208423427

Learn Slack keyboard shortcuts

https://slack.com/intl/en-ca/help/articles/201374536-slack-keyboard-shortcuts

View your workspace engagement statistics

https://slack.com/help/articles/218407447

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