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   Chapter 4 of 'Take Control of Slack Basics' Available

   Adam C. Engst

   Slack is all about messages, and that's where Glenn Fleishman takes us
   next in his serialized 'Take Control of Slack Basics.' Messages are of
   course tremendously simple at their core ' type something witty and hit
   Return ' but as you might expect by now, Slack provides a deep set of
   features that take messaging to new levels. In Chapter 4, '[1]Post
   Basic Messages,' Glenn touches on the ever-important topic of etiquette
   before explaining composition-related actions like how to format
   messages, reference other people, include images and links to Web
   sites, and use emoji. You'll also learn how to edit and delete
   messages, navigate within the message list (there are lots of
   shortcuts), react to a message, mark a message for later, and even link
   to a specific message.

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   If you want to practice with Slack's message-related features, join our
   public SlackBITS group, which has nearly 125 members and so far has
   hosted discussions of Slack, the Mac, iOS, and Apple TV. You're welcome
   to ask anything you like there! Instructions on how to join are in
   Chapter 1, '[3]Introducing Slack.' Also available to everyone is
   Chapter 2, '[4]Get Started with Slack.'

   However, Chapter 3, '[5]Master the Interface,' and this new Chapter 4
   are accessible only by TidBITS members, so if you're not currently one,
   [6]we hope this is incentive to join! TidBITS members receive other
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   The full ebook of 'Take Control of Slack Basics' will be available for
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   it's complete.

References

   1. http://tidbits.com/article/16364
   2. http://tidbits.com/resources/2016-03/Ch4-mention-and-invite.png
   3. http://tidbits.com/article/16321
   4. http://tidbits.com/article/16322
   5. http://tidbits.com/article/16343
   6. http://tidbits.com/member_benefits.html