Communicate with your team or entire organization by sending messages in Channels.

This article is about sending messages to Channels. Learn how to reply to a thread.

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Send a message

To send a message in a Chat Channel:

1. In the Chat sidebar, select a Channel.
2. Type your message. To make it a Post, click the Post tab above the text box.
   

   Use rich text formatting in your message!

3. Press Return on Mac or Enter on PC.

Learn how to edit sent messages.

Add context to messages

You can add helpful context to messages using the options below the text box:

• Use /Slash Commands
• Use rich text editing
• Upload an attachment
• @mention a person, task, Doc, Whiteboard, or Channel
• Assign the message
• Add an emoji
• Record a Clip
• Record a Voice Clip
• Create a task
• Create a Doc
• Create a Whiteboard