Use @mentions to bring your teammates' attention to items within tasks, Chat views, and Docs.
@mention people in a task
@mentioning happens within a task's activity feed.
To @mention a person:
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From the task comment or description, type
@and a person or Team's initials. This quickly returns anyone with those initials!-
If you don't know the initials, you can also type, or click the @ shortcut below the comment field to display the person selector.
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Choose the person or Team.
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Names are prioritized by how often you tag them.
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Mention all assignees or watcher using
@watchersand@assignee.
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When you mention a person in a comment, they will automatically become a watcher of that task. If they are mentioned in the task description, they will not be added as a watcher automatically.
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When the person views the task, the comment that he or she is mentioned in will be highlighted
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When people are tagged in a comment, they will see their names highlighted in their notification feeds. If you select notifications for the task description, people will also receive a notification. This helps people identify their most important action items as they scan their notifications.
Take a look at our Assigned Comments article to learn how to assign small action items that won't be forgotten!
@mention people in a Chat view
To @mention in a Chat view:
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Begin commenting at the bottom of the view
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Type
@. -
Choose the person.
@mention people in a Doc
To @mention in a Doc:
- Type
@. - Choose the person. This person must have access to the Doc for them to be tagged.
- Click their name to mention them in the Doc. This will notify the user that they have been @mentioned.
You can't mention others in Docs unless the Doc has been shared with them.
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