Take Control of Slack Basics

Take Control of Slack Basics helps every Slack user. The book starts by explaining how Slack apps work, and then walks you through posting messages, working with file uploads, joining and making channels, handling direct messages, managing notifications, and being productive.

If you’re new to Slack and your business or other group has adopted it, the book teaches you everything you need to know about using Slack efficiently and having fun along the way. Many features resist easy discovery without a helping hand, but you’ll run across a surprising amount of whimsy while using Slack.

If you’ve been using Slack but don’t feel like you’re getting enough out of it, or if it feels like a distraction you want to moderate, the book provides extensive assistance in upping your Slack game, tailoring how Slack alerts you (visually and through mobile and desktop notifications), and an entire chapter on turning down the noise.