Using Chat

• Creating new chat rooms

  Chat rooms are the perfect place to hold discussions around projects, clients, what’s going on in the office and even larger tasks. You have the option to make rooms open to your whole organization or invite only, if the material you’ll be discussing is a little more... Read more…

• Archiving chat rooms

  When you're no longer using a chat room and want to keep your chat sidebar up to date, you can clear it out by using the Archive feature. Archiving allows you to retain all the information in a chat room, in case you need to access it later, while decluttering the Ch... Read more…

• Formatting chat messages

  ​If your messages need a little flair, you can easily add formatting using the syntax below: Read more…

• Joining chat rooms

  When a teammate creates a public chat room anyone in the organization can join it. To do so, just click the + next to Chat Rooms in the chat sidebar to see a list of all the public rooms that have been created so far. Read more…

• Setting a status

  Whether you’re in a meeting for the next hour or just running out to get a cup of coffee, setting your status or marking yourself as away is the best way to let your colleagues know you’re not currently available or working in Flow. Read more…

• Creating tasks from chat

  Communicating with your organization members is sure to generate ideas for tasks so Flow makes it really simple to create quick tasks directly from chat. Read more…

• Searching chat history

  If you ever need to track down some useful instructions or look back on an interesting chat in Flow just click the search bar in the top right corner of the app and enter a keyword. When the results load, click “Open Search Pane.” Read more…

• Direct messages

  If you need to break off into a private space to chat with one or several teammates, you can use direct messages. Unlike public chat rooms, users can’t search and join direct messages so they’re a great place to hold discussions that don’t need to be included public ... Read more…

• Sending chat messages

  Sending messages to other organization members in Flow is what chat is all about. It’s easy to send quick one-off comments or longer, beautifully formatted messages. Read more…