Start a chat

Start a chat with someone

1. Open Messages in the menu.
2. Under Start a chat, click the person’s name.
3. Type your message at the bottom and press Enter.

Once it holds a message, the chat moves to Direct messages. The newest chats come first.

To find a person or a conversation quickly, type their name in Search conversations at the top of the list. Ctrl+K (⌘K on a Mac) goes to this box.

From the list of employees or candidates

In the lists of employees and candidates, the actions of a person include Send message. It opens your chat with that person in Messages.

Who you can write to

• The Business owner and every Member can write to each other. They can also write to the employees and candidates who have an application in the workspace.
• An employee or a candidate can write to the Business owner and to every Member. They cannot write to other employees or candidates.

Three kinds of conversations

• Direct messages: a chat between two people.
• Channels, with # before the name: for the whole team. Every Business owner and every Member sees them.
• Private groups, with a lock before the name: only their members see them.

Channels and groups are listed under Channels. See Create a channel or a private group.

One chat for every software

Messages is the same in all your softwares. A chat you start in one software is also in the others.

Common questions