Formatting on Slack
How to do formatting on your Slack messages to improve their readability
Formatting on Slack is pretty straight forward, so here we go.
Bold text
Whatever text you would like to see bold, just pop some * on either side.
This is *my bold text.*Results in:
This is my bold text.
Italicised text
Whatever text you would like to see italicised, just pop some _ on either side.
This is _my italicised text._Results in:
This is my italicised text.
Inline code
To have some inline code, just pop a ` on either side.
This is `my inline code.`Results in:
This is my inline code.
Code blocks
To make a code block, pop three ` on either side of your code.
```
def code_block
puts "Yay! Code block!"
end
```Results in:
def code_block
puts "Yay! Code block!"
end
This article is a part of the "Slack" series
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- Setting Reminders on Slack
- Accessibility Options on Slack
- Making Custom Emojis on Slack
- Setting Your Status on Slack
- Shrugging on Slack
- This Article
- Making a Channel on Slack
- Syntax Highlighting on Slack
- Custom Startup Messages on Slack
- Adding an integration to a Slack room
- Integrating RSS feeds to Slack (including YouTube)