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“Everyone” notification (notifies everyone in your workspace in the #general channel): type an open angle bracket, an exclamation point (!), “ everyone”, and a closing angle bracket.

#Slack markdown how to#

User mentions: type an open angle bracket, the at symbol the user’s Slack member ID (see below how to find the member ID), and a closing angle bracket.

Wrap the name of the emoji in colons (:).

Two or more consecutive new lines are not supported. You can enter only enter a single new line between lines of text. URL links are automatically hyperlinked in Slack without additional formatting. However, you can mimic the formatting using the bullet point symbol ( It's not possible to format bulleted lists in the same way it's done directly on Slack (using asterisks).

Ordered lists: type the number, a period (.), and a space before your text.

For blockquotes: start the blockquote with a closing angle bracket (>).

For inline code blocks that are a block of text: wrap your text with three backticks.

Inline code blocks that are a single word or line: wrap your text with a single backtick (`).

Strikethrough text: wrap your text with tildes (~).

Italic text: wrap your text with underscores (_).

Bold text: wrap your text with asterisks (*).

You can format Slack messages in Zaps to add styling, user mentions, and channel and workspace notifications. Tips for Formatting Slack Messages Last updated: June 14, 2022