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# Tip of the Week: Keyboard Shortcuts for Slack
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Collaboration is crucial in today’s work environment, which is one reason that solutions like Slack are so popular among businesses. Another reason that Slack is a popular option is how user-friendly it is - especially with the many shortcuts that are built in. We’ll go over a few of these shortcuts.
## Navigating Slack
Open direct messages menu - **Ctrl +Shift + K**
Browse all channels - **Ctrl + Shift + L**
Previous (unread) channel or direct message - **Alt (+ Shift) + Up Arrow**
Next (unread) channel or direct message - **Alt (+ Shift) + Down Arrow**
Access the Quick Switcher - **Ctrl + K**
Switch to previous workspace - **Ctrl + Shift + Tab**
Switch to the next workspace - **Ctrl + Tab**
Return to the previous channel - **Alt + Left Arrow**
## Marking Up Your Messages
Mark all messages in current channel or direct message as read - **Esc**
Mark all messages as read - **Shift + Esc**
Mark a message as unread - **Alt + Click**
## Creating Messages
Edit your last message - **Up Arrow in empty message field** (this shortcut changes to **Ctrl + Up Arrow** if **Use up and down arrows to cycle through your typed history** is enabled)
Bold selected text - **Ctrl + B**
Italicize selected text - **Ctrl + I**
Strikethrough selected text - **Ctrl + Shift + X**
Quote selected text - **Ctrl + Shift + >**
Convert selected text into a numbered list - **Ctrl + Shift + 7**
Convert selected text into a bulleted list - **Ctrl + Shift + 8**
## Viewing All Keyboard Shortcuts in Slack
For a complete list of shortcuts in Slack, press **Ctrl + /**.
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