In this video, I'll teach you how to give
a teammate a thumbs up!
...And a whole bunch of other stuff.
Hey everyone, my
name is Kyle with Microsoft.
In our last video we
introduced threaded conversations
in the post area of Microsoft Teams.
How to start new topics and how to reply.
Let's take a look at some more
options and tools for
reacting to different posts
in Microsoft Teams.
Before we talk about
reacting to posts, let's look at the
icons that post might have.
Posts might have
a number of different red
icons in the top right,
most of them relating to
associated notifications.
Hovering over them will let
you know why they're there.
The post has tagged the entire team
the entire channel you individually or
was flagged as important.
There are plenty of options besides
just replying to a post.
Hover over any original post or
reply to see a number of reactions.
Hearts, thumbs up and more.
Click the "..." for even more options.
We've discussed in a
previous video how to save a
message, but you can also mark
a post as unread.
This will flag the channel as having
unread messages.
If you need to send someone
else to a particular message, copy
a link to it or send it via email.
A copied link will include
information regarding who
authored the post, the team, and channel
it resides in and when it was posted.
Clicking "share to Outlook"
opens a
window in Teams tied to the address with
which you're signed in.
Perfect for sending pertinent
info along to team members who may not be
in that particular team
or using Microsoft Teams or
outside your organization.
Teams supports multiple
languages without the
need to jump to the web.
To translate, just select translate from
the list of options and any post not
in your chosen language
will be translated, selected again to
revert to the original language.
Our next option is the immersive reader,
just like the same tool
in Word, Microsoft Edge or OneNote.
This option opens posts
in an easy to read view
where you can control the font size,
the background color, spacing, and
even have text read aloud to you.
Immersive reader even
includes grammar tools and
the option to translate from
within this view.
Hit the arrow button to
return to the posts tab.
You can turn notifications for
a thread on or off here.
Notifications that don't involve flags
or tagging a specific
team or channel, or you
individually simply change the name
of the channel to bold
in your channels list.
You may see another menu for
more actions related to apps
in that Channel.
Finally, you can pin a post or reply.
Unlike saving a message, which bookmarks
that post in a menu, you
can access on your own.
Pinning a post saves that
message for everyone in the channel.
You'll see a pin icon appear on the top
right, similar to the Red notification
icons, but pinned posts don't move
anywhere in the posts tab.
To quickly see all of the posts that
have been pinned
in a channel, both by you
and your team members.
Click the Channel info button
in the top right.
Below the list of members, you'll
see pinned posts.
Clicking here will take you to
the post in the channel,
and clicking pinned posts
will show a view of every
pinned post for that Channel.
Use this to help your entire team
keep track of the most
important messages.
Reacting to a post is more than
just giving a thumbs up
and Microsoft Teams
is much more than just the posts tab.
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