{"id":3932,"date":"2025-02-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/digital-capabilities\/?p=3932"},"modified":"2025-12-01T10:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:30:49","slug":"digitip-51-become-more-effective-with-ms-teams-by-using-commands-%e2%9a%a1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/digital-capabilities\/2025\/02\/04\/digitip-51-become-more-effective-with-ms-teams-by-using-commands-%e2%9a%a1\/","title":{"rendered":"DigiTip 51: Become more effective with MS Teams by using commands\u00a0\u26a1\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3186\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/digital-capabilities\/files\/2024\/07\/digitips-banner_64471854.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3556\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you want a faster and more efficient way to navigate MS Teams, for example to let your colleagues know your status on Teams or send a message? DigiTip 51 can show you quick commands to do just this. For this DigiTip we will be using the forward slash commands in the search bar on Teams. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First open MS Teams.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Next, we will need to access the search bar at the top, this can either be done by pressing ctrl + e or by just clicking in the search area at the top.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Then if you press \/ you will receive all commands available to you to use.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After you have chosen the command you want to use you just have to press enter.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An example of one of these would be \/busy which is a faster way of setting your status to busy.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Another example, \/chat will give you a follow up option of selecting who you want to send the message to and what you want the message to be, all in the search bar.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"590\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/digital-capabilities\/files\/2024\/12\/DigiTip-51.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3933\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#dbc7ed\">To follow our DigiTips,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/digital-capabilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subscribe to our Digital Skills Blog<\/a>. 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