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For your team. Everyone can send and receive messages.
Messages is Vera’s built-in chat. Use it for a quick one-on-one, or read the group channels your team uses to stay in sync. Open it with Messages in the top row of tabs.

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How Messages is laid out

  • On the left is your list of conversations, newest activity first. A bold name with a dot means unread messages.
  • On the right is the conversation you have open, with its messages and a box to type in.

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Read a conversation

1

Open Messages

Click Messages in the top tabs.
2

Pick a conversation

Click any conversation on the left. It opens on the right, and Vera marks it as read.

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Send a message

1

Open the conversation

Click the person or channel you want to message.
2

Type your message

Click in the box at the bottom and type.
3

Send it

Press Enter, or click the send button. Your message appears in the thread right away.

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Start a new message

1

Open the new menu

In the top-left of Messages, click the + button.
2

Choose New message

Click New message, then pick the person you want to chat with. Anyone on your team can start a one-on-one conversation.
You can also find someone fast: type their name in the Search box at the top of the conversation list, then click their name under People to start a chat.

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Find an existing conversation

Type a name into Search at the top of the list. Matching conversations — and people you can message — appear as you type.

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A note on channels

Group channels (like a whole-team channel or one for a single team) keep everyone on the same page. Only managers can create channels in Vera today, but everyone can read and reply in the channels they’re part of.

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What success looks like

You can open a conversation, send a reply, and start a new chat with anyone on your team — and unread conversations stand out so nothing slips by.

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Next step

Keep on top of replies with Notifications.