Message management
Send messages and manage replies, reactions, visibility, and translation
Models and Conversations contain a real-time message thread for communication and shared content. Chats use the same core message actions but have their own membership rules; see Chats.
Send a message
Open a Model, Conversation, or Chat.
Write in the composer at the bottom of the thread.
Add mentions, files, a Google Drive link, or a Note when needed.
Select Send.
The composer automatically keeps an unsent draft. You can also translate the text before sending it.
Message visibility for Viewers
Standard users and higher can see content in the Models and Conversations they can access. A Viewer must first have access to the parent item through the assigned User Groups. Individual messages, files, Notes, and Drive links must also be visible to Viewers.
Before sending, use Make visible to Viewers to make the message and its pending attachments public to eligible Viewers. Authorized users can change the visibility later with the people icon on the message.
Changing visibility takes effect immediately. Parent access and content visibility are both required; enabling one does not replace the other.
Chats do not use Viewer visibility. Chat access is based on participation.
Reply to a message
Open the message actions and select Reply. The composer shows the referenced message; write your response and send it. Select the reference in a reply to return to the original message.
When replying to a message visible to Viewers, Fashionupdater keeps the reply visible to the same audience where required by the access rules.
React to a message
Use the thumbs-up action to add or remove your reaction. Select the reaction count to see who reacted when that information is available.
Edit or delete a message
You can edit your own supported messages. Open the actions, choose Edit, update the text, and save. Exit edit mode to discard unsaved changes.
The author and authorized moderators can delete a message. When a message has files, the confirmation can offer a separate choice about deleting its attachments. Review that option before confirming.
Save a message and use drafts
Use the bookmark action to add or remove a message from Saved Messages. The saved view is personal and links back to the original thread.
Draft text and pending attachments are saved automatically for each thread. Open Drafts in the desktop app to find every unsent draft. See Notifications, saved messages, and drafts.
Create a Broadcast Message
A broadcast sends the same text and optional files to multiple Models or Conversations from the desktop app.
Open Global Search and select the target Models or Conversations, or use the available Broadcast Message action.
Review the target list and remove anything that should not receive the content.
Write the text and optionally attach supported files.
Choose Viewer visibility when required.
Send and review the result summary.
The result can be exported to CSV. A text-only broadcast may offer Undo in its completion dialog; a broadcast that includes files does not provide the same automatic rollback.
Translate a draft message
Write the source text.
Open the translation action in the composer.
Choose the target language.
Review the translated text before sending.
Mentions are preserved where supported. Set your default translation language under User Preferences.
Translate a received message
Open More actions on a received message and select Translate. The translation appears with the original message and can be closed without changing the source content.
Highlight a Message
Authorized users can pin an important message in a Model or Conversation.
Open More actions on the message.
Choose Pin message.
Open the pinned-messages bar to browse highlighted messages and jump to the original position.
Use Unpin message to remove it from the highlighted list. The message stays in the thread.
View Message Information
When your permission level allows it:
Open More actions on a message.
Select View message info.
Review the users who could see the message and the available viewing data.
A viewing indication is based on whether a user's last access to the thread is after the message became visible to that user. If Viewer visibility was enabled later, that later visibility time is used.
Create a task from a message
Use the task action on an existing message, or enable the task option while composing, to create a linked task. Choose yourself, individual users, or a User Group as allowed. See Task management.
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