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# Reading strategies
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In Zulip, streams determine who gets a message. Topics tell you what
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the message is about. If you are not yet familiar with Zulip's topics,
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we recommend first reading about [streams and
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topics](/help/streams-and-topics).
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This article details a few ways to efficiently read through messages
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in Zulip.
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## Topic by topic
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Like your email inbox, for most users, Zulip works best if you read it
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topic-by-topic.
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### Finding a topic to read
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#### From Recent topics
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{!recent-topics.md!}
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#### From the list of streams
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{!left-sidebar-topics.md!}
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### Reading topics
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{!reading-topics.md!}
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## Stream view
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Sometimes it's useful to scroll through all the messages in a stream,
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especially in situations where you just want a general idea of what's going
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on.
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* Click on a stream name in the left sidebar, and scroll using your mouse,
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the arrow keys, <kbd>End</kbd>, or page up/down.
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* Click on a topic to narrow to messages from that topic.
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You can also search for a stream by clicking on **STREAMS** in the
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left sidebar, or using the <kbd>Q</kbd> [keyboard
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shortcut](/help/keyboard-shortcuts).
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## All messages
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If you're all caught up, it can be useful to have a single place to keep
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track of all messages coming in.
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* Click on **All messages** near the top left corner of the app, or hit
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<kbd>A</kbd>.
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* You can use <kbd>S</kbd> (narrow to stream) or <kbd>Shift</kbd> +
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<kbd>S</kbd> (narrow to topic) to zoom in, and <kbd>A</kbd> to get back
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to All messages.
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## Starring messages for later
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You can [star messages](/help/star-a-message) that you've seen and would
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like to reply to later.
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## Related articles
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* [Getting started with Zulip](/help/getting-started-with-zulip)
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* [Recent topics](/help/recent-topics)
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* [Searching for messages](/help/search-for-messages)
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* [Marking messages as read](/help/marking-messages-as-read)
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* [Marking messages as unread](/help/marking-messages-as-unread)
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