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