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Once the help center has transitioned to astro, we will look at adding back the formatting to the title and sidebar for these two articles: "General chat topic" and "General chat channels".
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# “General chat” topic
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Zulip's [topics](/help/introduction-to-topics) help you keep conversations
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organized, but you may sometimes want to send a message without a topic. For
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example, this could be appropriate for social chatter, or for a one-off request
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(e.g., “Is anyone around to help me out?”).
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{!general-chat-intro.md!}
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The “*general chat*” topic can be used only if [allowed](/help/require-topics)
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by your organization's administrators, and channels can be
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[configured](/help/general-chat-channels) to only allow the “*general chat*”
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topic.
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## Sending a message to the “*general chat*” topic
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You can [reply](/help/replying-to-messages) to a message in the “*general chat*”
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topic, or follow the instructions below.
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{start_tabs}
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{tab|via-left-sidebar}
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1. Click the **new topic** (<i class="zulip-icon zulip-icon-square-plus"></i>)
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button next to the name of the channel where you'd like to send a message.
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{!compose-and-send-message.md!}
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!!! keyboard_tip ""
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You can also use the <kbd>C</kbd> keyboard shortcut to send a message to
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the channel you're viewing.
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{tab|via-compose-box}
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1. Click the **Start new conversation** button at the bottom of the app.
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1. _(optional)_ You can change the destination channel for your message using
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the dropdown in the top left of the compose box. Start typing to filter
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channels.
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{!compose-and-send-message.md!}
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!!! keyboard_tip ""
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You can also use the <kbd>C</kbd> keyboard shortcut to send a message to
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the channel you're viewing.
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{end_tabs}
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## Related articles
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- [Introduction to topics](/help/introduction-to-topics)
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- [“*General chat*” channels](/help/general-chat-channels)
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- [Require topics in channel messages](/help/require-topics)
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