Coda

img Yosefine BukitVista | September 14, 2023

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Here are some tips from our team on how to use Coda:

Requesting Access to Coda Documents

Folder

Folders is used to keep docs organized in the workspace (think departments, teams, and projects). Folders contain docs within the workspace. The folder access is only owned by a few full-time employees and several part time employees.

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Document

Document is what’s in folder. The access of the document is open for full time employee, part time employee, and intern. Seniors are encouraged to give the document access to interns after Expectation setting session.

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Page

Page is what’s in documents. The access to open will be automatically obtained if you have access document. For access edit, you have to ask for access to edit from seniors or chapter leads.

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Access to read and comment on documents

Most of the documents are accessible as long as you have the link, if you want those document to show up on your dashboard, ask your chapter lead to invite you to the document.

Access to add your content to a guideline

You can ask your chapter lead to invite you as document editor.

Access to modify the structure of guideline

To modify certain document configurations, you need to ask Doc Admin for the access.

Search for specific topic
You can search almost anything in a document by using the search bar.
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You can also search from all documents by using search bar on your home page.
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Adjusting light/dark mode appearance
    1. Click on your profile avatar on the top right
    2. Select appearance and choose your theme
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Interaction with other people

Mention people using @ then type their name

  • Don’t use # to refer for someone on any discussion or documentation since it won’t be referred correctly
  • This method works on almost all places like text, table, comment, etc

Checking notifications

  • Click your profile picture on the top-right

Notification Setting

There are 2 different ways you can be notified of comments in your doc: by participating in a thread or by subscribing to comment notifications.

  1. Notifications for threads you participate in. If you participate in a comment thread or are explicitly mentioned by a teammate, you’ll always receive notifications for further interaction in that thread. It’s not currently possible to opt out of these notifications.
  2. Subscribing and Unsubscribing Notification
    1. Subscribing to comment notification. If you don’t participate in or get mentioned in a thread, but want to stay abreast of new comments on a particular part of your doc, you can subscribe to comments.
    2. You can subscribe to the following objects in a doc:
      1. Rows (click the expand row icon → click the bell icon → choose all comment)
      2. Tables (cllick options → click the bell icon → choose all comment)
      3. Entire docs, Pages and Subpages (click the gear icon → notification → choose all comments)
  3. Unsubscribing. Prevent unnecessary notification, by unsubscribing pages or row that are unrelated to you. Go to gear icon → notification setting → Manage all notification → show all → choose page/table that you’d like to unsubscribe by clicking (x) icon
How to Add Table of Content in Coda
There is a setting tools we can activated to add table of content in every page or subpage automatically. And below is how you activate the settings.
  1. Hover the page title and choose Page optionsScreenshot 2024-04-26 at 3.11.17 PM.png
  2. After that, you will see a screen like below, then activate the outline option.Screenshot 2024-04-26 at 3.12.24 PM.png
  3. And the table of content will automatically made based on heading 1, heading 2, and heading 3 on the page.image.png
 
How to add Pictures and GIFs in Coda

Several ways to add picture in Coda

Save and add from computer file

  1. Save the image/picture that you want to add in Coda documents image.png

  2. Go to the page where you want to add the picture and type slash or “/” and pick “image” option.image.png

Tip: you can also attach .gif format pictures! You’ll need to download the file first to your device and you can follow the instructions above!

Copy and Paste the picture

  1. Copy the image or picture you want to add in Coda with “Ctrl/Cmd + C”
  2. Go to the page where you want to add the picture and
  3. Paste the picture with “Ctrl/Cmd + V”

Screenshot the picture

  1. Take a screen shoot of the picture you want to add in Coda with “Prt Sc/Cmd+3/4/5” on your keyboard
  2. Go to the page where you want to add the picture
  3. Add the picture with click “Ctrl/Cmd + V”
How to Setting the Notification Management
  1. Go to the document list on Coda and click on your profile in the right cornerimage.png

  2. Click options and Account Settingsimage.png

  3. Scroll down and find Slack on other integrations systemsimage.png

  4. After that, you will automatically open this tab below and click “Allow”image.png

  5. Then, your Coda notifications will be also appeared on your slack appsimage.png
How to create a Shortcut

This guide can help you:

  • Find the documents that you often open
  • Increase time effectiveness for scrolling and searching for documents
  • Bookmark your personal documents

How to create a shortcut documents:

  1. Go to the page you would like to create a shortcut for
  2. Click on the option of the documentsimage.png

  3. Choose add shortcutimage.png

  4. Finished. Your page would be one the will always be at the very top and will only be visible to you.image.png

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