# Microsoft Teams Markdown language options don't include julia

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/microsoft-teams-markdown-language-options-dont-include-julia/99380>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** markdown\
**Created:** [May 25, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/microsoft-teams-markdown-language-options-dont-include-julia/99380 "2023-05-25T14:05:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Allan\_Baker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/allan_baker/32/42645_2.png) [@Allan\_Baker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Allan_Baker)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/microsoft-teams-markdown-language-options-dont-include-julia/99380/1 "2023-05-25T14:05:03Z")

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Our company is switching to Microsoft Teams. In the chat messages it allows code markdown to be included, but Julia-lang is not an option.

Google and Bing searches don’t seem to tell me if there is a way to somehow enable Julia language as an option.

Is there a workaround, or a way to obtain this capability?

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**Author:** ![sylvaticus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sylvaticus/32/203883_2.png) [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/microsoft-teams-markdown-language-options-dont-include-julia/99380/2 "2023-05-25T14:31:54Z")

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Can it accept formatted html, that in turn you can get from some online syntax highlighter?

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**Author:** ![GunnarFarneback](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gunnarfarneback/32/1827_2.png) [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/microsoft-teams-markdown-language-options-dont-include-julia/99380/3 "2023-05-25T14:42:52Z")

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Hah, I hadn’t even noticed that you could specify a language. Frankly the chat support for code is so bad that not getting an appropriate syntax highlighting seems like a secondary problem.

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**Author:** ![xgdgsc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xgdgsc/32/608_2.png) [@xgdgsc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xgdgsc)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/microsoft-teams-markdown-language-options-dont-include-julia/99380/4 "2023-05-25T14:49:19Z")

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> [@MS Teams not supporting Julia syntax highlighting](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ms-teams-not-supporting-julia-syntax-highlighting/82904):
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> In MS Teams you can insert code snippets, but you cannot select Julia as language. Any idea where to complain about it?

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**Author:** ![simsurace](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/simsurace/32/30216_2.png) [@simsurace](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/simsurace)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/microsoft-teams-markdown-language-options-dont-include-julia/99380/5 "2023-05-25T15:02:16Z")

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Last time I tried to use it it didn’t even do indentations properly.

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**Author:** ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/microsoft-teams-markdown-language-options-dont-include-julia/99380/6 "2023-05-25T15:43:17Z")

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I mean Julia uses Slack officially and it doesn’t highlight code block at all… (if you use a snippet it does, but rarely you see people use that feature)

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**Author:** ![Alec\_Loudenback](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/alec_loudenback/32/278_2.png) [@Alec\_Loudenback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alec_Loudenback)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/microsoft-teams-markdown-language-options-dont-include-julia/99380/7 "2023-05-25T15:52:36Z")

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Here’s the official feedback forum, request to add Julia syntax highlithing (a couple years ago they had a different platform which had more votes on this topic): [Add Julia syntax highlighting](https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/ee472b61-d1c4-ed11-a81b-002248519701)

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**Author:** ![tp2750](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tp2750/32/207806_2.png) [@tp2750](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tp2750)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/microsoft-teams-markdown-language-options-dont-include-julia/99380/8 "2023-05-27T04:52:05Z")

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We are at 6 votes now 👍