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### Joining a Room
- Searching for rooms
	- Finding rooms using spaces
- Troubleshooting failed room invites

### Configuring a Room
- Room settings (Priority / Notifications etc.)

#### Notifications

From this section, you can managed your personal notification settings. The options you choose

[![room_notifications_settings](https://ems-docs.element.io/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/image-1684329791140.png)](https://ems-docs.element.io/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/image-1684329791140.png)

### Leaving a Room
- Not known room - unable to leave room

### What's Next?

#### Managing A Room
To learn more about managing a room, try our Matrix Rooms: Managing a Room series, starting with [Managing a Room: Room Info](https://ems-docs.element.io/books/element-support/page/managing-a-room-room-info).

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