Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Add Maps to Outlook with Windows Live

Get Windows Live Local for Outlook (Beta)—free! For the times you can’t afford to be late:

* Map appointments
* Send attendees a map
* Be alerted based on travel times

To get it to work, go to your Outlook Calendar, start a new meeting, and go to the Location tab. Sweet! My favorite feature in this is that it will estimate drive time and if you want, it will automatically calculate that into the appointment. I'm always wondering if I should build it right into the appointment and risk not remembering exactly when it starts, or making a separate appointment for travel. Now it can all be one thing and it's very clear. You can also print the directions with one button on the Location tab. Overall, based on my one use of it so far, I like it. Sorry Google. :-)

(NOTE: Doesn't work if you have the Office 2007 beta installed)

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