How to send calendar as icalendar attachment in Outlook?
In Outlook, people usually send a meeting request when they want to invite others to attend the meeting. Besides using meeting requests, there is an alternative method for you to invite others to attend the meeting. That is, send calendar as iCalendar in Outlook. For more details, please look at the tutorial below.
Send calendar as icalendar attachment with Forward as icalendar feature
Send calendar as icalendar attachment with insert feature
Send calendar as icalendar attachment with Forward as icalendar feature
With the "Forward as icalendar" feature, you can easily send a calendar as iCalendar in Outlook. Please do as follows.
1. Go to the "Calendar" view by clicking "Calendar" in the Navigation Pane.
2. Create a new appointment by clicking "Home" > "New Appointment", or open an existing appointment by double-clicking it.
3. Make your appointment complete, and then click "Appointment" > "Forward" > "Forward as iCalendar". See screenshot:
4. Compose the email, and then click the "Send" button to send it.
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Send calendar as icalendar attachment with insert feature
You can send a calendar as an iCalendar by saving an appointment as an iCalendar and then inserting it into an email as an attachment.
1. Shift to the "Calendar" view by clicking "Calendar" in the Navigation Pane.
2. Create a new appointment by clicking "Home" > "New Appointment", or open an existing appointment by double-clicking it.
3. Then click "File" > "Save As". See screenshot:
4. In the "Save As" dialog, choose a destination for saving the iCalendar file. Name it and keep the "Save as type" as "iCalendar Format". Finally, click the "Save" button. See screenshot:
5. Shift to the "Mail" view and create a new email message by clicking "Home" > "New E-mail".
6. In the "Message" dialog, click "Insert" > "Attach File". See screenshot:
7. In the "Insert File" dialog, find and select the iCalendar file you saved before, and then click the "Insert" tab to insert it.
8. Compose your email, and then "Send" it. Your calendar has now been sent as an attachment in iCalendar format.
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