Outlook should allow "Drive-time" for appts.

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Craig W. Lewis - 21 Feb 2005 18:05 GMT

There is no easy way to add the drive time to an appointment in Outlook.
When an appointment begins at 10 am but you have a 30 minumte drive, you need
others in the office to know that they can not schedule an appt. with you at
that time. so to fix the problem as the user what the travel time is.

An example: I have an appt. at 10:00 am in Sacramento, it will take me 35
minutes from my office and another 35 minutes back. I schedule the appt in
outlook from 10 - 11 and the system has a spot for Travel time. I enter 35
minutes and it shows my appt start at 10 am with 35 minutes before that
blocked out. and ending at 11 am with 35 minutes after that blocked out.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 21 Feb 2005 19:14 GMT

I normally figure in the travel time when I have an out of office
appointment.

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After furious head scratching, Craig W. Lewis asked:

| There is no easy way to add the drive time to an appointment in
| Outlook. When an appointment begins at 10 am but you have a 30
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| minutes before that blocked out. and ending at 11 am with 35 minutes
| after that blocked out.

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km - 28 Apr 2005 19:28 GMT

I agree, it seems almost unthinkable that Microsoft has not considered this
yet. Travel time signifies that the person is possibly reachable (via cell,
etc), whereas meeting time means the person may not be accessible in any way.
It would be so useful to be able to do this...HELP!! Might there be an add-in?

> There is no easy way to add the drive time to an appointment in Outlook.
> When an appointment begins at 10 am but you have a 30 minumte drive, you need
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> minutes and it shows my appt start at 10 am with 35 minutes before that
> blocked out. and ending at 11 am with 35 minutes after that blocked out.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 29 Apr 2005 07:51 GMT

And how will Outlook know that your travel time is a 30 minutes drive versus
someone else's 5 minute walk? Do it yourself - just add the travel time as
as separate appointment priot to the beginning and another after the end of
the meeting. Geesh!

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After furious head scratching, km asked:

| I agree, it seems almost unthinkable that Microsoft has not
| considered this yet. Travel time signifies that the person is
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|| 10 am with 35 minutes before that blocked out. and ending at 11 am
|| with 35 minutes after that blocked out.

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