This Outlook calendar won't be just another static copy of the Google Calendar. Instead, Outlook will periodically connect to Google Calendar and download any new events that may have been added to the online calendar.
So let's get started:
Step 1: Click the drop down arrow next to the Calendar name that you want to synchronize with Outlook 2007 and choose "Calendar Settings"Step 2. Right Click the Green icon that says "ICAL" and choose "Copy Link Location". Alternatively you can click the ICAL icon and copy the URL to clipboard that appears in the popup dialog.
Step 3. Now in Outlook, choose Tools - Account Settings and click the Internet Calendars tab. Press Ctrl+V to paste the URL of the ICS file that you copied in the previous step. Click Add.
The Internet Calendar is now part of your Outlook Send/Receive group and whenever you press F5, Outlook will synchronize it's content with the online Google Calendar.
Remember that it's only a one way data transfer. New events added to Outlook won't be published to the Google Calendar. In that case, you will have to export Outlook calendar to ICAL format file and import it in Google Calendar.
Reader Comments
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Written on 21/11/06 9:09 AM
Thanks, but i cannot seem to find tools-account options in my outlook. Does this require a special version of outlook?
Written on 21/11/06 3:09 PM
To ari: This function is only for Microsoft Outlook 2007.
Written on 21/11/06 3:54 PM
no you can do it in outlook 2003
get the ics file from Google Calendar.
save it to your desktop.
In outlook 2003, from the file menu go to Import and Export.
Then choose Import from another program or file. Then point to your saved .ics file.
Written on 22/11/06 8:56 AM
need more detail for outlook 2k3 please. none of the file types outlook provides match any of the outputs from google calendar
Written on 29/12/06 9:33 AM
You cant do it in Outlook 2003. You can Import an ics file, but you CANNOT subscibe to the google calendar.
There is a plugin available called Remote Calendars that enables this functionality.
Check sourceforge...
Written on 4/5/07 7:07 PM