It Takes Just a Few Clicks
"Sure," I thought. The weather was splendid. The bikes were ready. Only I had mistaken the next weekend for the weekend after the next weekend. (Then, the weather was fine, the bikes ready and everything wonderful.)
I really should have added the event to my Google Calendar — or any calendar. But adding it to Google Calendar is easiest from Gmail. All it takes are a few clicks. Gmail will even, at least usually, extract the correct time and location so data entry mishaps are less likely (on your end).
Create a Google Calendar Event from a Message in Gmail
To use the information in an email to create a Google Calendar event right from Gmail with all the essential data pre-filled:
- Open the email that contains the event information.
- Follow the Add to calendar link in the right column, next to the message's text.
- If you do not see an Add to calendar link, Gmail has not recognized anything to schedule. You can still, on your own, turn the email into an event. See below.
- Enter any missing details and guests.
- Click Save Changes.
- If you have added new guests' email addresses, decide whether you want to invite them by email.
- Close the event window.
To add an event from an email in which Gmail did not find event info to use automatically:
- Open the message.
- Click the More actions... drop-down menu.
- Select Create Event.
- Enter event details manually.
- Click Save Changes.
- Close the event window.
