Copy Outlook Free Time to Text in Seconds
There is a highly specific pain point that plagues Office 365 and Microsoft Outlook power users: trying to share your schedule in an organic way.
Whether you are trying to coordinate with a client via LinkedIn DMs, setting up a coffee chat in a Slack channel, or organizing a team huddle via email without using rigid scheduling apps, you routinely need to execute a very distinct action: you want to copy your Outlook free time to text.
Why is this so hard natively?
Microsoft Outlook is a powerhouse for enterprise email and sophisticated calendar sharing inside your own organization. But if you want to export your schedule outside your organization as simple text, it's surprisingly clunky.
You are left manually recreating your calendar by typing it out, which leads to formatting inconsistencies, double-bookings if someone beats you to the punch, and massive amounts of wasted keystrokes. You end up wishing you had your Outlook availability in plain text instantly.
The Fastest Workflow for Outlook Users
Instead of fighting the calendar interface, you can abstract it completely with a browser extension that lives right where you actually type your messages.
Here is the straightforward method:
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Ensure your company email uses an Outlook/Office365 backbone.
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Install the lightweight TextMyFreeTime Chrome Extension to your browser.
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Whenever you are chatting on LinkedIn, typing an email in Superhuman, or messaging on Slack, just click the extension icon on your browser bar.
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The extension securely talks to your outlook constraints, parses your free slots over the next few working days, and outputs a highly readable block of text:
Mon 3/18 9–11am | Tue 3/19 1pm–4pm
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Just click the 'Copy' button and paste.
It is literally a two-click solution. If you bill your hours or value your productivity, stopping the mental drain of manual calendar checking is an easy win. Download TextMyFreeTime to automate the process for good.