How to Copy Your Outlook Calendar as Plain Text
You're writing a highly-targeted email to a prospect, and it's time to suggest a meeting. You open Microsoft Outlook to look over your schedule.
Now you have three bad choices:
- Try to take a confusing screenshot of your calendar grid to attach to the email.
- Carefully look back and forth, manually typing out your available blocks (and hoping you don't make a typo).
- Send a bulky, impersonal scheduling link that they probably won't click.
You just want your Outlook availability as plain text. No fluff, no CSS, no mandatory click-throughs—just a neat list of dates and times.
The Zero-Friction Workflow
To skip the manual entry entirely, rely on the TextMyFreeTime Chrome Extension. It's built specifically to solve the Outlook plain-text problem.
Step 1: Add the Extension
Head over to the Chrome Web Store and install TextMyFreeTime. It requires no heavy setup.
Step 2: Open it While Emailing
When you're actively looking at your inbox, click the extension icon in your browser toolbar. Since your browser is already authenticated, it instantly pulls your upcoming free slots securely from Outlook.
Step 3: Copy and Paste
The extension generates your free time completely formatted. You can tweak if you want the days grouped together, but essentially, you just click the big 'Copy' button.
Return to your email body, hit Paste (Ctrl+V or Cmd+V), and you instantly get this:
Mon 3/18 9–11am, 2–4pm | Tue 3/19 10am–1pm
No screenshots. No typos.
By having your calendar copy seamlessly to text, you can keep conversations moving seamlessly in DMs, cold emails, and slack messages. If you frequently find yourself wondering how to easily copy Outlook free time to text, stop doing it manually.
Reclaim your time the smart way with TextMyFreeTime.