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Welcome to part 3 of our 3 part series on texting from Gmail and Google applications. If you haven\u2019t listened to parts 1 or 2, you can download them from iTunes or listen directly from the Gmail Podcast blog at chuckchat.com. That information is not required for this podcast, but it makes for a more complete picture of what you can do with Google applications and text messaging.
\nIn parts 1 and 2 I showed you how to send free SMS messages from Gmail and Google Voice. In this part of the series, I cover how to send SMS messages to Google Calendar to quickly create appointments.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say I want to meet a friend for lunch tomorrow. I simply send a text message to GVENT (48368) with a message \u201cLunch with Bill at The Point tomorrow noon\u201d. The text message gets sent to Google and put in your calendar. When the appointment is put on your calendar, you receive a text message confirming your appointment.<\/p>\n

There are several ways to construct your message. If you remember \u201cwho\u201d, \u201cwhat\u201d, \u201cwhen\u201d, and \u201cwhere\u201d you should have no problems. Only \u201cwhat\u201d and \u201cwhen\u201d are required. The message format follows the same rules as the Quick Add feature in Google Calendar.
\nThe \u201cwhat\u201d is any text. The event title is created from this.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen\u201d is the date and time of your appointment. Leaving the time off makes the appointment an all day event. Using the words \u201cat\u201d or \u201con\u201d can help Google recognize the when. By default, Google calendar creates one hour appointments. You can optionally specify start and end times or a duration.<\/p>\n

You can add people to the guest list if you include \u201cwith\u201d and one or more email addresses.<\/p>\n

Where is also any text following an \u201cat\u201d or \u201cin\u201d.<\/p>\n

Other examples are:<\/p>\n