You might be wondering why you’d want to let the entire universe access your Personal calendar. The answer is to not get hung up on the Personal portion of the calendar. Clubs and businesses can enjoy the benefits of a Basic Office Live subscription. For example, a soccer team might publish its calendar on the Web so anyone — moms, dads, grandparents, players — can access the team’s schedule. A dance studio might want to publish its class schedules. The possibilities are endless.

By making the calendar public, you don’t have to worry about collecting everyone’s e-mail addresses; instead, you provide them with a direct link to the calendar.

Here’s all you need to do to get started:

1. Click the Sharing link on your Personal Calendar. The Calendar – Sharing page opens.
2. Click Publish Your Calendar. The Publish Your Calendar page opens.
3. Select the level of detail that you want to share with others. The only options you have are to allow everyone to see the details of all your appointments, or only allow them to see when you’re free or busy.
4. Save changes. After you publish your calendar, anyone with an Internet connection can view it. Simply give them the link to your calendar — or consider putting a link to it on the Web site you create in Office Live!

You might decide that there are certain appointments you don’t want everyone to see. To make an existing appointment private, double-click the appointment, and then select Do Not Display This Appointment When I Share My Calendar.

Figure 7-13: Changing who can view your calendar.

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