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Q. I spend lots of time traveling to new clients—and often get lost. A colleague told me there was a great way to link a client’s address in Outlook to the Internet and that would give me travel directions with the click of a mouse. Is there any truth to that?
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To demonstrate how it’s done, I’ve entered President George W. Bush’s address at the White House in my Outlook’s Contact section (see right). Notice in the toolbar on the top
of the screen there is a yellow and black icon resembling a
road sign. |
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A. I know it sounds like science fiction, but
your colleague gave you a good tip. Here’s how to do it. In
Outlook, click on Contacts and then, if you
don’t already have your client’s postal address listed (with
the ZIP code), click on New and fill in the
information. 
Click on it and Outlook will open your Internet
link and connect you to Microsoft Expedia Maps where a map of
the area surrounding your target address will appear (see
below). 
As you can see from the options
on the screen, that single mouse click gives you the ability
to, among other things, print the map, get detailed driving
directions or find a nearby hotel. 
