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Office 365 (Apple iCal/Calendar) - Invite a non-Office365 Attendee
This document contains instructions on using a non-Microsoft email client, such as Apple Mail or Thunderbird. Microsoft does not recommend these clients for use with Office 365, and there are often significant limitations in client functionality as a result. Because of this, the DoIT Help Desk is only able to offer best effort support for these clients, and certain issues may require the use of a Microsoft client in order to be resolved. For more information on Office 365 client support, please see: Office 365 - Which clients/protocols will be supported?.Best Effort Support Only
This document explains how to invite someone who doesn't use Office 365 to a meeting using Apple iCal (Mac OS 10.5-7) or Calendar (Mac OS 10.8-9).
Invite a non-Office 365 Attendee
There are several ways you can invite someone to the event. These steps are also available when you first create an event.
- In iCal/Calendar, double-click the event to which you want to invite people and the Info window will open (or from the menubar select Edit -> Edit Event or Get Info).
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Type email address and/or name
- Click Add Invitees and type the email address for the person you want to invite.
- If you’re inviting someone whose contact information is stored in Address Book start typing the person’s name. iCal/Calendar provides a list of contacts.
- Select the contact you want, and then press Return to select it.
- Click Add Invitees and type the email address for the person you want to invite.
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Use Address Panel
- Choose Window -> Address Panel to open the Address panel.
- Select one or more contacts in the Address panel, and then drag them over the open event editor.
- Choose Window -> Address Panel to open the Address panel.
- To invite more than one person, press Return (or type a comma) after each email address, and then follow either of the two steps above.
- To remove a person from the invitees list, click the arrow next to the email address and choose Remove Invitee, or select the email address and press the Delete key.
- When you’re ready to invite these guests to your event, click the Send button at the bottom of the event editor.