Gmail – How to email Google Maps directions (not just a link to directions)

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I sometimes need to email a list of directions that I need to be available offline. So, emailing a link to Google Maps directions doesn't work. I want to email all of the directions.

I've tried just copying the page and emailing with Gmail but the markup is fouled up and unreadable (in IE10 and Chrome).

Best Answer

First press the Print button, and then either:

Print the contents of the window to a PDF file (using a tool such as doPDF), or
Save the contents of the window using your browser's equivalent of

"Save Page As" ==> "Web Archive" / "Web Page, complete".

If the archive consists of multiple files then optionally zip them together into a single file for convenience.
Mail the PDF or the web archive file(s)

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I have had limited success with the following format:

Subject: My test event

Email body says:

This is my test event!

When: May 7, 9-10AM
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In Google Calendar, this will populate the Subject, the body and the event time and the event location (The field labeled "Where").

I have been using the above format with my personal Gmail account, and my institution's Google Apps account. It usually works with the "Add to Calendar" button, and with the "More: Create event" menu option.

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