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iCalendar and Description formatting

Is it possible to add any formatting to the description of the event in an iCalendar ICS?

When Outlook imports my ICS, it makes some lines 18pt Bold and others not, what defines which lines get formatted in OL?

Is there also a way to add an alt description for links in the description?

I want to build my ICS file using PHP, too.

Solution

  • Outlook is very capricious about this, and you might be better off not fighting it.

    I find that Outlook formats my first line bold if it's followed 2 newlines (\n), then by at least 3 lines of text, the first of which must have a capital letter. Two minimalist examples: this works:

    DESCRIPTION:I am bold\n\nThey\nthey\nthey

    this doesn't

    DESCRIPTION:I am not bold\n\nthey\nthey\nthey

    I admit this isn't an exact answer. Maybe a Microsoft Outlook engineer can jump on the thread and tell us what the business logic is.