Midnight Mage Software is thanking all their supporters with free Google Go Actions. They are a set of plug-ins that work with the Mac OS X Address Book, allowing you to get Google directions and/or a Google map to any entry in your Address Book instantly. In the Address Book there are pop-up menus with certain fields. Once you install the plug-ins you get two additional actions:

• "Google Map For..." will show the map of this location using Google Maps as the default browser.
• "Google Directions To..." will launch Google Maps with directions to this location from your home address (assuming you have a Me entry in the address book with your primary address). You never have to insert your address as the start point. I love this feature. It saves me time and the map shows a clear path of the route.
• The actions are easy to install from the website and as the authors of Roll Call, a neat Mac OS X application that provides a printable graphic directory of your Address Book and much more, they know how to enhance the capabilities of the Address Book to another level.

You must have a Me entry in the address book entered correctly or it will not work. I had changed the format entry and it did not work until I filled in my information in the original format. I have used the Google Go Actions several times since downloading them. They are much better than MapQuest.

Steve Sheets and Sunny Worrell are very gracious and generous presenters. They have given of their time and expertise visiting several MUGs in the Mid-Atlantic region to introduce Roll Call. We extend our thanks to them for the Google Go Actions plug-ins.