Support & Training

The Help Window is available whenever you are using Streets & Trips—just click the Help icon in the upper-right corner of your screen. Click Contents to see a list of topics, or click Find to search for a word or phrase.

Technical Support

Visit the Streets & Trip support site for highlights and issues, downloads and updates, step-by-step instructions, how-to articles and much more.

Streets & Trips discussion forum

Visit this forum to ask questions about Microsoft Streets & Trips. Visit the forum.

Read the Streets & Trips team blog

This blog is your destination for tips and tricks on getting the most out of your trip planning and navigation software. Read the blog.

Laptop GPS World forum

Read reviews, join Streets & Trips discussions, and get tips from other users in this mapping and GPS forum. Visit the forum.

Streets & Trips feature tour

We created a short overview videos to highlight Streets & Trips features that will help you plan your RV travel. View video.

How-to articles and videos

Read the step-by-step articles below or view how-to videos on customizing your trips, planning a trip, mapping tips, and more. View videos.

• Share your route with your GPS navigation device
• Minimize delays and costs
• GPX—What is it and why is it cool?
• Customize your trip
• Learn mapping tips
• Plan ahead
• Stay on track
• Road closure info

No CD/DVD Drive? No Problem!

Follow our easy-steps guide to purchase Streets & Trips software or the free trial version without a CD/DVD drive. See steps.

My Point…Exactly, LLC

My Point…Exactly, LLC offers training tutorials for Streets & Trips. Go to their site for more information.

Streets & Trips system requirements

To use Microsoft Streets & Trips 2011, you will need:

• Windows 7 with 1 GB RAM, Windows Vista with 1 GB RAM, Windows Server 2008 with 512 MB RAM, or Windows XP with 256 MB RAM (64-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Server excluded); service packs for operating systems recommended.
• Available hard-disk space: 1.8 GB.
• For installation: DVD-ROM drive or high-speed Internet access.
• Super VGA (1024 X 768) or higher-resolution monitor.
• Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device.

Additional items or services are required to use certain features:

• For Voice Output: any of the operating systems listed in the above system requirements and a compatible sound card.
• Microsoft compatible email software such as Microsoft Office Outlook is required to use Send to Mobile and Send To as attachment; Office Outlook 2007 or Office Outlook 2010 is required to use Send To as picture.
• Broadband Internet service recommended for certain features, which may require payment of a separate fee to an Internet service provider; local and/or long-distance telephone toll charges may apply.
• GPS functionality requires a GPS device that supports NMEA 2.0 or later and an available USB port.
• Certain features require Internet Explorer. If not present, Internet Explorer will be installed but will not displace your primary browser.