Year Planner · Free · No account
Plan twelve months on one page.
The workbook includes all twelve months on a single landscape page. You type each milestone, holiday or deadline once on the Events sheet, and its day is shaded in the category colour. Today is marked, and a key explains each colour.
- Excel 2016 and later
- Calculations checked in LibreOffice and Google Sheets
- Choose the yearPick the first month, the year, whether weeks start on Monday or Sunday, and the bank holidays for England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
- Name your categoriesWrite up to seven categories, one per line, such as Deadline or Travel. Each gets a colour, shown in a key on the page.
- Download and add datesDownload the workbook and type one row per date on the Events sheet. The year page shades each day by itself.
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Preview: Milestones year. Change the selected dates, categories or layout to update the preview.
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What you get
Twelve months, one page
Fits a landscape A4 or US Letter page, ready to print and pin up.
Any starting month
Start in January, or in April for a financial year.
A notes area
Four or eight writing lines for the year’s goals and dates to confirm.
Month pages if wanted
Add a page for each month to see the event names in their day boxes.
The Milestones year example
Five categories: Milestone, Holiday, Travel, Deadline and Birthday. The Year sheet shows January to December with event days shaded, a four-line notes area for the year, and an Upcoming sheet listing the next 20 events with the days left.
Sheets included (6)
- Start HereHow the workbook works, what each sheet is for and the settings used.
- YearEvery month on one page. Days with events are shaded.
- EventsOne row per event. Each event appears on the calendar pages.
- UpcomingThe next 20 events and the days left until each.
- ListsEdit the white lists to change dropdown choices. Shaded lists are fixed because formulas use those names.
- SettingsValues used by the workbook, such as reminder windows. Change them here.
File details
- Made for
- Excel 2016 and laterThe download is an .xlsx workbook.
- LibreOffice
- No calculation errors in our testLibreOffice recalculated every formula in the workbook with no error values, such as #VALUE! or #N/A.
- Google Sheets
- Calculations matched Excel in our testGoogle Sheets removes sheet protection and repeated print headings.
- Apple Numbers
- Most calculations match ExcelSome calculations on the Upcoming sheet and the Events sheet do not work in Apple Numbers. Numbers converts list-based dropdowns to plain cells and removes colour markers, sheet protection, frozen headings and number and date validation. Use Excel for all calculations and features.
- Calculations
- The Start Here sheet lists the calculations used in this workbook. Results update from the entries you add.
- Builder privacy
- The builder runs in your browser. The entries used to make the workbook stay on your device. How the utilities work
Examples
Yearly milestone planner
Anyone planning a calendar year around a handful of big dates, such as a launch, a wedding or a house move.
Financial year planner
Sole traders, landlords and small organisations who plan around tax-year deadlines and payment dates.
Home maintenance planner
Homeowners and landlords with yearly jobs, such as boiler services and alarm tests, that are easy to forget until they are overdue.
Yearly planner with month pages
People who want the overview on one sheet and the detail on separate month pages, for a wall and a desk.
Questions
Are my builder entries sent to Due Form?
No. The builder uses them in your browser to make the workbook on your device.
Information is sent to Due Form when you submit a form or use another service described on the How it works page.
Can I print the whole year on one page?
Yes. The Year sheet is set to print on one landscape page, on A4 or US Letter. The optional month pages print one to a page.
Can the year start in April instead of January?
Yes. Choose April, or any other month, as the first month. The planner then covers the following twelve months, which suits a financial year.
What do the month pages add?
Switch on a page for every month and each gets day boxes with event names and one to three writing lines. They are off by default, so the file starts as a single page.
How do I see what is coming next?
The Upcoming sheet lists the next 20 events and the days left until each. A reminder window on the Settings sheet decides when a date is flagged as near.
Related Due Form edition
The Week Book
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Use it to plan each week on paper once the year’s dates are set.
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