Year Planner · Free · No account
A yearly planner for milestones, trips and deadlines.
The milestones setup starts in January and has five categories: Milestone, Holiday, Travel, Deadline and Birthday. The Year sheet shades each marked day, a notes area below it has room for the year’s goals, and an Upcoming sheet counts the days to each date.
- 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: Yearly milestone planner. Change the selected dates, categories or layout to update the preview.
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What you get
What is different in this setup
Anyone planning a calendar year around a handful of big dates, such as a launch, a wedding or a house move.
- Five everyday categories, each with its own colour.
- A four-line notes area under the year for goals.
- Starts in January and runs to December.
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
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 show a date range such as a two-week holiday?
Yes, one day per row. Each row on the Events sheet is one date, so add a row for each day you want shaded, or one for the first and last day.
Can birthdays repeat each year?
Yes. Mark an event as repeating yearly and it appears on the same date every year you build, so the list does not need retyping.
Related Due Form edition
The Week Book
An undated thirteen-week planner for commitments, available time, chosen work and what changed.
Use it to plan each week on paper once the year’s dates are set.
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