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Converting excel data into a printable calendar template
tammyangel Perhaps you are willing and able to move away from Word, because you could do all within Excel, with Power Query / Power Pivot (provided you are working on a PC, not a Mac).
The attached workbook contains an example that demonstrates what's possible. Sheet1 contains the Events listing (Date, Event) and Sheet2 has a (power) pivot table with the Annual Calendar view you described. All don in a quick-and-dirty manner and most likely it needs to be adapted to your real situation.
Change the events listing (change a date, add, delete, rename), and refresh the pivot table. That's it!
Edit: Added another file ("tammyangel-2.xlsx) . Power Query only. Personally I prefer that one.
Hi Riny_van_Eekelen. Can you possibly please explain how you would turn the attached data spreadsheet into a monthly or annual calendar of events - like a monthly planner view not a list as it is now using power query/power pivot? Thank you 🙂
tahnee_h That's a very broad question and not so easy to answer, but the basis for any scheduling would be a list of columns in the correct structure. In your case a table with columns for Date, Time, Location, Function Name, Function Type and Pax.
But that's going to be a lot of information to be fitted inside a calendar template like the one being discussed in this thread. I dare to say that it would be best to use an out of the box calendar system like the ones that are included in your e-mail system. I would never consider developing such a system in Excel myself.
