Excel calendar 2021 is a great tool for coordinating and scheduling different activities in your future. It will definitely help you succeed in many aspects of life such as career, finance, health and socials etc.
Free printable 2021 calendar excel planner has a lot of opportunities in it which will be discussed in this article. What you have to do is choosing the right one from what we have here for you.
Excel Gantt Chart Template
A Gantt chart is a tool for project management developed originally by Henry Gantt in the early 1900s. It is a type of bar chart that shows the start and end times for each task in a project schedule. The tasks are usually categorized using a work breakdown structure with summary tasks for the main project deliverables and sub-tasks that break the project down into a detailed and manageable task hierarchy. If you use Excel or Google Sheets, you can create this type of project schedule with almost no learning curve by downloading Vertex42’s free Gantt Chart Template.
For complicated project management activities, you may need a tool such as Microsoft Project or other specialized software. But, if you want to create a simple Gantt chart quickly and easily, you only need some basic Excel skills to use this template (such as knowing how to copy and insert rows).
“No installation, no macros – just a simple spreadsheet” – by Jon Wittwer
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This template is the original Excel Gantt Chart created by Vertex42 over a decade ago. Over 3 million downloads so far. That is a LOT of projects.
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Description
This template contains the core functionality needed to create a simple Gantt chart easily. Each row of the worksheet represents a separate task. All you need to do is define the start date and duration of each task.
- To add more tasks, you just copy and paste rows (or insert a row then press Ctrl+D to copy formulas down).
- To change the range of dates displayed in the chart area, just slide the scroll bar.
- To track the status of a task, edit the % Complete column. The bars in the chart show the % complete for each task.
- The vertical red line shows the current date.
- To use the automatic work breakdown structure numbering, copy the formula for the appropriate level from the bottom of the worksheet.
While planning a project, you may also want to use a yearly calendar or project budget worksheet.Get the Professional Version!
- Enter Work Days, Calendar Days, or End Date
- Choose Different Colors for the Bars
- Select a Daily, Weekly, or Monthly View
- Create Task Dependencies Easily
- Exclude Holidays from Work Days
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⤓ DOWNLOAD For: Excel 2010 or later (.xlsx) FREE
House Cleaning Schedule and Checklist
Customize and Print a House Cleaning Schedule using Microsoft Excel® – by Jon Wittwer
A house cleaning checklist can be a very useful tool when you need to get your home ready for a guest, or when you’re doing your spring cleaning. But, for the day-to-day stuff, we’ve found that the best way to stay on top of our household chores is to schedule different tasks on different days of the week. So, instead of using a really long and daunting list for cleaning house, our weekly cleaning schedule breaks things down into nice manageable chunks. The House Cleaning Schedule Template below is pretty much what we use, but generalized and modified a bit so that you don’t actually see how infrequently we do some of the chores.
for Excel, Word, PDF, and Google Sheets
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Printable House Cleaning Schedule (PDF)
Description
This cleaning schedule template gives you a lot of flexibility to say exactly what you plan to do each day of the week, for 4 weeks (a month). You can also list daily and monthly reminders. We really like this cleaning schedule because it’s a great way to break up the deep-cleaning tasks into manageable chunks. For example, Wednesday is our Kitchen cleaning day, but some things only need to be cleaned once a month, and this schedule makes it easy to keep track of what needs to be done and when. Just hang this on the fridge or inside of a cupboard door.
House Cleaning Checklist 2
This version is very similar to the original cleaning checklist above except that it includes checkboxes for each day of the week in the DAILY list. It also prints in landscape orientation onto multiple pages.
Class Schedule Templates
Create a class schedule easily with Microsoft Excel® or Google Sheets | Updated 8/18/2021
I created class schedules every semester in college. I used them to plan the courses I was going to take and to figure out my work schedule. A class schedule is not hard to make, but it’s extremely helpful. Time is not a good thing to waste. So, if you need a little help with time management, you can get a head start by downloading this simple weekly class schedule template. If you’d rather have something to fill out by hand, you can use one of the free printable weekly class schedules listed below, which are just PDF files.
If you are looking for a generic weekly schedule rather than specifically a “class” schedule, try our weekly schedule template. And while you are at it, check out the Perpetual Calendar – a useful spreadsheet for creating your own personal school-year calendar.
If all you need is to quickly print a weekly class schedule, you can download one of the PDF files shown below. Both of these schedules were created using the class schedule spreadsheet.
Printable Class Schedule with
15-Minute Intervals (PDF)
Download for Word 2007+ (.docx)
Printable Weekly Class Schedule with
30-Minute Intervals (PDF)
Download for Word 2007+ (.docx)
New Class Schedule
for Excel and Google Sheets
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This is a modernized design of my original class schedule template below. The screenshot shows an example of how you can format cells to create your weekly class schedule.
Work Schedule Template for Excel
Updated 8/30/2021
Our bi-weekly work schedule template allows you to quickly print a schedule for planning your week or organizing shift schedules. It was originally designed to look like the work week view in Microsoft Outlook, but we have since added more designs. Browse Vertex42 to find other types of work and project schedules for Excel.
The work schedule template doesn’t store the entries that you make into a database so that your appointments pop up as you change the work week (like Microsoft Outlook or a Google Calendar or mobile app). Instead, the purpose is to either print blank copies of the schedule to fill out by hand, or make copies of the schedule worksheet and update the start dates in each tab prior to adding your appointments and events.
Bi-Weekly Work Schedule Template
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“No installation, no macros – just a simple spreadsheet” – by Jon Wittwer
When planning many weeks in advance, one of the simplest approaches is to first make copies of a blank schedule by right-clicking on the Schedule worksheet tab and selecting “Move or Copy…” You can then rename the tabs based on the week number or the date. This new download includes 3 worksheet tabs spanning 6 weeks, but you can easily add more as needed:
The benefit of using this approach over something more complicated like storing schedule items in a database is that you have complete control over the formatting of each and every worksheet. After customizing the template, save a blank copy of the worksheet. You may even want to label one of the worksheets “blank” so that you always have a blank version to print or duplicate.
Shift Work Calendar
Create a yearly work calendar using Microsoft Excel® | Updated 8/18/2021
If you work a rotation that involves multiple shifts and follows a specific pattern, you can use this spreadsheet to create your yearly work schedule. It allows you to include up to 3 shifts in your rotation pattern (day/evening/night, day/night, 1/2/3, A/B/C, etc.)
for Excel and Google Sheets
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“No installation, no macros – just a simple spreadsheet” – by Jon Wittwer
Description
This template allows shift workers to create a yearly work calendar by defining a rotation pattern and a start date. The work days are highlighted automatically in the yearly calendar using a technique known as Conditional Formatting.
This spreadsheet was designed based on the Rotation Schedule template, which does basically the same thing except shown in a different type of calendar layout.
Defining a Shift Rotation Pattern
The shift rotation is defined as a pattern of letters or numbers consisting of “x” for days off and either a number or letter to indicate which shift you are working. The letter or number for each shift is defined in the legend above the calendar. You can change the legend to match what you want to use in your pattern.
This spreadsheet was designed to display the work calendar for a single employee or team. However, you can duplicate the worksheet to set up calendars for different employees or teams.
For example, the pattern “DDDDxxNNNNxxxx” would mean working 4 days in a row on the day shift (D), followed by 2 days off, followed by 4 days in a row on the night shift (N), followed by 4 days off.
In addition to the pattern, you need to enter the date that the pattern starts.
Holidays and Non-Working Days
If you want the rotation pattern to skip holidays and weekends (the spreadsheet refers to these as “non-working days”) then you can select the option that works for you from a drop down at the top of the worksheet. By default, the “Non-Working Days” option is set to “none.”
You can edit the list of holidays via the Holidays worksheet. If you select any option from the drop-down list other than “none” the holidays will be included as non-working days. If you don’t want to include holidays, you can delete the holidays from the list in the Holidays worksheet (see the instructions in that worksheet).
Conclusion
Excel Calendar 2021 is the perfect planning tool. It helps you schedule all your tasks, personal and professional activities for the future, whether simple or complex.