How to add a monthly calendar to a publication in Microsoft Publisher

Calendars are great tools organization. They are commercially available. You can find it in many ways, in sizes and in different programs such as Word , which can help you on a daily basis.

Microsoft Publisher gives you the possibility to create your own calendar, in a wide variety of designs and models , which also has the possibility to add images and different texts. In this article, we want to give you the complete instructions so that you can design a calendar in the Microsoft Publisher app .

How to create the calendar in Microsoft Publisher

1. Start by creating a new file in the app. After that select the option "Calendars" . There you will find a large list of publications from which you can choose. This is where the panel will show you different options regarding which templates you can choose for your timeline.
2. After the first point is done, you need to choose the type of calendar you want to start creating. You can choose between several models and designs, among which locations and sizes vary. If you want to see one by default, just click on one of the templates that come with the program or that you designed so that it is displayed in "preview" .
3. To add categories, photos, words or any other particular detail , you just need to click on the box of said available options which are available in the options bar.
4. Likewise, this is the time when you need to start selecting the color and font combination that you want your calendar to carry. You can do this by locating yourself in the task panel called " Personalize their campaigns ». There you can choose different combinations of colors and, likewise, pre-designed fonts.
5. If you go on the "Options" button, you can determine if your calendar will be in a vertical position, in addition to adding a background type that is consistent with it or if, if not, you want it to be located horizontally. Here you can change whether what you are looking for is all the months of the year to be displayed on a single page or each on a single page . If you want to add custom events or dates, this is the section where you need to place them.

With this you can now add the calendar to the section you want and you can add it with the design you like the most.

Helpful tips to keep in mind

Here we want to leave you some important information that will surely help you while creating and editing your calendar within Microsoft Publisher application.

• You should know that in the program you cannot change some of the options of the calendars created by default. However, you can change various important aspects such as page size, color, and fonts.
• If you change the page size in the "Calendar options" , it will automatically switch to the "Post options" category and with this you may lose various features with which to affect the way the date range is changed and applied.
• Likewise, if you manage to edit a pre-existing template in the platform and it is changed significantly, it will become a design , which you can use automatically in future projects, as it will be saved as a new template which you can select once you save it once you press the option "Save as" which is found on the right in the menu » File «.
• There, you can locate yourself on the option "Publisher's model" and access the backup menu thereof.

When you create a calendar in Publisher, you can do a quick search and locate a template similar to what you want to see displayed in your final project. In this way, you can minimize the amount of modifications and thus the work will not be so heavy.