Author: Oscar Cronquist Article last updated on January 10, 2019

I have created another monthly calendar template for you to get. Select a month and year in cells A1 and B1. They are drop down lists. The calendar is instantly updated with dates. This makes it quick and easy to print months. You may have to adjust print area.

How I created the template

Adjust column size

  1. Increase size of column A to 288 px.
  2. Increase size of column B to 288 px.

Adjust row sizes

  1. Select rows 1:33
  2. Adjust cell height to 30 px.

Create drop down lists

  1. Select cell A1
  2. Create a drop down list (Data validation)
  3. Select List
  4. In source field, type: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Repeat with cell B1, in source field, type; 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Calculate start date

Formula in cell D1:

=DATE(B1, MATCH(A1, {"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"}, 0), 1) + ENTER

Hide formula in cell D1

  1. Select cell D1
  2. Press and hold CTRL and then press 1 once.
  3. Press with left mouse button on "Number" tab
  4. Press with left mouse button on "Custom" in Category window.
  5. Type ,,, in Type: field.
  6. Press with left mouse button on OK!

Calendar formulas

In cell A2:

=TEXT(D1, "D DDD") + ENTER

In cell A3:

=IF(MONTH($D$1)=MONTH($D$1+ROW(A1)), TEXT($D$1+ROW(A1), "D DDD"), "") + ENTER

Copy cell A3 and paste into cell range A3:A32

Format cells

  1. Select cell range A2:A32
  2. Press with left mouse button on "Top Align" button (Home tab, excel 2007)
  3. Press with left mouse button on "Align text left" button (Home tab, excel 2007)
  4. Select font size 12

Conditional formatting - Highlight weekends

  1. Select cell range A2:B32
  2. Press with left mouse button on "Conditional formatting" button
  3. Press with left mouse button on "New Rule.."
  4. Press with left mouse button on "Use a formula to determine which cells to format"
  5. Type: =WEEKDAY($D$1+ROW(A1)-1, 2)>5
  6. Press with left mouse button on "Format..." button
  7. Press with left mouse button on "Fill" tab
  8. Select a color (grey)
  9. Press with left mouse button on OK!
  10. Press with left mouse button on OK!

Conditional formatting - Format sundays, font color to red

  1. Select cell range A2:B32
  2. Press with left mouse button on "Conditional formatting" button
  3. Press with left mouse button on "New Rule.."
  4. Press with left mouse button on "Use a formula to determine which cells to format"
  5. Type: =WEEKDAY($D$1+ROW(A1)-1, 2)=7
  6. Press with left mouse button on "Format..." button
  7. Press with left mouse button on "Font" tab
  8. Select a color (red)
  9. Press with left mouse button on OK!
  10. Press with left mouse button on OK!

Format cells

  1. Select cell A2:B2
  2. Press with left mouse button on top border button (Home tab)
  3. Press with left mouse button on bottom border button (Home tab)
  4. Press and hold with right mouse button on black dot in the right lower corner of cell B2
  5. Drag down to row 33
  6. Press with left mouse button on "Fill formatting only"