09/12 2007

Horizontal or Vertical Monitor Strip Calendar


vertical bw calendar attached to monitor

After receiving a comment from Diane about my vertical calendar and a question about a template for the horizontal monitor calendar, I set out to find more info by asking Diane and doing some research on the web. I found a template on the Adobe site and passed that on to Diane, but had problems with printing the jpg.

So I created the calendar from scratch in Photoshop both as a horizontal and a vertical calendar and also as black and white and colored. On top of it I saved the PDF as a regular page of 8.5x11 inches and as a legal size of 8.5x14 inches to make longer calendars.

These two PDF pages are the final result.

May 2008

I just got a new 22" LCD monitor and my calendars don't fit any longer as they are too tall or too wide. So I created a new calendar that is only half an inch high and about 14 inches wide. I split the year into 2 halves so that it prints nicely on a regular sheet of paper. Once it is printed it can be glued together into one long strip or just stuck side by side. (Make sure you print it at 100% size or you won't be able to read it).


monitor calendars on pdf

July 2008

I have just finished creating the 2009 computer monitor calendars. I have split the calendars into black and white versions and colored version and I have created calendars starting with Sunday (the way calendars are displayed in North America) and calendars starting with Monday.

NOTE

The following calendars are on each PDF file:

  • vertical calendar, one inch wide and 10 inches tall
  • horizontal calendar, inch inch tall (it is split into two halves each about 6 inches wide)
  • horizontal calendar for LCD monitors (they have a narrower frame), 1/2 inch tall (it is split into 2 halves each about 7.25 inches wide)
  • 2008 horizontal calendar for LCD monitor (July - December)
  • the calendar can be printed on regular office paper, or use heavier paper for a sturdier calendar
  • it is formatted to fit on a 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper, so please print at 100%

2009 Calendars starting with Sunday

calendars_sunday_saturday.pdf

calendars_sunday_saturday_no_color.pdf

2009 Calendars starting with Monday

calendars_monday_sunday.pdf

calendars_monday_sunday_no_color.pdf

horizontal colored calendar attached to monitor


The calendar idea was picked up by the Lifehacker and by the ETC blogs on Sunday, December 9/2007. Thanks to both blogs.

23 Comments
#23 Kim wrote at 2008.06.26. 10:30 answer

i am looking for a 2009 and 2010 vertical calendar. is it possible to get one???

#22 Carol wrote at 2008.02.08. 09:31 answer

I'm so excited! I just found this page via Google. For the first time in years, my legal directory vendor did not send me a promotional calendar similar to this and I've been lost. Thanks for sharing this much-used tool!

#21 Marlies wrote at 2008.01.21. 08:32 answer homepage

Mary, The PDF files are designed to print at the maximum size for the given paper and are not meant to be printed bigger.

#20 Mary wrote at 2008.01.20. 20:23 answer

I can open the links but I can't enlarge them thru my adobe reader. As they are, they print out to small for me. Any ideas?

#19 TPN WEB DESIGN INC. wrote at 2008.01.13. 22:33 answer homepage

Nice Post

#18 Gail wrote at 2008.01.12. 16:38 answer homepage

I still get a blank page. Does anyone have a suggestion?

#17 Marlies wrote at 2008.01.10. 14:55 answer homepage

Gail,
I just tried and the pdf file opened properly, no blank page.

#16 Gail wrote at 2008.01.10. 11:13 answer homepage

I am trying to open your horizonal calendar and only get a blank page. By the way thank you for creating this calendar. I use it on my monitor at my cash wrap.

#15 Marlies wrote at 2007.12.30. 06:55 answer homepage

Linda, the link is to a PDF file not a Publisher file. Please try to link to it again. I just did and the PDF file opened as expected.

#14 Linda wrote at 2007.12.29. 21:39 answer

I don't have Publisher 2008 and can't open the vertical calendar to print it. Could you send it to me as a pdf file, jpg, gif, or doc?

#13 Marlies wrote at 2007.12.17. 08:23 answer homepage

I made a CD jewel case calendar for sale CD-Case Calendar, but have no template for it. I made it with MS Publisher.

#12 cheryl wrote at 2007.12.16. 07:05 answer homepage

do you have a calendar project made from old cd jewel cases

#11 Mirek wrote at 2007.12.15. 06:32 answer

Why don't you use week numbers?
Very useful...
Thank you anyway, good idea!

#10 marcos wrote at 2007.12.12. 13:52 answer

thank you very much for this !!! very useful !!!

#9 Marlies wrote at 2007.12.10. 11:30 answer homepage

Calendars in North America start with Sunday, that's why I made it this way.
If you want to change it to start with another day, email me for the Photoshop file and alter it yourself.

#8 Mark wrote at 2007.12.10. 10:46 answer homepage

The Sierra Club includes 18-month vinyl adhesive strip calendars in its fund-raising mailings. The are great and can be peeled off the monitor or keyboard without leaving residue.

#7 Kelly wrote at 2007.12.10. 10:40 answer

These calendars rock. I can't believe those eejits who complained because the week starts on Sunday. Let them make their own calendars. Sheesh. Thank you for a very cool item that I will use all next year!

#6 Lore M Ipsum wrote at 2007.12.10. 10:02 answer

Erm. Your calendar is wrong -- your week starts on a Sunday... very confusing. Must be some Americanism...

#5 Catto wrote at 2007.12.10. 09:28 answer homepage

Hey Now,
I really like these types of Calendars.
Thx,
Catto

#4 Francis. wrote at 2007.12.10. 04:56 answer homepage

Hi, I like but could it be possible, to have calendars starting the week with Mondays or days different from Sundays.

#3 basetta wrote at 2007.12.10. 03:11 answer homepage

megacool!

#2 Lorem wrote at 2007.12.09. 18:36 answer

Coooool, count me in, as a fan of your page (and you of course) hehe.

#1 Brendan wrote at 2007.12.09. 12:15 answer

Funny thing my dad loves these things. he will hunt one down at the school he teaches at every year. Came from a link from lifehacker

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