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.

26 Comments
#26 Marlies wrote at 2008.08.04. 19:53 answer homepage

Ian I did this on purpose. There are 2 strips for 2009 and one strip (July - Dec) for 2008. I thought somebody new to these calendars would appreciate one for the current year. So all is well.

#25 Ian Kirk wrote at 2008.08.04. 17:43 answer

These are great! I loved the 2008 ones. However, when downloading the no-color Sunday to Saturday ones, I noticed that a number of the years still say 2008.

#24 Manda wrote at 2008.08.04. 15:32 answer

I appreciate the work that you put into these calendars, but I have to lean to within a foot of the monitor and squint in order to read them, and I'm only 30. Thankfully, Foxit allowed me to print them at 125% - much better. (Just be sure to check the print preview to make sure what you want is all there. It takes some tweaking to get right.) The width of the calendars doesn't matter so much because they can always hang over the side/top a bit.

#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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