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Linear Year Planner: Calendar Year or School Year

The wall planner used in offices and classrooms: twelve month columns with the days running down the page, weekday initials and shaded weekends, so a whole year of deadlines, holidays and terms fits on one sheet. Start in January or in August or September for an academic year planner.

Dated or undated: add a whole sequence of yearly pages in one step.

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What you can customize

  • Year
  • First month
  • Week starts on
  • Shade weekends
  • Weekday initials
  • Caption

Works well in

All page sizes, from Passport to A4

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Start from a preset

  • 2027 year planner, US Letter January to December 2027 in twelve columns. Open in the maker →
  • Academic year planner 2026–2027, A4 August 2026 to July 2027; the title reads 2026–2027. Open in the maker →
  • School year planner 2027–2028 from September September 2027 to August 2028. Open in the maker →
  • 2027 year planner without weekday initials, Letter Plain day numbers and shaded weekends only, for a cleaner look. Open in the maker →

A year in columns

Each column is a month and each row a day of the month, so the same date of every month lines up and a glance shows which weekday it falls on. Cells for days that do not exist (30 February, 31 April) are greyed out, weekends are shaded, and the weekday initial sits in each cell. Write terms, holidays, deadlines, birthdays and project phases straight into the cells, or draw bars across weeks for longer stretches.

Choose the first month for any twelve-month span: January for a calendar year, August or September for the school year, April for a Japanese or UK financial year. The title shows one year or both.

How to print a year planner

  1. Open a preset and set the first month and the year.
  2. Download PDF → Single pages and print at 100% (Actual size) on Letter or A4.
  3. For a wall poster, set a custom notebook size of 297 × 420 mm (A3) or let a copy shop enlarge the A4 PDF to A3.

Free sample PDFs

Print at 100% (actual size). Made with the same engine as the maker, so the spacing is exact.

  • Academic year planner 2026–2027, A4 PDF ↓
  • 2027 year planner, US Letter PDF ↓
  • 2027 year planner, A4 PDF ↓

Frequently asked questions

How do I make an academic year planner?

Set First month to August or September. The columns then run from that month to the same month next year, and the title shows both years, for example 2026–2027.

What do the letters next to the day numbers mean?

The weekday initial in your language (M, T, W … or Mo, Di … depending on the language). Saturdays and Sundays are shaded as well. Turn the initials off with the Weekday initials option.

Can I print it landscape?

Yes. On a landscape page the months become rows and the 31 days run across, which gives wider cells for writing.

Can I print a bigger planner?

Yes. In the notebook settings choose Custom size and enter 297 × 420 mm (A3) or 11 × 17 in (Tabloid), then download Single pages. Everything scales with the page, so the cells stay in proportion. A copy shop can also enlarge the A4 PDF to A3.

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