Activities | Calendar Designer

The Calendar Designer gives you more flexibility and control over how your activity calendars look — while keeping the creation process simple and familiar.

This article walks through what’s available and how to get started.

Table of Contents

1. What is the Calendar Designer?
2. What You Can Customize
3. How the Preview & Download Process Works

What is the Calendar Designer?

The Calendar Designer allows you to customize the style, layout, and branding of your activity calendars before downloading them. You can preview changes in real time and adjust settings until the calendar looks just right.

Designer options are available for daily, weekly, and monthly calendars.

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What You Can Customize

Visual styling

• Header fill and background fill options, automatically updated throughout the year so designs stay fresh and seasonal

• Color picker separated into color and image sections
• Ability to set default background colors at the corporate or community level
• Ability to set create templates at the corporate or community level
• Calendar-specific export logo configuration

Layout & formatting

• Footer height optimization, with the option to show or hide the footer
• Indent formatting for wrapped event titles
• Day row display options:
  • First page only
  • First page and after two weeks
  • Every new page
• Toggle visibility for: Facilitators, AM/PM indicators, mandatory sign-up alerts, locations, dimensions, and birthdays
• And more!

Smart defaults & editing controls

• Last-selected values are saved and reused, even after logging out
• Reset option to restore default settings while editing
• Fields are organized in a more logical order for easier setup

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How the Preview & Download Process Works

• Navigate to the Activity > Items grid in the back office.
• Filter on the correct calendar and month.
• Click Export drop down.

• A real-time preview opens, showing what the calendar will look like.

• Callouts highlight which areas can be edited using the settings panel on the side.
• Adjust settings as needed, then click Generate preview to refresh the view.
• When you’re satisfied, click Download calendar to export a document version.

• Need changes? Update the settings and generate a new preview at any time.

   

If you have questions or need help setting up your calendars, our Support team is happy to help.

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If you would like additional tips & tricks on editing your monthly Word calendar export, please view the following article:  

Tips & tricks on editing the Word Calendar 

Note:  Due to differences between operating systems and printer drivers, the pages may not match perfectly with your printer. Always revise the print and page setup settings before printing any document.