Microsoft Excel is a great program to use for a calendar. The multiple tabs make it simple to have a page for each month, and the interface is simple enough for most computer users to use. There are several Excel calendar templates online for people who do not want to create their own.Microsoft Office, online at
. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/excel-calendar-templates-HA001117962.aspx, has many free Excel calendar templates for users. People must have the program installed on their computer to run these templates. It includes options for creating a worksheet for each month or using a worksheet for the whole year. There are also school year templates that run from August to June, plus versions with spaces for notes. Many of the templates are customized to print all of the months on one page, or print a page per month.CNET, online at http://download.cnet.com/Excel-Calendar-Template/3000-2077_4-10346449.html, has another user-friendly template available. It is rated 4 out of 5 stars by the CNET staff and by users. This template utilizes Excel, but it does not look like a typical Excel spreadsheet. Major holidays are added automatically, plus there is room for notes about appointments, birthdays and anniversaries. Each tab represents a month, and there is also one that shows the entire year on one page. This is a great option for anyone who wants to print out a calendar without having to take too much time designing it. Users just download the file to their computer and open it within Excel to run it and start personalizing the calendar.Excel Tutorial, a site devoted to teaching people how to use Excel, has another calendar template online at http://www.easyexceltutorial.com/excel-calendar.html. This template has step by step instructions to help Excel novices build their own calendar for the year, month or other segment of time. It includes details on how users can personalize the calendar by adding in birthdays, anniversaries and holidays as well. More reference links: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/excel-calendar-templates-HA001117962.aspx http://www.easyexceltutorial.com/excel-calendar.html