How to Make a Thanksgiving Calendar
Plan your Thanksgiving festivities using a calendar. You can create a custom-designed Thanksgiving calendar using Microsoft Word. The program allows you to create a monthly, weekly or daily calendar that will allow you to plan your Thanksgiving Day well ahead of time. Microsoft Office allows you to add your own pictures, text and clip art onto the calendar, which will make your calendar personalized to your own tastes. Once you make your calendar, you can save it to your computer and use your plans for next year's Thanksgiving celebration.
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Instructions
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Open a new document in Microsoft Word. From the "File Menu" select "New." After you open a new document, a dialogue box will appear. On the left side of the box, you will see the title "Microsoft Office Online."
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Select "Calendars" under the "Microsoft Office Online" title. A list of options will appear. Select "Other Calendars" from this list. From here, you can decide whether you want to create a seven-day calendar or a monthly calendar. Once you select the calendar you need to plan for Thanksgiving Day, select "Download" in the lower-right corner of the dialogue box.
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Fill in the calendar information. The calendar template will be blank. Open up your computer's calendar or look at a calendar you have hanging in your house. Click on each area of the calendar to add the date. The monthly calendar will have small white boxes to add the dates, while the seven-day calendar will have a blank area for you to add the date next to the day of the week.
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Change the color and format of the calendar. Select any object on the calendar template to change, resize or delete it from your calendar. When you select an object a "Format" tab will appear. Select this tab to make changes to the calendar template. You can also change the theme of the calendar by selecting the "Page Layout" tab.
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Add pictures and clip art to your calendar. Personalize your calendar with decorative images. Open the "Insert" tab and then select either "Pictures" or "Clip Art." If you select "Pictures," you will need to locate the file on your hard drive but if you select "Clip Art," a search box will appear and you can add clip art provided by Microsoft Office.
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Plan your Thanksgiving routine. You can type the information directly onto your calendar. If you feel more comfortable writing your plans out by hand, then skip ahead to the next step. When you type the information into your calendar, you have the option to change the font. From the "Home" tab, you can change the font size, color and style. If you need additional text, you can create a text box by choosing "Text Box" from the "Insert" menu.
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Print the calendar. From the "File Menu" select "Print."
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