Building a Planner in OneNote- Yes you can!

Published 2023-08-04
Published on Aug 4, 2023

Student Alert! Can you build a planner in OneNote? YES you can! Let's talk about a lot of things that are in traditional paper planners and how to create those in OneNote. Also we will look at some spreads that would be great for people new to planning or students.

Hi, I’m Crystal. Welcome to a Crystal Clear Life where we talk about planning, organizing and living a more simplified life. I use Microsoft OneNote 365 to create functional and decorative planners and notebooks to help keep my life organized. OneNote is awesome because it crosses all platforms so I can use it on my desktop PC, my iPad and my Android phone. That way I am never without my planner! Hope you enjoy.

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Chapters
0:00 - introduction
1:08 - starting something new - planner ideas using OneNote as a planner
2:40 - Year at a Glance - future logs from Calendardepia
4:50 - Customizing your calendars
7:25 - Adding Links to calendars to jump to other calendar pages
10:22 - Hide Grid lines or borders on tables
11:35 - Neutral style with holidays
14:30 - Future Log Style Year at a Glance
18:40 - Using a pdf calendar
21:24 - Using the 12 boxes pages
25:35 - Monthly pages
25:50 - 2 column per day Monthly calendars?
28:15 - Traditional neutral monthly calendar
28:30 - Changing a Sunday start Calendar to a Monday start Calendar
31:35 - undated monthly calendar
32:35 - pdf monthly calendar
33:25 - creating monthly dashboard from Future Log page
34:55 - weekly pages undated
37:15 - adding links and back links
40:25 - New to planning or Student layouts
45:05 - Areas of focus Weekly Planner Layout- student planner 2
52:05 - Daily page ideas
56:15 - customized detailed daily plan
56:45 - pdf daily page
57:10 - modified calendarpedia daily
58:00 - Notes pages
58:30 - creating a lined notes page to print
1:01:05 - OneNote Page templates for academic notes
1:03:15 - personal development notes template for me
1:05:30 - creating your own layout based on how you like to plan
1:11:35 - collection pages
1:12:29 - Review and conclusion

🐈‍⬛:: Products used in this video
• OneNote 365 version on Windows PC
• Notebook designed by Crystal Clear Life
• DCPDigitals dpcdigitals.com/
• Calendarpedia www.calendarpedia.com/



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All Comments (21)
  • Thank you for this video! I love planners and have been using Agendio -- I have my perfect planner designed in that. Buuuuuutttt.... I'm tired of carrying so many things on a daily basis. So, if I can ditch the paper planner and use an electronic one, that's great. I don't want to just buy a canned one because I need to personalization! This is just gold. thanks!
  • @sharonanderson874
    How precious are you that you have taken the time to teach this! I am so looking forward to creating my own planner in OneNote!! Thank You!!
  • My daughter and I have been talking to each other about wanting to put our planners in OneNote, but we had no idea where to start. Then she found you!! We'll be looking at all of your information. This video was great and we are inspired!! Thank you for the time you put into making this and for caring to teach. You have no idea how much I appreciate this!
  • @davidthomas6226
    CRYSTAL you are a breath of fresh air. I love to watch your planning videos, you are delightful, and I learn a lot from you. please keep them coming . i love your countenance you are awesome I am so glad I found you..
  • @WriterLady
    25:24 - While you didn't intend it to be a "how-to", I'm so thankful for your generosity in sharing your knowledge. This is all completely overwhelming to a newbie. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you making this content.
  • @Zltrevi
    My mind is blown! I am totally doing this for work. Thank you!!!
  • I use Weekly and my Monthly Dashboard the most. I started with a purchased planner but now I use tables and boxes and design my own and I use OneNote!
  • @sonya5568
    Awesome. I like Notion for my personal but this Onenote for my job is so helpful!! Thanks for sharing.
  • @7Bloodfire
    I made one, too, and I love it a lot. ❤
  • @zulmaidaly
    Thanks for this video. I liked a lot. I learned many things. Wonderful
  • What types of planner pages do you use the most? Monthly, weekly, daily or other? Thanks for watching!
  • @nicholasckoch
    Google calendar does all this and more - way more easily.
  • @JTHarveyJr
    Love theses tutorials!! it looks like you are editing the spreadsheet inside of OneNote. My version of OneNote (win 11 and office365 - 2024 edition) seems to always want to bounce me out to an excel doc to edit. Am I missing something? ALSO - my calendar from calendarpedia don't like to be imported exactly as they are and usually require formatting. Again, I must be missing something. Please help - I am losing what hair I have left....