MonthSprig has six calendar layouts. Choose the amount of time you need to see together, then decide how much event detail belongs on the page. Every layout has paper, orientation and week-start settings where they apply.
Compare the six layouts
A compact overview and a detailed working page have different jobs. Start with the layout whose date range matches your task, then add a few representative events before importing a large list.
| Layout | Use it for | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | One month with room for event labels and notes. | A six-row month and the busiest day. |
| Yearly | An overview of all twelve months in a calendar year. | All month headings, leap day and event legibility. |
| Academic | Twelve months beginning with your chosen start month. | The year boundary, month order and holiday coverage. |
| Weekly | Seven consecutive dated days with more room for detail. | The chosen week start and any month or year boundary. |
| Quarterly | Three consecutive months in one quarter. | Cross-month events and the amount of detail on one sheet. |
| Birthday | Recurring month-and-day entries in yearless or dated views. | Shared dates, long names and February 29. |
Choose a real date range
The editors use Gregorian dates from 1900 through 2100. A monthly calendar needs a month and year. A year calendar runs from January through December. An academic calendar uses twelve months starting where you choose; its label does not imply any particular school’s official term dates.
A weekly calendar shows seven actual dates, which can cross a month or year boundary. A quarter uses January–March, April–June, July–September or October–December. A birthday calendar can hide the year in its printed design, but a date-based calendar-app export still needs a real year or date range.
Keep event meaning separate from layout
An event’s start and final date describe the plan. Its position in a grid describes how the current layout displays it. Changing the week start should not move the event to another date. A longer event can continue across rows, months or pages without changing its original range.
Use a short title and an optional display-only time label. Weekly, monthly and yearly repeat rules are available; dates that do not exist are skipped. If a monthly overview becomes crowded, use a weekly plan for the detail rather than changing the dates or hiding entries to make the page look tidy.
Choose the output for the next task
PDF and PNG preserve the calendar’s visual arrangement. Event CSV and ICS carry event information for another tool. JSON is the editable MonthSprig project backup. A printed page, a spreadsheet table and an editable project are different outputs, so choose the file that matches what you want to do next.
For any layout, preview the whole output before printing. Check paper, orientation, margins and the displayed page count. A dark editor still uses a white print page by default. For a multi-page range, inspect a busy page and the final page as well as the first one.