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Syncletica
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I would use to make charts? Like daily planner charts, or any type of chart requiring boxes and what not.(I'd also like to make calendar type pages.) I thought Scribus would help me out with that, but that's desktop publishing for doing page layouts. So, I don't know what I would use or what to do. Can anyone help me out?
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I use excel.. but I don't think it's the most efficient.. and I think maybe Word has things like calendar pages as a template.
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I use Open Office -- it's free! And you can save/export to different formats, including xls, doc, pdf, etc.
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Same here. "Calc" is their version of Excel.
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I actually do have Open Office, but I don't know where to begin....there seem to be so many things to choose from. Where could I go to get step by step help? I've searched "how to use Open Office" but nothing's helped yet....
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You can use Open Office Calc -- it's a spreadsheet application but you can adjust widths and heights of the boxes so they're more "calendar-like". This is how I do it anyway. Highlight the cells you want to change and choose "Format" -- you can adjust just one cell at a time, or one row, or several rows or columns (Press Ctrl as you click on whichever rows or columns you want to change). I do our calendars a week at a time (this is how my kids like it) and make adjustments when needed. If I want a monthly or daily calendar I just print out what I have on Google Calendar.
If you want something automated it's a bit more involved (and that's why I don't usually bother) -- this might help.
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I use the calendar in Works. For charts, I make a table in Word and fill it in. I am sure there are more efficient programs and ways to do it, but I have used the same templates for 8 years and am rather stuck in my ways. 
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