GANTT GRAPH PAPER (WEEKLY)

change the starting week here v F F F F F F F F

Mon Feb 20
ISO WEEK NUM W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16
MONTH FEB MAR APR
(MON)DAY 20 27 05 12 19 26 02 09 16

TASK / RESOURCE
subtask
subtask
subtask

TASK / RESOURCE
subtask
subtask
subtask

< select this entire row, right-click to insert more space

This is a blank GANTT-style worksheet for informal planning. Basically, I print this out
like graph paper. I turn on PRINT GRID LINES and REPEAT TOP AND LEFT columns.

Weeks are numbered using the ISO convention

If you want to change the start date, type the new date into cell D3. The ribbon
calendar will automatically update.

If you want to add more items to the list, select the entire row by clicking the
ROW NUMBER as designated (row 18 , where it says "select this entire row").
Right-click and choose INSERT from the menu. If it says "Insert Cells" or something
like that you have to clear the currect selection by hitting the ESC key.
To add more columns, you will need to extend the date information in row 6,
which holds the dates from which all formatting rules draw. You'll also need to
extend the CONDITIONAL FORMATTING rules ranges (look it up).

To group rows, use the DATA menu and group/ungroup as shown. There are expansion
icons on the left-hand side of the screen.

To print, make a selection of what part you'd like printed, and when you go to the
PRINT dialog box, make sure you're printing the SELECTION and not the worksheet.
Use PRINT PREVIEW to make sure tht it looks right.

If you are using a non-English version of Excel and the dates are not formatting correctly,
please read the "Date Formatting Strings" worksheet and adjust the value(s) there.

Enjoy!
Dave Seah 8/12/2011
 F F M M M M M M M M M M M

W17 W18 W19 W20 W21 W22 W23 W24 W25 W26 W27 W28 W29
MAY JUN JUL
23 30 07 14 21 28 04 11 18 25 02 09 16
 M M M M M M M M M M M M M

W30 W31 W32 W33 W34 W35 W36 W37 W38 W39 W40 W41 W42
AUG SEP OCT
23 30 06 13 20 27 03 10 17 24 01 08 15
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W43 W44 W45 W46 W47 W48 W49 W50 W51 W52 W1 W2 W3
NOV DEC JAN
22 29 05 12 19 26 03 10 17 24 31 07 14
 A A A A A A A A A A A A A

W4 W5 W6 W7 W8
FEB
21 28 04 11 18
A A A A A A A A A A A M M
M M M M M M M M M M M M M
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LOCAL SPECIFIC DATE STRINGS
Having trouble displaying dates correctly?

Excel's Text() function, which is used extensively to auto-format the spreadsheet, uses "text format strings" to translate
a date into other representations. However, these text format strings are locale-dependent. For example, in the USA
the function Text(A1,"MMM") will return the three-letter month acronym (e.g. "MAR" for March) for a date value.

To get around this problem without writing macros, I'm storing the format strings here for use in the main worksheet.
When you change these values, the "Blank Sheet" and "Example Sheets" will update.

three day month mmm change to your locale string (see your Excel documentation for Text() function and dates)

For example, in Turkish, the appropriate strings are:

three day month mmm

Thanks to Mehmet CAN, a management consultant based in Turkey, for tracking down this issue and providing the solution.
Additonal references:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/international.htm
http://www.excelbanter.com/showthread.php?t=230221
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SAMPLE WEEKLY SHEET
edit this year v J J J J J J J J

2011
ISO WEEK NUM W52 W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8
MONTH DEC JAN FEB
(MON)DAY 27 03 10 17 24 31 07 14 21

CLIENT INTERACTION C1 C2
C1 - Requirement Handof C1 provide to engineering
C2 - Approval S1 review
C3 - Signof Work Complete

PLAYER APPLICATION (Joe) C1 P1

P1 - engineering prototype C1 required to start
P2 - styled prototype S1 review
dependency on Frida-S2

PLAYER ARTWORK (Frida) S1 S2

S1 - skin design S1 delivery S2 delivery
approval by client
S2 - skin delivery
S3 - 25% client fixups

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 J J J J J J J J J J J J J

W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18 W19 W20 W21
MAR APR MAY
28 07 14 21 28 04 11 18 25 02 09 16 23

C3

P2
 J J J J J J J J A A A A A

W22 W23 W24 W25 W26 W27 W28 W29 W30 W31 W32 W33 W34
JUN JUL AUG
30 06 13 20 27 04 11 18 25 01 08 15 22
 A A A A A A A A A A A A A

W35 W36 W37 W38 W39 W40 W41 W42 W43 W44 W45 W46 W47
SEP OCT NOV
29 05 12 19 26 03 10 17 24 31 07 14 21
 A A A A A A A A A A A A A

W48 W49 W50 W51 W52

DEC
28 05 12 19 26
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