Results of the recent Calendar Challenge are IN ! The competition was furious, and the judging, difficult. The goal was to create a calendar in excel using Functions ONLY (no user defined macros). The calendar should be displayed on a single sheet, and update dynamically for any given year. And above all, ACCURATE (February 29th included where appropriate) I was honored to be asked to guest-judge the submissions. Developing criteria for selecting a calendar OBJECTIVELY was difficult. After all, the calendars weren't designed for ME specifically. So I had to avoid placing "value" on my own personal preferences. For instance, I "personally" would have put the holiday list on a different sheet so that the holidays for the next 20 years could be determined and recorded. Along with birthdays, anniversaries, etc. But another user would prefer to see the specific holidays for the displayed calendar year. so, which is better? depends on who's buying the coffee ;o) After many hours of testing and review, I've come up with the following Recommendations: First Prize: *Debaranjan* All functions seem to operate as designed. The Event/Holiday list is easy to manage. The main problems I observed were:
- that the background obscures some of the dates (primarily in June) - It does not highlight the current date - It doesn't print properly (in case you wanted to hang it on your wall to mark off the days until your next vacation!) Runner up: *Vinay Gupta* This calendar is visually pleasing, and easy to read. All functions seem to operate as designed. The main problems with it that I observed were: - The many of the dates in the Holiday list and "today" did not display properly. Because the sheet is protected, I could not correct the formatting. - The Holiday list is limited to 20 dates. If the user wishes to include birthdays and anniversaries, it could easily to exceed this limit. Congratulations to the winners! and Thank You to all contributors! *Paul* ----------------------------------------- *“Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.” - John Wesley *----------------------------------------- -- Join official Facebook page of this forum @ https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel FORUM RULES 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Jobs posting is not allowed. 6) Sharing copyrighted material and their links is not allowed. NOTE : Don't ever post confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros?hl=en.
