How to change Word Calendar for 2027 and subsequent years. Missing the Calendar Wizard.

Changing the year heading cannot update the dates in current Word calendar templates; create the 2027 calendar with a calendar-maker add-in, or reuse an older macro-enabled .dotm calendar if one remains on your computer.

Recommended: generate a new 2027 calendar

The current Word calendar template is a .dotx file, which cannot contain the macros previously used to recalculate dates. Enabling macros in that file will not restore the missing Calendar tab or Calendar Wizard.^1^

1. Close the current calendar without overwriting your original template.
2. Download Greg Maxey’s Calendar Maker Add-In from: https://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/calendar_maker_addin.html
   This is a non-Microsoft site; review the download and follow your organization’s add-in and macro-security policies.
3. Install the add-in using its included instructions.
4. Open desktop Word and use the add-in to select 2027, the desired month range, and calendar format.
5. Generate the calendar and save the resulting document under a new name.

This replacement is specifically recommended for Word calendars whose Calendar ribbon is missing.^2^

If you previously used the old Calendar Wizard

An older Microsoft calendar may still be available as a macro-enabled .dotm template:

1. In Word for Windows, select File → Open → This PC.
2. Open Documents → Custom Office Templates.
3. Look for an older calendar file with a .dotm extension.
4. Open that template and check whether its Calendar tab permits selecting 2027.
5. If it works, create a new document from it rather than editing the template itself.

Word supports .dotm as the macro-enabled template format; .dotx is the non-macro template format.^3^ Older calendar templates previously used on the computer may remain in the configured Custom Office Templates folder.^4^

Do not simply rename a .dotx file to .dotm; that does not recreate the removed Calendar Wizard or its programming.

Microsoft-only alternative: create it in Excel

If third-party add-ins or macros are prohibited by your business, use an Excel calendar template:

1. Open Excel.
2. Select File → New.
3. Search online templates for calendar.
4. Select a calendar that supports changing the year, and choose Create.
5. Set it to 2027 using the template’s year control, then print it or copy the finished calendar into Word.

Excel calendar templates can use formulas to update displayed dates automatically; manually replacing formula cells prevents that automatic updating.^5^

If a Microsoft Word template specifically labelled for 2027 later becomes available, create a fresh document from File → New and search for calendar rather than changing the heading of an older static calendar.

References

1. Calendar Word Templates - calendar ribbon not showing - Microsoft Q&A
2. anytime Word calendar template year is not available - Microsoft Q&A
3. Save a Word document as a template
4. How to change a date on a calendar template in Word - Microsoft Q&A
5. Create a calendar by using a template