2027 Banner Calendars

Hi Michelle,

At this time, Microsoft has not announced a specific release date for the 2027 Banner Calendar template.

Just a friendly note: this is a user-to-user community forum. As a fellow Microsoft user, I don't have access to Microsoft's internal release schedules, product roadmaps, or future plans, so unfortunately I can't confirm exactly when the 2027 template will become available.

In the meantime, you can periodically check Word > File > New and search for "Banner Calendar" or "Calendar". Microsoft typically updates the template gallery as new calendar templates become available. You may also want to consider one of the community-created calendar-building templates if you need a 2027 calendar before Microsoft releases an official template.

As recommended by Volunteer Moderator Jay Freedman below: https://jay-freedman.info/2027_Calendars.zip

The links above are shared by community members for your convenience. They point to a third-party site that is not managed or verified by Microsoft. I can’t guarantee the quality, safety, or suitability of any content or software found there. Please review carefully and make sure you understand any potential risks before using it.

If having the 2027 Banner Calendar available sooner is important to you, I'd also encourage you to submit feedback through the Word Feedback Portal. Suggestions submitted there are visible to the product team and are the best way to let Microsoft know about features or templates you'd like to see prioritized in future updates.

Once you've submitted your feedback, feel free to share the link here in the comments. I’ll be happy to upvote it to help bring more visibility.  

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I hope this provides enough clarity and helps you stay inform with your current situation.

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Here is some more information and background.

Microsoft used to have macro-enabled templates that let you set the year or month and have the dates adjust. The information for some Microsoft calendar templates still refers to the Calendar tab. It has vanished, though. They have stopped offering those, perhaps because people were afraid of the macros.

Per Bob Jones, apparently, in the Mac interface, the template named "Calendar" also still contains the macros and the Calendar tab as in the description. @Cybertaz

If you have used a macro-enabled template from Microsoft in the past for this, it should still be on your computer in the folder you have designated as the default location for saving custom office templates.

When you use one of the templates from Microsoft, it is stored there.

I expect that sometime in January Microsoft will come out with 2027 calendars. This is based on experience since they discontinued the macro-enabled calendar templates.

There are good free alternatives available.

You can use the free calendar add-in from former Word MVP Greg Maxey that you can download from here: https://gregmaxey.com/wonrd_tip_pages/calendar_maker_addin.html This has several choices of formats.

You can also find free 2026 and 2027 calendars on MVP Jay Freedman's download site. (https://jay-freedman.info/) These are simple macro-free templates.

You can find a free perpetual calendar maker add-in on MVP Graham Mayor's site. This allows a choice of background colors.

These templates are from trusted experts and have been used by thousands of users.

No one here can change how word works.

No one who can change Word sees what is written here.

This is a user-to-user forum. You are corresponding with your fellow users. We can tell you how to better use Word as it is.

People who can change Word never see what is posted here. To get their attention, use the Feedback mechanisms. Here is more information about how to do that and what to expect.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/giving-feedback-on-microsoft-word-or-other/8df81a9b-84aa-46ef-bf88-24fb7fec96ba

Microsoft is not hearing about your problems from what you post here. You are discussing a problem with your fellow users here. We can give good advice about how to work with Word as it is and give suggestions for making it work properly.

Designers and their supervisors do see feedback. (You will almost certainly not get a direct response to that feedback but they do see it.)

I suggest using the [Public Feedback Portal](https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/fb6d67e3-301c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472"link to public feedback portal") so other users can see your feedback, comment and vote. If you want, you can post the URL of your feedback with your question here to lead others with the same problem to your feedback. Be the “squeaky wheel” that gets fixed! [https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/fb6d67e3-301c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472](https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/fb6d67e3-301c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472"link to public feedback portal")

Here is a link to some of the feedback on this issue:

https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/search/fb6d67e3-301c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472?q=calendar

·       https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/498bc5b4-31f2-f011-92b8-6045bd813264

·       https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/3e123d6f-37e5-f011-ad8f-7c1e52f38cbc

·       https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/0b5273b4-cbf0-f011-92b8-7c1e52eaa20d

·       https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/130ca0b2-ffef-f011-92b8-6045bd813264

·       https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/ee3b37f1-d3e9-f011-92b9-7c1e5244b89c

·       http://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/a6a8ffc0-98b9-f011-aa43-7c1e526e4a18

·       https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/d73086e7-c6f0-f011-92b8-7c1e52eaa20d

You can comment and vote on this feedback if you want. I do not expect this to change, though. I recommend using the items from Jay Freedman, Greg Maxey, or Graham Mayor.