Can test be input onto templates?
I saw info about hipsters a few months ago when I was searching for a new carrying case for all my digital gadgets and thought this was a bizarre idea. However, recently moving into a large corporation where every sales rep is given a blackberry and newest fastest laptop from the company and still noticing most of the good ones use paper planners, I took a second look - and decided this makes sense. But what I can't figure out is how to print (when necessary) onto the templates? My handwriting is mostly illegible - one (but not the only one) primary reason I initially switched to elecronic planners 10 years ago. Of course I applaud the value of writing on the spot, but for all my past undone to do's, etc. (due of course partly to the inadequacy of digital planners) it would make for a much nicer start if I could easily read everything. Do I need to design my own templates in order to do this? In a few cases I've been able to get a given template to accept a text box for a title, etc., but no convenient way to write (or cut and paste) several lines of text into the checklists or other bodies of the documents. The thought of having to depend totally on my own handwriting is just too depressing.
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Acrobat and DiyP form-filling
What some enterprising folks have done (though not myself) is to call up the templates in Acrobat Pro and make text fields etc. for the elements of the form. They can then cut and paste, or just fill them out on a computer, before printing them out. Obviously, to do this with the hundreds of templates would be quite time-consuming, but if you just use a dozen or so (like most people), the process of making them editable should only take a couple of hours. Assuming you have Acrobat Pro, of course.
Speaking of which, if anybody would like to do this for the full set, or even a subset, and then release it into our template directory, there will probably be some happy people out there. ;-)
all my best,
dj
Maybe you should be using Outlook calendar pages
The DIY planner is a paper-based analog system -- it's not software that takes digital input and prints out forms with our information on it.
You could print out your daily calendar page from Outlook and not use the DIY planner calendar pages at all, since you can have the Notes section print with the daily calendar, and use your Notes section for collecting information you want to add to Outlook. And if you put everything into Outlook you'll have your appointments come up automatically and print onto your calendar page.
You could still use other DIY Planner templates as part of your system.