How often do you find an adorable planner printable only to find out it doesn't come in a size that fits your planner? Have no fear, I am going to teach you how to print planner printables to meet the size of your planner.
I recorded videos so that it's super easy to follow along. I find that pictures can be little harder to follow. Plus, I have included a free cheat sheet for common planner sizes.
Make sure to find the guide that matches your computer - there are different videos for Macs and PCs. If you don't have Adobe Reader, definitely download it for free as your PDF reader. Aside from being the standard PDF viewer, it's the program I use for this tutorial and it's the only way to customize my planner printables.
Looking for free planner printables? Check out the over 200 planner printables we have here at Mom Envy! The best part is that they're all free!
How to Resize Planner Printables for Any Size Planner - Using Letter Size Printables
First, gather information about your planner.
How big are the inserts for your planner? Get out a ruler or measuring tape and find out the length x width of your planner inserts. Write it down somewhere you'll remember (hint: somewhere in your planner).
Next, find out if your planner inserts are a standard paper size (if they are, you're in luck! Printing printables will be super easy for you!) Here are some standard paper sizes:
- A4 - 8.3 in x 11.7 in
- A5 - 5.8 in x 8.3 in
- A6 - 4.1 in x 5.8 in
- B5 - 6.9 in x 9.8 in
- B6 - 5 in x 7 in
Next, pick a method based on your computer and insert size. Check them out below.
PC & MAC Method for Planners Using Standard Size Inserts
Are you lucky enough to have a planner that takes standard size inserts such as A5? Then this method is for you. It works for both Mac and PC users.
PC Method - Print by Percentage - (if you have a Mac, keep scrolling to see an easier way to print)
This method works for PC users with ANY size planner.
Here is a chart of common planner inserts, their sizes, and the percent you need to print letter size printables at.
*If you want to print out this chart to keep it handy, click here!
*When printing a TN, type in the percent. Then, select landscape. This will give you the needed white space needed to fold the insert to fit inside your TN.
**For the A4, if you are printing on letter size paper (which most people are), then just print a standard letter size sheet. The insert will be slightly smaller than an A4 planner. If you have an A4 sheet/printer capable of printing on A4, select A4.
Don't see your planner insert size on the chart? No problem.
It's super easy to determine the percentage to print your insert. Here's the simple formula.
- WIDTH OF YOUR PLANNER INSERT÷8.5=Answer
- Answer from above x 100=PERCENT TO PRINT YOUR PLANNER
Example: Let's pretend this is my planner insert:
- 5.34 ÷ 8.5=.628
2. .628 x 100=63% (it was 62.8% but I rounded it up)
PC METHOD VIDEO - Print Using the Percentage Method
Here's the Video on How to Print Any Planner Printable for ANY Size Traveler's Notebook on a PC Using the Percentage Method
MAC METHOD VIDEO - Print by Custom Page Size Method
This method is SO easy. All you need to know is the width and height of your planner insert. I have a video for standard planners and for travelers notebooks.
Here's the Video on How to Print Any Planner Printable for ANY Size Traveler's Notebook on a Mac Using the Custom Page Size Method
You are amazing! I am new to the planner community and have been looking for a chart such as this for A5, Personal size and Pocket size. I have wasted a lot of paper and ink already. Love your blog!
Thanks so much, Janice! I am glad that you found it helpful! 🙂
Sorry for the obvious question, but do I then cut the paper before putting it in my paper tray to print?
Hi Isabel!
It's not an obvious question at all, I should have been more clear 🙂 You place the paper as-is in the printer and print directly onto standard size letter paper. Then, you cut your planner printable out of the paper. You can even select an option to show the edges/corners where you need to cut. It's called "crop marks." For most programs, when you change the percent there is a little box you can click that says "print crop marks" or "print corner marks." It makes cutting easier!
@Laura, great tip!
Could you please make the PLANNER SIZING CHART so we can print it out?
I have tried to print out the chart on this page but cannot manage to do it.
It would be so helpful to have this chart in my planner.
Thank you for all you do for us with your printables. I appreciate it very much.
That's actually a great idea!! I'll be updating soon and will include it 🙂 It may take me a bit due to my schedule but shouldn't be more than a week or so!
Thanks for the suggestion!
Hi,
I couldn't get the half page size to come out correctly. Have you tried that one? The width came out fine at 5.5" but the height came out to 7 and 3/16" instead of 8.5.
Any solutions?
Thanks
Hi Maria!
Unfortunately, there is no way to have the height and width come out perfectly unless the planner page is exactly proportionate to a letter size page. So the resizing just guarantees that the entire page will fit within the planner which means the top/bottom or the right/left may have a little extra blank space (which I tend to just decorate!) Hope this helps!
I have an Erin Condren planner that is 7x8.75...would you know the measurement for that one? I can't figure out which one I would need to use
I think that 80% should work for you if it's too big, try to go down to 79% or 78% but I think 80% should be about right! Hope this helps! - Laura
Hi I’m looking for some planner printables. And stickers so I can do my own planner inserts for my planner.
How to print for iPad Pro!
Hello!
Unfortunately, I do not have directions for how to print on an iPad pro (since I don't have one). I would think they would have a way to print by percent though which would be your best bet.
HOW DO I DOWNLOAD YOUR PLANNERS WHAT DO I CLICK ON TO GET STARTED
Hi Angel!
This post is the best way to get started - it has over 200 of my free printables.
https://momenvy.co/free-planner-printables/
If you find a freebie you think you want, then just subscribe: https://momenvy.co/subscribe and then on the post, you can click the image at the bottom of the page that says CLICK TO DOWNLOAD and enter the password!
Will the A6 size work for rings as well?
Is there a trick to printing these double sided? Or do you have suggestions on what to do so you don't have pages? I'm new to all of this and was trying to come up with ideas.
Thank you for sharing these documents!!
I am following your instructions for any size on a PC and the pages are not shrinking to the right size and it's not putting any crop marks on it. Help!
@Jessica, did you find the answer to this? I’m struggling 😖
Hello
so there is a way to print in a size of 5x7 pick in options 5x7 yes you will have to slice it, but you will have a great size small planer
Omg ☺️ you saved me a lot of headache trying to figure out how to print inserts.
Your posts are sooooo helpful. I finally understand how to print for my Classic Happy Planner, but have one question. I don't have an option to print the crop marks. When I searched the web, it looks like you have to pay $14.99/month to get this option. Am I missing something?
Again, thanks for all of your hard work helping us newbies.
Hi Connie!
Sorry for the delay in responding. Hmmm... that is super strange. My computer offers Crop Marks when I print, unfortunately, I am not sure of another way to get them. I wish I could help more. But $14.99 a month sounds like a lot for that.
I knew there had to be an easy way to do this - thank you SO much! EPIC!!
Thank you so much ,I really appreciate this, so glad I subscribed to your content. THANKS AGAIN
This is awesome! I just saw this from your email. I think the one problem I've found with resizing is that the margin isn't there for me to punch holes for my HP. Is there a way to ensure a wider margine?
@April Driggers, Try going slightly smaller in scale. For example, if you have an HP, instead of 82%, try 77%. Don't add cut lines and instead cut it so that you have a larger margin on the side that will be hole-punched. It may take some playing around on the best percent but making it smaller should give you a slightly bigger margin. I hope this makes sense!
I absolutely love these designs and I have downloaded them. However when I edit the words, I can't get all of the letters to print on the first line. HELP?!
Trying to find the videos. I find it hard to find the links for the free items and these videos. thank you. Love your items! Will be spending some more time around your site.
Thank you
Lynn
Is there anyway you can add a blank page to the beginning of each calendar? It would allow double sided printing or people could skip it if not interested. I tried to add one in with a pdf merge program and its not working for me today. Thanks so much for these great planners!
Ackkk, challenged me can't get it to work. Oh well.
Hi! I am trying to resize (enlarge) all of my Standard size TN inserts to fit my new wide TN cover. Can you help??
I've tried this on multiple PDFs, trying to size to Standard TN. Watched the videos and followed the instructions. It does not work for me. I get a corner of a letter size page. It's not even the same size of one page of a standard TN.
Hi Hannah, sorry I am just seeing this. What type of computer and printer are you working with? Unfortunately, sometimes other systems can be a bit different which means the directions won't exactly work. It also depends on the printable you're starting with. So let me know the details of what you're trying to print so maybe I can help! You can also message me the dimensions and stuff to try to trouble shoot at - [email protected]
When you say "WIDTH OF YOUR PLANNER INSERT÷8.5=Answer" is that the width you're starting with or the width you want to be at? I'm trying to resize a5 to personal.
Thanks - love the chart!
The width you want it to be! So most printables come in letter size. So this formula is for a letter size printable that you want to fit into your own planner.
So if your planner is 5 inches wide, you would divide 5 by 8.5 and get .588 and then you'd multiply it by 100%, you'll get 58% as the percentage you want to print the printable at.
If the printable isn't letter size, you'd have to change the 8.5 to whatever the width is of the printable you want to print. I hope this makes sense!
Hi just wondering where the videos are located??
I know this is a bit old, but I am wondering if the process has changed? I followed the instructions, but my prints are coming out full size and I am wanting to fit for my skinny mini. Do you have any suggestions?
Hi Holly! It really depends on which type of computer you're using and your printer. I will say that the Skinny planners of any kind are the hardest to get to match because the dimensions are so far different than a standard planner page. If you were to print it so that it filled the full Skinny Mini page, it would be very distorted. If you want some more help trying to get it to fit better, send me an email at [email protected]
Hi,
I have a TON of Classic Happy Planner printables that are scaled to print at 100%. I recently started using the Big Happy Planner & would like to use some of those printables/stickers.
Can you help to scale up from Classic to Big?
Thanks!
I haven't done this yet BUT I think that if you scaled it to approximately 118%-120% should be correct. I would test one to see but when you go to print it, there is always an area where it asks what percent to print at. It is normally 100%. Increase it to 118% and try that... if it is a little small, go to 119%...and then 120%. One direction is is 118% bigger and the other it's 121% bigger, so I would suggest going with the smaller range to start.
What is the sizing percentage for printing Happy Planner Classic sizes on A4 paper? Struggling to work it out.
Sorry for the delay in responding. The proportions aren't exact BUT you should be able to print a Classic Happy Planner printable at about 118% to get it enlarged to fit on A4 paper. I would have it print centered if that's an option because it won't quite be the right size top to bottom (it'll be short). If that doesn't fit, try 117% and then 116%, but based on calculations 118% would be just about right left to right.
Your planners are fantastiques.
I live in France,where are using thé metric systèm :
The mm, cm ...
It's kind of difficult to
Translate inches into
Millimeter and centimètres.
Thanks you very much
Your Générosity.