At first, I was hesitant to use a digital planner because I like to switch up my inserts and layouts frequently. The challenge of maintaining the hyperlinks in a digital format added to my reluctance. As I continued to use my planner, I gradually picked up various tips and tricks that come with experience. Today, I would like to share with you how I learned to add new inserts or a set of inserts to my digital planner without compromising the digital planner hyperlinks.
Here’s How It Works
I am currently using a horizontal planner that I designed, but it is not set up to look like a planner with rings and a two-page spread. My beginning page is what I call “Landing Page Central”. It almost looks like a control panel or a home page. Here’s how it looks, I didn’t even clean it up to look pretty:
I organize my digital planner with frequently used categories like money, menu, notes, and A-Z at the top left and the calendar in the center. I have ample space underneath to add custom pages and notebooks, but I found that I don’t use the notepaper as much as I thought I would and will probably leave it out in future editions. Instead, I prefer having a larger notes section on the right where I jot down things to buy and notes and ideas to process later.
For Notebook 1, I labeled it “Bracketology” as it’s a single PDF I’ll be referencing in March and then deleting. To add the PDF behind the divider page, I chose the menu item to import a document and located the PDF. Once imported, it automatically appeared behind the divider page. To navigate through the planner, I simply slid back to the divider and used the hyperlinks as I usually would.
Notebook 2, “Calorie Deficit,” is a true notebook with 8 sections and 5 pages each, dedicated to recipes, meal ideas, calorie counts, tips, and hacks. I click on the notebook link to go to the divider page and import the document behind it. To move from page to page, I use the hyperlinks in the notebook. To go back to the landing page or any other page in the planner, I click on the hyperlink that takes me to the very first page, slide back to the divider page, and continue using the hyperlink system.
Once I learned how to import PDFs and easily navigate through digital planner pages, all my worries about digital planning disappeared.
Create a Personalized and Efficient Digital Planner
When it comes to my calendar pages, I use the same approach for importing them into my planner. Depending on the month, I might want a monthly page only, or a combination of monthly, weekly, and daily pages. A few weeks before the start of the new month, I decide on the pages I need and create them accordingly. Whether it’s a small set of pages or a larger one, I can easily insert them behind the correct divider.
As a side note, my current planner setup includes a monthly page that links to a new weekly page every week. Furthermore, all the days on the weekly page are linked to their respective daily pages. My daily pages follow the two-page Franklin Covey spread format, with a to-do list and appointment schedule on the left and lined space for notes on the right.
Give digital planning a try
Thank you for the information, although I already knew how to Import PDF’s & How to use Hyperlinks, I still enjoyed the info you posted. I also appreciate that I was able to get to this information directly from my new Journal’s home page….Easy, Easy, Easy!!!!! This feature is very appreciated so THANK YOU:) I can definitely tell that you had your Customer’s needs in mind when you created the Journal as well as this included link. Thank you for being so diligent I know that I will certainly be stopping by to purchase more items in the future!!
I have an idea to do something similiar to this for the shop. All these ideas, not enough time. 😀
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Ohh and one more thought….I absolutely adore the beginning page being titled “Landing Page Central”…. Love it