On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 08:41:30 -0700, Mike Easter wrote:

AGH is a very wordy reckless crossposter, but there are some small
redeeming 'qualities' among the negatives.

- many people use more than one system
- usenet groups are otherwise very inactive compared to the past
- reckless crossposting does bring some 'life'/activity into the groups
- linux users may have need for some kind of calendar print

The negatives a

- AGH does a terrible job of creating a new topic subject
- he didn't do a good job of creating a target goal in the first place
- the technic/ strategy/ for his calendar approach is terrible

Mike is right, as usual.

I apologize for not clearly formulating the question, and for posting to
the Linux newsgroup, where, to my credit, ALL my solutions work on ALL
platforms, or I don't propose them, namely:
o They (almost) always work on Linux, Windows, Mac, Android & iOS

Nonetheless, all my responses have been _only_ to the Windows 10 ng, where,
I must note with more than a bit of chagrin, that ng is horribly archived
so all the effort we expend in finding a solution will be poorly leveraged
to the rest of the home users on all five platforms, including Windows.
https://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/laSXXKCD/what-method-do-you-use-to-create-your-printable-personal-family-calendar

Bear in mind that a FAMILY calendar, even one that contains information for
scores of households around the country, is a universal need that is easily
maintained in spreadsheet format.

The good news is that the NEED is almost universal, which is to find a
method for all five platforms to manage a separate single electronic file
for the purpose of being a FAMILY calendar that contains ONLY family events
of import such as birthdays and anniversaries.

Currently, my extended family maintains a single spreadsheet containing all
those family events - which we update roughly once or twice a year at most,
which are then emailed to scores of family members around the country.

The emailed spreadsheet can be updated by anyone, but it doesn't print well
in a calendar format, unfortunately.

Hence the goal was a single electronic file that DOES print well in a
calendar format - which - I posit - is of general use to all home owners on
all platforms, whether they be Mac, Linux, Windows, Android or iOS.

There are currently two solutions proposed, both of which have pros & cons

METHOD A: (Non_Internet Electronic Calendar Freeware)
1. Use calendar software to create & store a _separate_ family calendar db
2. Spit out that separate family calendar db to a common format
3. Mail that common format to family members scattered around the country
4. Each household prints that family calendar to their home printer

METHOD B: (Calendar file in editable common format)
1. Start with a calendar file in a commonly edited format
2. Edit that calendar file on any desired platform (linux included)
3. Mail that common format to family members scattered around the country
4. Each household prints that family calendar to their home printer

So far, for method A, possible common calendar formats seem to be
o Thunderbird-Lightening (maintain a separate family calendar database)
o Rainlendar (maintain a separate family calendar database)

For method B, the approach I suggested entails editing of PDF, which is
miserable, at best (hence, the reason for this question in the first
place).

The goal, as always, will be a GENERAL PURPOSE cross platform solution,
which usually entails the use of freeware, royalty free calendar templates,
and which never requires putting personal data on the Internet.

The solution will be posted to the poorly archived Windows ng, where the
main question to ask of all on all consumer platforms is.

What is a good way to maintain a single electronic database of family
related events which can be emailed to and printed by scores of family
members such that the final output is an 8.5x11 calendar printout.

The final cross platform solution will be posted to the poorly archived
Windows newsgroup:
o http://tinyurl.com/alt-comp-os-windows-10
o http://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com
And not to the well archived Linux newsgroup - unless the solution turns
out to be Linux only (which I doubt will be the case):
o http://tinyurl.com/alt-os-linux
o http://alt.os.linux.narkive.com

I apologize for including the larger audience in the general purpose
solution, where the intent is (always) to find a common cross platform
solution, in this case, to disseminating an electronic file that can be
printed to 8.5x11 format containing family oriented dates.

In the end, the solution will likely contain:
a. A cross platform _separate_ db containing a family calendar
b. Which does not require putting personal data on the Internet
c. And which uses only free tools & templates (hopefully cross platform)
d. That can be emailed to all family members scattered about
d. Which they can then print on their 8.5x11 home printers
e. And, importantly, which can be easily edited & updated over time!