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You can draw a weekly schedule in Canva by hand with a table, but lining up the weekdays, sizing every row, and re-typing labels gets tedious fast. The Calendar Maker app has a dedicated Week tab that builds the grid for you — pick which days appear, set how many rows you need, style it, and drop it straight into your design. This guide walks through making a weekly timetable, work planner, or study schedule using that Week tab.

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Make a weekly schedule with the Week tab

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Open Calendar Maker and select the Week tab

From the Apps panel in Canva, open Calendar Maker, then switch to the Week tab at the top. This mode builds a table organized by weekday rather than a full month grid.
2

Choose which days appear

Tick the weekdays you want in the schedule (Monday through Sunday). A five-day school or work timetable can drop the weekend; a habit tracker might keep all seven. You need at least one day selected.
3

Set the number of rows

Use Number of rows (1 to 27) to decide how many blank cells sit under each day — one row per class period, time block, or task line. More rows give you more room to write.
4

Add it to your design and style it

Click Add to design, then customize the fonts, colors, and headings. Add it once and the whole week is laid out for you.
Calendar Maker Week tab with weekday checkboxes and a number of rows control

The Week tab — choose weekdays and rows

Open Calendar Maker in Canva

Build a weekly schedule with the exact days and rows you need.

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Two small options that save time

Start week with Sunday

Toggle Start week with Sunday to move Sunday to the front for a US-style week. Calendar Maker also guesses the default from your region and language.

Shorten labels

Turn on Shorten labels to abbreviate the weekday names — “Monday” becomes “Mon” — so a seven-day schedule stays readable in a narrow layout.

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Style it to match your class, brand, or planner

Every style change previews live before you add anything. In the header options you can set the font, bold/italic/underline, alignment, size, and color for the weekday labels. The background options control the header bar color and the alternating row colors, so odd and even rows read clearly. If you don’t want to style from scratch, the app ships with 30+ preset color themes in a carousel — click one and the whole schedule recolors instantly. You can still fine-tune afterward.
A weekly schedule from the Week tab styled with a purple preset color theme

A weekly schedule styled with a preset color theme

Turn on Save settings after adding successfully to store your setup. Each tab keeps a “Your saved setups” carousel, so next term you can reload the same timetable — days, rows, fonts, and colors — in one click.

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Common weekly schedules you can build

Class timetable

Five weekdays, one row per period. Add subjects or room numbers in each cell.

Work week planner

Monday–Friday with enough rows for time blocks or meetings.

Study schedule

All seven days with rows for subjects, revision blocks, and breaks.

Meal or habit planner

Seven days, a handful of rows for meals, chores, or daily habits.
Once it looks right, download it as PDF Print for the cleanest printed result, or export a PNG to share digitally. Keep the design inside the printable margins if you’re printing at home.
Need a month-at-a-glance layout instead of a week grid? See How to Make a Calendar in Canva for the Month tab and printable monthly calendars.

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Frequently asked questions

Open the Calendar Maker app, switch to the Week tab, tick the weekdays you want, set the number of rows, then click Add to design and style it.
Yes. In the Week tab you choose exactly which days appear, so you can build a Monday–Friday timetable and leave out Saturday and Sunday.
You can set anywhere from 1 to 27 rows under each day, giving you space for class periods, time blocks, or task lines.
Yes. Enable “Save settings after adding successfully” and Calendar Maker stores your setup in the “Your saved setups” carousel, so you can reload the same days, rows, and styling in one click.