Enthusiastic for technology as I am, there are times when a paper based solution is hard to beat. My Filofax is still used for all kinds of important notes that I don’t want left at the mercy of batteries. The trouble is that buying new paper can get expensive. So I’m very grateful to the people behind the D*I*Y Planner for the DIY Dynamic Templates utility.

You can use it to create new pages for a variety of Filofax sizes, or even A4 if you want to use it in a ring binder. It doesn’t explain the exact size needed for different organisers but you don’t have to get a ruler out as there is a quick summary on the download page.

It has several templates for calendars and some for note taking pages, including the Cornell system.

There’s one small but essential preparatory step, which is to install the Blue Highway font because this is fixed for the templates. It’s a shame you can’t choose your own font, but it’s a very minor thing compared to how useful this program is.

The other disadvantage is that it can’t print directly. Instead it creates the page as a PDF that can be printed from software like Adobe Reader.