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Blank Log Sheet

A free printable blank log — a date column and seven empty columns to head yourself, laid out with room to write.

First page of the Blank Log Sheet — Give you the log you actually needed, by leaving the column headings to the one person who knows what they should say.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

Print it and write on it

Fill it in type and save

The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.

What this sheet is for

Give you the log you actually needed, by leaving the column headings to the one person who knows what they should say.

Who it is for

Anyone recording something repeatedly that no ready-made form covers — readings, visits, deliveries, samples, counts, calls.

How to use it

  1. Head the columns on one copy in pen, then photocopy that.
  2. Put the units in the heading. A column of bare numbers is a puzzle later.
  3. Always keep a 'who' column and a 'notes' column.
  4. Number the sheets, and carry totals forward if you are counting.
  5. Write what the log is for in the header — a stranger will read it eventually.

What is on the sheet

The layout is fixed at a size that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the A4 and Letter files are visually identical and print at full size on either. Rows are set at a height that an adult can actually write a date and a few words into with a pen — most printable tables are built in a word processor and never tested with one.

Questions

Why would I want a blank one?

Because most logs are the same shape and the headings are the part that has to be yours. A form built for somebody else's job makes you record their fields and leave yours out.

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