Thesis Planner Excel & Google Sheets, Dissertation Tracker, Word Count Tracker, PhD + Master Thesis Timeline, Gantt Chart | Neutral Cream

From first outline to submission in one place. Plan chapters with word targets and deadlines, map milestones on a week-by-week Gantt chart, log your writing sessions and keep track of every source and every piece of supervisor feedback. The dashboard tells you how many words a day you need, when you'll finish at your current pace, which chapter is behind schedule and which action items are still open.

This listing is the Editorial design (neutral cream look). Same features also available in Midnight and Blush – see my shop.

━━━ WHAT YOU GET ━━━
• Thesis Planner for Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)
• Google Sheets version – a PDF with your personal 'Make a copy' link
• A second copy filled with sample data, so you can explore every feature first

━━━ 8 TABS ━━━
• Start: quick guide
• Setup: title, start date, deadline, word target, writing days per week, supervisor
• Dashboard: words vs target, progress, days left, words per day needed vs your pace, streak, milestones, literature – plus insights and 2 charts
• Chapters: word target, current words, status, deadline – with progress, words per day needed, sources and warnings
• Timeline: milestones as a Gantt chart, week by week
• Writing log: date, chapter, words, minutes
• Literature: authors, year, title, type, chapter, read / cited, key point, link
• Meetings: feedback, action items, due dates

━━━ GOOD TO KNOW ━━━
• Gantt chart timeline built in
• Works for bachelor, master and PhD theses
• Room for 500 sources
• Plain-English insights – the file tells you what your numbers mean
• White cells are yours, shaded cells calculate automatically
• Excel version: sheets protected without a password, so formulas can't break by accident
• Dropdowns and input checks keep your data clean
• All text in English

━━━ WORKS WITH ━━━
• Microsoft Excel 2010 or newer (Windows & Mac), Microsoft 365
• Google Sheets (free, needs a Google account)
• Not tested in Apple Numbers or LibreOffice

━━━ HOW IT WORKS ━━━
1. Download the files after purchase (Etsy → Purchases).
2. Excel: open the .xlsx file. Google Sheets: open the PDF and click the link – Google makes your own copy.
3. Fill in Setup (2 minutes) and start logging.

━━━ PLEASE NOTE ━━━
• This is a digital download – nothing will be shipped.
• Images show the sample-data version. Your file starts empty.
• For personal use. Please don't resell or share the files.

Questions? Send me a message – I'm happy to help.