Use Insert > Text Box. Draw the box across the cells and put the text
inside. You can also right-click the edge of the box, choose Format Text
Box, and set the fill color and outline color, etc.

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> I want to type text and insert arrows across multiple date blocks
> (cells) in my calendar. For example, how would I insert...
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> ...across date blocks (cells) for [MON] [TUE] [WED] [THU] [FRI]