canva step by step guide
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How to use CANVA
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CANVA is an online graphic
design platform
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That lets you create
professional looking images
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And gives you access to free
and $1 photographs, fonts and
graphics
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Canva offers various
content types
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From pre-sized social media
templates to
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To resumes, infographics
and ebook covers
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You can even customize a
project from scratch
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Now that you know how
powerful CANVA is, let’s give it
a go!
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Open your browser and log
in to www.canva.com
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This is the Canva Sign-in
Page
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Sign-in using Facebook ,
Google or your e-mail
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For this Tutorial, lets sign-up
with my existing google
account
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A Google login screen
appears
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Login with your Google
email and password
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Click here to allow Canva
access
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It opens up to your
Dashboard
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This are all the Designs I
have made
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Let’s create a new design!
Click Here
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You will be given choices of
pre-sized templates to choose
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Let’s Choose “Facebook
Post” template
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You will be given Pre-
defined templates
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This Canvas Areas is where
you will edit your image
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The Left Buttons are your
editing Tools
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Search Tool is where you can
search for icons, pictures, etc
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Searching “Star” returned
these results
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Layouts Tool – Canva offers
numerous ready to use layouts
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Elements Tool – Choose from a
list of pre-made graphics sets
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Text – You can find pre-
formatted and text styles to use
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Background – You can choose a
background of your choice
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Upload – Allows you to use
your own images and logos
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Zoom Control – allows you to
zoom in/out of your canvas
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Title Bar – Click to name your
Design
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Type your design name and
click Done
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Share – Click this to share
design with other users
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Download – Click to Download
image to computer
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Now Let’s get started!
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Click Layouts
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Scroll Down and Choose
this template
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Let’s Change the captions
of this Poster
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This image is now ready to
be edited on the canvas
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Click on any edge of the
white square to select it
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Circles on corners appear to
make the shape editable
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Let’s Resize the white
square border
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Click and Drag the circle to
re-size the square (Drag UP)
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Click and Drag the circle to re-
size the square (Drag Down)
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The Square is now Re-sized
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Now that we have resized the
square let’s modify the captions
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Click on the bottom text to
select it
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Once selected, click the
trash bin icon to delete it
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Click the 06.10.19 text to
select it
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Hold the Selection and Move
to top area to reposition
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Do the same for the two
horizontal bars, choose the left
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Click and Drag to align with
the words at the top
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Do the same for the right bar
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Click and Drag to align with
the words at the top
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Click the words “the party”
to select it
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Click and move selection
to the top
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“The party” has been re-
positioned
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Let’s change the caption to
this qoute
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Easy with CANVA!
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Click “The Party” to select it
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Click the trash bin icon the
delete
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Click the Text tool at the left
to add text
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Let’s Choose “Add Heading”
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An “Add Heading” selection
appears on the canvas
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Click on the Selection
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manually type the caption
from reference image below
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The caption is unreadable as
it is colored black
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Click on this icon to
change color
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Let’s Choose the color white
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The text now looks
more visible
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Let’s change the font to
make the poster more
presentable
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Click the arrows to expand
font list
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Let’s Choose this font
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Your Poster will be updated
with the recent font change
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Let’s resize the text box to
realign the words within the
poster
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Click on the small circle at
the edge to stretch text box
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Drag circle to the right
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Do the same for the right
side
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Drag Circle to the left
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Re-size text box to desired
form/position
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Select the words to
highlight it
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Change font size by clicking
this icon
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Let’s Choose font size 56
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Fonts have now gotten
bigger
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Click Text Spacing to modify
line height
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Modify line height to desired
values
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Line Height has changed
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Move the text box to align to
center
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Texts now moved to center
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Click on the 06.10.19
to edit it
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Change the text, font size,
line spacing to this caption
“made with canva”
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Change the Font Size
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Change the Font Style
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Font Style now changed
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Click Download to Download
poster to your computer
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Choose PNG as file type and
click Download
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Choose PNG as file type and
click Download
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This message will confirm
that the file has been
downloaded successfully
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Take a moment to enjoy the
beauty of your masterpiece
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Now that you know how to
use CANVA, use it to create
Awesome Presentation
Materials for your Business!
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Sample poster I Made with CANVA
Thank you!
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