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Canva
Basics
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
KNOW TO GET STARTED WITH
CANVA
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Contents
GETTING STARTED
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MAKE A CANVA ACCOUNT..........................................
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LOAD A TEMPLATE YOU HAVE PURCHASED............
EDITING BASICS
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TEXT...................................................................................
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PHOTOS............................................................................
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GRIDS + FRAMES.............................................................
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ELEMENTS.........................................................................
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TRANSPARENCY.............................................................
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LOCKING ELEMENTS......................................................
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CLONE + ADD PAGES...................................................
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GRID VIEW.......................................................................
ADVANCED EDITING
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MERGING DOCUMENTS....................................
“Creativity is intelligence having fun”
ALBERT EINSTEIN
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GETTING STARTED
How to make a Canva Account
VISIT [Link]
IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER SELECT THE
PURPLE SIGN UP BUTTON
CHOOSE FROM THE OPTIONS TO SIGN UP
WITH FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, OR YOUR
EMAIL.
IF YOU CHOSE TO SIGN UP WITH FACEBOOK
OR GOOGLE, LOG IN TO YOUR ACCOUNT TO
AUTHORIZE ACCESS.
IF YOU CHOSE TO SIGN UP WITH YOUR
EMAIL, FILL UP THE FIELDS.
CLICK GET STARTED.
SELECT FROM THE OPTIONS ON WHAT
YOU’RE PLANNING TO USE CANVA FOR.
COMPLETE THE ONBOARDING PROCESS.
CONFIRM YOUR ACCOUNT BY CLICKING ON
THE CONFIRM MY ACCOUNT BUTTON FROM
AN EMAIL YOU’LL RECEIVE.
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Load a template
you have purchased
MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOGGED IN TO CANVA
IF YOU HAVE PURCHASED ONE OF OUR TEMPLATES, OR
ARE LOADING IN ONE OF OUR FREE RESOURCES, OPEN THE
LINK.
IT SHOULD DISPLAY A SCREEN PREVIEWING THE
TEMPLATE.
CLICK USE TEMPLATE
IT WILL OPEN THE TEMPLATE IN CANVA,
READY FOR YOU TO EDIT.
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IF YOU CLICK THE HOME SCREEN
IT SHOULD NOW LOAD
UNDER YOUR DESIGNS
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EDITING BASICS
Text Cheatsheet
NOTE THE LITTLE CROWN SHOWS
FONT SELECTION FONTS FOR THE PAID VERSION OF CANVA
CHOOSE YOUR FONT FROM HERE
FONT SIZE
CHOOSE YOUR FONT SIZE FROM HERE
FONT COLOUR
CHOOSE YOUR FONT COLOUR FROM HERE
FONT STYLE
BOLD, ITALICIZE OR UNDERLINE YOUR TEXT
CASE SETTING
TURN ON UPPER CASE TO AUTO CAPITALIZE ALL SELECTED TEXT
FONT ALIGNMENT
CHOOSE FROM LEFT, MIDDLE, RIGHT OR JUSTIFIED ALIGNMENT
DOT POINTS
CHOOSE FROM NONE, DOTS OR NUMBERS
LETTER SPACING + LINE HEIGHT
ADJUST THE SPACE BETWEEN LETTERS AND LINES
FONT EFFECTS
SPECIAL EFFECTS LIKE CURVED TEXT
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EDITING BASICS
Photos
How to upload your own
UPLOADING YOUR OWN IMAGES TO CANVA IS EASY.
ON THE RIGHT HAND TOOLBAR CLICK UPLOAD.
THEN SELECT 'UPLOAD MEDIA'.
LOCATE THE FILE ON YOUR COMPUTER AND UPLOAD
IT.
CLICK THE NEWLY UPLOADED PHOTO TO ADD TO
YOUR DOCUMENT.
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CANVA HAS AN INCREDIBLE LIBRARY
OF FREE + PAID PHOTOS. YOU CAN
ACCESS THESE VIA THE PHOTOS TAB.
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EDITING BASICS
Grids and Frames
GRIDS AND FRAMES ARE AN AMAZING TOOL Where to find them?
WHICH HELP YOU TO NEATLY LAY OUT GRIDS
PHOTOS. WHEN PLACED IN YOUR DOCUMENT GO TO THE RIGHT TOOLBAR, SELECT ELEMENTS
THEY WILL INITIALLY LOOK LIKE THIS: AND SCROLL DOWN TO FIND 'GRIDS'
FRAMES
GO TO THE RIGHT TOOLBAR, SELECT
ELEMENTS AND SCROLL DOWN TO FIND
'FRAMES'
DRAG AND DROP PHOTOS TO TRANSFORM
YOUR GRID TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS!
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ADJUST THE SPACING ON
YOUR GRID BY CLICKING THE GRID AND
THEN CLICKING SPACING FROM THE
TOP TOOLBAR
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EDITING BASICS
Elements
CANVA COMES STOCKED WITH A HUGE NUMBER
OF FREE AND PAID ELEMENTS.
ELEMENTS CAN BE FOUND IN THE
RIGHT HAND TOOLBAR. USE THE
SEARCH BAR TO FIND ELEMENTS
IN THE THEME YOU NEED.
NOTE THE LITTLE CROWN WHEN YOU HOVER
OVER AN ELEMENT. IT INDICATES WHEN THE
PRO / PAID VERSION OF CANVA IS REQUIRED TO
ACCESS
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A LOT OF ELEMENTS ARE IN VECTOR FORMAT, WHICH
MEANS YOU CAN EASILY ADJUST THE COLOURS.
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Transparency
TRANSPARENCY AFFECTS HOW SEE THROUGH
SOMETHING IS, AND CAN BE APPLIED TO
IMAGES, ELEMENTS, TEXT AND SOLID SHAPES.
How to adjust transparency
CLICK THE ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO
UNLOCK.
A MENU WILL APPEAR IN THE TOP RIGHT TRANSPARENCY AT 100%
OF THE SCREEN.
CLICK THE SMALL, CHESS PATTERN ICON.
A SLIDER WILL APPEAR, SLIDE UP AND
DOWN FOR THE REQUIRED EFFECT.
TRANSPARENCY AT 30%
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WHEN TEXT IS PLACED OVER AN IMAGE,
USE TRANSPARENCY TO IMPROVE
LEGIBILITY.
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Locking Elements
LOCKING ELEMENTS IS A GREAT WAY TO
KEEP YOUR DOCUMENT ORGANISED,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE BRINGING
THINGS LIKE BACKGROUNDS AND
LAYERED IMAGES INTO PLAY.
To lock something
CLICK THE ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO
LOCK.
A MENU WILL APPEAR IN THE TOP RIGHT
OF THE SCREEN.
CLICK THE SMALL, LOCK ICON.
To unlock something
fast fact CLICK THE ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO
UNLOCK.
YOU CAN ALSO LOCK MULTIPLE
THINGS AT ONCE BY HOLDING A MENU WILL APPEAR IN THE TOP RIGHT
SHIFT, OF THE SCREEN.
DRAGGING YOUR MOUSE ACROSS
THE ITEMS AND THEN CLICKING CLICK THE SMALL, LOCK ICON.
THE LOCK BUTTON
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Clone and add pages
CANVA HAS THE AMAZING CAPABILITY TO
ADD MULTIPLE PAGES. YOU CAN DO THIS
FROM THE CLONE AND ADD PAGES
MENU.
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CANVA NOW SUPPORTS A HUGE
100 PAGES PER DOCUMENT
YOU CAN ACCESS THE CLONE AND ADD PAGES MENU FROM
DIRECTLY ABOVE YOUR TEMPLATES TOP RIGHT CORNER.
DUPLICATE PAGE
MAKES AN EXACT COPY OF YOUR CURRENT PAGE
DELETE PAGE
DELETES YOUR CURRENT PAGE
ADD PAGE
CREATES A NEW, BLANK PAGE
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Grid View
GRID VIEW ALLOWS YOU TO LOOK AT MULTIPLE
PAGES IN YOUR DOCUMENT AT ONCE. IT'S
FANTASTIC FOR THINGS LIKE EBOOKS AND LARGER
MULTI-PAGED FILES.
TO ACCESS GRID VIEW
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LOOK TO THE BOTTOM
RIGHT CORNER OF THE TO REARRANGE PAGES, DRAG AND
SCREEN AND CLICK THE DROP THEM INTO A NEW ORDER.
PAGE ICON.
GRID VIEW APPEARS LIKE THIS:
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ADVANCED EDITING
Merging Templates P R O
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PLEASE NOTE THAT 'FOLDERS' WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO MERGE TWO TEMPLATES IS A PRO
ADD ON, BUT IS AN AMAZING TOOL SO WE WANTED TO INCLUDE IT WITH OUR GUIDE
TO INSERT A DESIGN, FIRST ADD A NEW
PAGE IN YOUR DOCUMENT.
ACCESS FOLDERS SELECT 'FOLDERS' FROM
THE RIGHT HAND TOOLBAR.
THEN SELECT 'ALL YOUR DESIGNS' - THIS IS
SHOW ALL OTHER CURRENT DESIGNS IN
YOUR ACCOUNT.
THEN CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL OF THE
DOCUMENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO INSERT -
THIS WORKS VERY SIMILARLY TO INSERTING
A PHOTO.
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THE FILE YOU ARE INSERTING WILL
AUTOMATICALLY RESIZE TO THE
DIMENSIONS OF YOUR CURRENT
DOCUMENT.
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