CANVA
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A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
FROM GETTING STARTED
TO DESIGNING LIKE A PRO
a guide created by
ANGELA FESER
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GETTING STARTED
MAKE A CANVA ACCOUNT............................................. 2
LOAD A TEMPLATE YOU HAVE PURCHASED............ 3
EDITING BASICS
TEXT.................................................................................... 4
PHOTOS............................................................................. 5
GRIDS + FRAMES.............................................................. 6
ELEMENTS......................................................................... 7
TRANSPARENCY.............................................................. 8
LOCKING ELEMENTS..................................................... 9
DUPLICATE + ADD PAGES............................................ 10
GRID VIEW........................................................................ 11
ADVANCED EDITING
P R O MERGING DOCUMENTS.................................... 12
Watch my free Youtube tutorials
to learn how to edit.
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EDITING BASICS
HOW TO MAKE A
CANVA ACCOUNT
VISIT WWW.SOCIALBLISSBLUEPRINT.COM/CANVA
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE SELECT THE "BE A
PRO NOW" BUTTON
ON THE NEXT PAGE SELECT "START YOUR FREE
TRIAL"
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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EDITING BASICS
LOAD A TEMPLATE
MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOGGED IN TO CANVA
IF YOU HAVE PURCHASED ONE OF MY 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 BE LOADED
UNDER YOUR DESIGNS
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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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PHOTOS
How to upload your own
images/videos
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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GRIDS AND FRAMES
GRIDS AND FRAMES ARE AN AMAZING TOOL Where to find them?
WHICH HELP YOU TO NEATLY LAY OUT PHOTOS. GRIDS
WHEN PLACED IN YOUR DOCUMENT THEY WILL GO TO THE RIGHT TOOLBAR, SELECT ELEMENTS
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
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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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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 EDIT.
A MENU WILL APPEAR IN THE TOP RIGHT OF
THE SCREEN. TRANSPARENCY AT 100%
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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FAMILY FAMILY
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LOCKING ELEMENTS
LOCKING ELEMENTS IS A GREAT WAY TO
KEEP YOUR DOCUMENT ORGANIZED,
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 SHIFT, A MENU WILL APPEAR IN THE TOP RIGHT OF
DRAGGING YOUR MOUSE ACROSS THE SCREEN.
THE ITEMS AND THEN CLICKING
THE LOCK BUTTON CLICK THE SMALL, LOCK ICON.
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DUPLICATE AND ADD PAGES
CANVA HAS THE AMAZING CAPABILITY TO
ADD MULTIPLE PAGES. YOU CAN DO THIS
FROM THE DUPLICATE AND ADD PAGES MENU.
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CANVA NOW SUPPORTS A HUGE
100 PAGES PER DOCUMENT
YOU CAN ACCESS THE DUPLICATE 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
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FILES.
TO ACCESS GRID VIEW LOOK
TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT
CORNER OF THE SCREEN AND TO REARRANGE PAGES, DRAG AND
CLICK THE PAGE ICON. DROP THEM INTO A NEW ORDER.
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.
SELECT 'PROJECTS' FROM THE RIGHT HAND
TOOLBAR.
THEN SELECT 'DESIGNS' - THIS WILL SHOW ALL
OF THE 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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