Canva is a tool to create beautiful designs for work, school and play in minutes. I made this tutorial on how to use it to make attractive Facebook posts.

1. for your Facebook posts
How to Use
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2. Canva is a tool to design…
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Presentations,
Social media Graphics,

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and more with thousands of
beautiful layouts.

4. Open your browser.
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5. Type in “www.canva.com.”
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6. Press Enter key.
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7. Click, “Sign up with Google.”
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8. Click on your preferred account.
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9. To start, either choose one from the
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10. recommended layout, Facebook Post.
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11. or click “Create Design.”
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12. Under Social Media Posts,
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13. click on any “Facebook Post.”
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14. This opens a new tab.
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15. Hover over Canva layouts and
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16. Click on your selected ad layout.
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17. Now we’re ready to edit.
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18. Replace the image by clicking on it.
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19. Click on the center of the image.
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20. Press Delete key
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21. Press Delete key again.
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22. to replace the background.
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23. Click “BACKGROUND”
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24. You may use “DOCUMENT COLORS,”
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25. “DEFAULT PALETTE”,
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26. or choose any of the free and paid
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27. texture-filled designs.
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28. If you want a specific image as
background,
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29. Click on “SEARCH”
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30. Type in your what you’re looking for.
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31. Press the Enter key.
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32. But the available images are not free.
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33. Click “UPLOADS.
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34. Select one of your uploaded images,
if any.
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35. or click “Upload your own images.”
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36. Select the images you want to upload.
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37. Click “Open.”
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38. Uploaded.
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39. Before you change your background,
click “Elements.”
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40. Click on “Grids.”
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41. Choose the grid pattern you want.
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42. Click “UPLOADS
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43. Drag and drop your selected image
to the first grid,
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44. Do the same to
to the second grid.
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45. and another image to the last grid.
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46. While the background is selected,
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47. Click “Arrage”
at the upper right corner.
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48. Click “Back” to move the picture
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49. towards the back.
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50. Click “Back” again to bring the texts
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51. towards the front.
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52. The word, “Forward” will be
highlighted
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53. when all background images are
brought to the back.
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54. We will edit the texts by clicking on it.
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55. Click on the text line to select it.
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56. Highlight the first text line.
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57. Type appropriate words to
replace the text.
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58. Highlight the next text line.
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59. Replace with preferred wordings.
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60. While the texts are selected,
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61. we can edit them with the options
above.
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62. Highlight the texts to be edited.
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63. Change the font by
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64. clicking on the drop-down arrow in
the fonts section.
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65. Scroll down and choose which
font to use.
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66. We can make it more readable by
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67. clicking on “Elements.”
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68. Select “Shapes.”
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69. Choose a shape by clicking on it.
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70. Click “Arrange.”
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71. Click “Back” to move the shape to the
back of text.
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72. Click “Back” again.
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73. Select and resize the shape with the
points
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74. so that it fits to your text.
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75. Adjust text position
by selecting the text.
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76. Click on the first text line
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77. and keep pressing Enter key
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78. Until the text fits into the shape.
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79. Select the shape.
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80. Click on the transparency icon
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81. and adjust the shape’s transparency.
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82. Click on the color picker.
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83. Choose a different color.
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84. Finish editing the remaining texts.
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85. Click and highlight the text.
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86. Change the wordings.
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87. Click and highlight the last text line.
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88. Change the wordings.
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89. Click and highlight the last text line.
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90. Click on the text color picker.
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91. Choose a color for your text.
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92. Click and highlight
the previous text line.
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93. Click on the Font Size icon
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94. Increase font size bigger than the
original font size.
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95. Done. To save your work,
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96. Click “File.”
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97. Click “Save.”
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98. Share it now
to your facebook account.
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99. Click “Share.”
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100. Click on “Social.”
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101. Click the facebook icon.
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102. Click “Connect account.”
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103. Click “Continue as …”
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104. Click “OK.”
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105. Click “View it on Facebook.”
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106. Posted!
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107. Enjoy more editing
features with
Canva
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108. when you Upgrade.
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That’s all
folks!