How

Howtotouse
useCanva
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createtoacreate
Social Media
a catchy
Announcement
announcement
Post
for Social Media
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BEFORE
Transition
headline
(Preparation,
Drafting
Let’s startwords
with theand
firstFinalizing)
set of slides
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Prepare your Announcement Topic

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Draft
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your
Wordings

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Finalize your Idea

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Good content always has
an objective; it’s created
with intent. It therefore
carries trigger to action
- Ann Hadley (@marketingprofs)

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DURING
Transition
headline
(Signing up, Setting
up an Account,
Let’s start with the
Design
first set ofCreation
slides
Process, etc.)
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 On your
device
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open a
browser
(e.g. Mozilla Firefox,
Google Chrome,
Safari, Internet
Explorer, etc.)
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Go to canva.com

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 Select
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your
purpose
for using
Canva
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Create an account by signing up

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Fill up the
required
fields

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Choose from the options according
to what do you do

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 Choose
what you
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want to
create
(you can check the
‘More design types’
button for more options)
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Choose from the templates listed
(varies on the type of social media you will use)

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 You’re
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now ready
to create
your first
design
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Pick your best choice of template

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Rename
your
design

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Customize your design
(click on the design elements to edit)

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Search for
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free
images to
use

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Pick the best image you prefer

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Drag your
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selected
image to
your
canvass
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Edit text style according
to your choice

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Click on
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the text
field

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Change the font style of your
preferred choice

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Or change
the font
color

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Click the + button for more
color options

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You can
now
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choose
any color
from the
color
picker 28
Edit your text style
with these features

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Move your
text by
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clicking
‘Position’
(you can also use
this with other
elements e.g.
image) 30
Reduce transparency by
clicking this icon

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You can
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also
upload
photos if
you want
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Click the ‘Upload an image’

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photo you
wish to
upload

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Then click ‘open’ to proceed

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You’ll now
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see the
photo
you’ve
selected
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Drag the photo to your canvass

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Click the
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image if
you wish
to edit

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These features will exist

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Click the
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Filter
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choose
from the
filter
options
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Click Adjust button for other
adjustment options

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 Click the
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button to
fix the
photo size

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You can also flip the photo
by clicking the Flip button

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Click Copy
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button
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you wish
to
duplicate
the photo
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Or delete if you don’t feel like it

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Observe
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the design
you have
created
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Do some finishing touch if you
needed to

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Click +Add
a new
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page if you
wish to
create
another
design 48
You now have a new canvass

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choose
different
template

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Click Page 2 if you wish to Rename,
Copy, Move or Delete the Page

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 If you’ve
decided
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keep the
page,
repeat the
process in
editing 52
Once your design is final, you can now
publish your design

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Choose
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how you
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want to
publish
your
design
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Preferable, download your design

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 You can
download
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either all
the pages
or a
certain
page only 56
Choose the type of file you want to
save your design

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 You’re
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now
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use
to
download
your
design
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Wait for your design
to download

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 Instructio
Choose
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Save File
and you’re
done!
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Fall in love with the
process and the
results will come
- Eric Thomas

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 1
AFTER
Transition
headline
(Checking your
Let’s start with the
announcement post
first set of slides
design)
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On your device search the design
you’ve downloaded

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 Here’s
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what your
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typical
design will
look like
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You can now post it on your Social
Media Accounts

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Design is not just
what it looks like,
design is how it
works - Steve Jobs

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Thanks!
Thanks!
Any Charissa
By: questions? E. Yet
You can find me at
@username &
user@mail.me
Email: charissa_yet@yahoo.com
Mobile No: +639 566 626 507
Skype ID: Charissa Yet
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Credits Special thanks to all the people who
made and released these awesome
resources for free:
* Presentation template by
SlidesCarnival

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