HOW TO CREATE A PRESENTATION

USING CANVA

ROBERT JOHN LICO-AN

Step 1 – Select Presentation When Creating
a New Design
Once logged into Canva.com, click the ‘Create a design’ button
in the top right corner.
This is where you select the type of design to create. Canva
has many options, including PDFs, Instagram, and Facebook
posts. To create Canva presentation, select ‘Presentation
(16:9).
 STEP 2
THE FIRST STEP TO CREATE CANVA
PRESENTATION DESIGN IS TO PICK A
TEMPLATE. CANVA OFFERS YOU ABOUT 250K
TEMPLATES ON A FREE PLAN AND 610K WITH
CANVA PRO.
YOU CAN FILTER THROUGH THE LIST BY…
SELECTING THE INDUSTRY / ASSOCIATED
KEYWORD
Or by filtering based on the color
scheme of the template (click the
filter button in the search box)
 WHEN YOU SELECT A
TEMPLATE, YOU CAN APPLY
THE DESIGN FOR JUST ONE
SLIDE OR THE ENTIRE SET OF
SLIDES THAT COME WITH THE
TEMPLATE (FOR EXAMPLE, A
SET OF 10+ SLIDES) BY
CLICKING ‘APPLY ALL TEN
PAGES’.
 If you want to add a type of slide that is not
contained within the template, you can use the
‘Layouts’ option to quickly select and add a new slide
type with a particular layout.
 STEP 3 – ADD SLIDE TEXT
Select ‘Text’ on the left-hand menu, and
you’ll see how to add different text boxes
(heading, subheading, body text, etc.).

You can edit the existing text blocks (for

example, the ones that come pre-loaded
when you apply templates) by double-
clicking on the text box you want to
change.
STEP 4 – ADD THE LOGOS AND IMAGES YOU WANT TO ADD.
To finish up your presentation design, you can use
four final tools.
On the left-hand sidebar, you’ll see:
Uploads – this is where you can add any additional
images or graphics that you have saved on your
computer
Logos – shows your pre-saved logos to add to your
slides.
Elements – where you can add different shapes,
icons, tables, photos, charts, and other design
elements.
Styles – You can use this to
adjust the color palette of
the template you are using
and to pick sets of font
styles (heading, subheading,
and body text fonts) and
combinations of the two.
ELEMENTS – WHERE YOU
CAN ADD DIFFERENT
SHAPES, ICONS, TABLES,
PHOTOS, CHARTS, AND
OTHER DESIGN ELEMENTS.
STEP 5 – FINISH, SAVE, AND EXPORT
Canva is set by default to auto-save
your work, but it is still a good thing
to double-check as you wrap up your
design.
STEP 5 – FINISH, SAVE, AND EXPORT
There you’ll see various options for
exporting or downloading your slides. You
can download the slides as individual
images or the whole presentation as a
PDF.
 You can export your
presentation to
PowerPoint or Google
Drive or embed it on
your website. There
are tons of options!
 REFLECTION
WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGNING PRESENTATION SLIDES,
CANVA IS ONE OF THE BEST OPTIONS OUT THERE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPARED WITH SOMETHING LIKE
POWERPOINT, KEYNOTE, OR GOOGLE SLIDES.
IT’S FAR AND AWAY ONE OF THE MOST USER-FRIENDLY
PLATFORMS, ALLOWING YOU TO CREATE SOME TRULY
BRILLIANT DESIGNS EVEN WITH ZERO DESIGN SKILLS.