How To Edit Canva Templates

In this quick Canva tutorial I’ll show you how to edit Canva templates in the Canva dashboard.

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Canva is a great design tool for beginners, so editing Canva templates is pretty easy.

In this post you’ll learn:

• How to access your Canva templates
• How to edit a shared design on Canva
• How to edit Canva templates with multiple pages
• How to change template colours in Canva
• How to change template size in Canva
• How to add a clickable link in a Canva PDF
• And more…

…so let’s get started!

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How To Access Canva Templates

Did you just buy Canva templates but you’re not sure how to open the Canva link in the app?

To be able to access your Canva templates you need to login to Canva or if you don’t have an account yet, you can create a free Canva account here.

Once you have an account, you can click on the shared link and this will open the template in your account of the Canva app as shown in the image below. Click the purple button to access your template.

How To Edit Canva Templates

Once you’ve opened your Canva templates, you can start editing.

But before you make any changes to your Canva templates it’s important to save a copy first.

In the top menu, go to File > Make a copy, and then in the new document window that opens you need to rename your file. This ensures you don’t ruin your original template by saving over it.

If you’re working on a copy and you don’t like your edits, you can always revert back to the original file.

Canva Video Tutorial

Here’s a video tutorial where I open one of my Canva templates in the Canva dashboard and show you how to edit text, images, colours etc. Below this video I’ll also show how to edit your Canva templates in text format (in case you prefer that).

How to edit text in Canva template

Text is probably the main thing you want to edit in your Canva template, here’s a few quick tips for editing text in Canva:

Move a text box -> Click text box and drag.

Edit text in text box -> Triple click so text is highlighted and then start typing.

Change font -> Select text box > go to top menu > select new font from drop down.

Change text colour -> Select text box > go to top menu > select colour square > select new colour from colour palette on left or add your brand colour hex code.

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How to edit a photo in Canva

If you want to replace the photos in your template with your own photos, you can upload your own photos in the left menu under Uploads.

You can also replace the photos or image placeholders with photos from the Canva library.

To resize a photo while keeping the same dimensions,  you select it and drag the corner to make it smaller or bigger.

To crop a photo or change the photo’s dimensions, you grab a photo side in the middle and drag it.

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How to edit Canva templates with multiple pages

Are you wondering how to edit a Canva document with multiple pages? Or how to change the layout of a template in Canva?

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At the bottom of the Canva dashboard is a small square with a number in it. This number represents the number of pages in your Canva document. If you click on this square, a page like the image below will open up and you’ll be able to see all your template pages in one screen.

Now you can easily change your document layout by dragging pages to a different spot, deleting pages, duplicating pages, hiding pages or adding in new blank pages.

If you hover on a page, 3 dots will appear and when you click on this a menu box pops up with editing options.

To leave this page layout view, simply click on the same little page number square at the bottom of the page again.

How to change template colours in Canva

A great way to make your Canva template unique to your business is by changing the template colours into your brand colours. Changing colours in a Canva template is very easy to do so follow along with the next steps:

1. Select an item in your template that you want to change the colour of.

2. Click on the colour square in the top menu and see a colour palette appear on the left.

3. Select a new colour or paste in your brand’s hex code in the top search box.

4. If you want all other instances of this colour to be changed throughout the whole document, you can use the Canva change all tool by clicking on the purple button at the bottom left of the Canva dashboard.

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How to change template size in Canva

To be able to resize your Canva document in one click you need to upgrade to Canva Pro (you can try Canva Pro for free for 30 days with this link.)

Technically you could resize your templates by creating a new Canva document in the size that you require and copy and paste all the pages over individually. This would be super tedious though for documents with lots of pages.

So if you want to save time, I recommend using Canva Pro for this.

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Once you have Canva Pro you simply click on the Resize button in the top menu, fill in your new size in mm, cm, inches or pixels and click Copy & resize or Resize.

How to add a clickable link in a Canva PDF

If you’re turning your Canva template into a PDF that will be viewed online, it’s a good idea to add some clickable links so your audience can find you easily.

Especially if you’re creating a lead magnet, you may want to add your email link, clickable links to your website or links to other resources.

Here’s how to add a clickable link in Canva in 4 easy steps:

1. Select the text you want to turn into a link

2. Click on the 3 dots in the top menu

3. Click on the link icon

4. Add your url to the box that appears

How to save a Canva design

When you’ve finished editing your Canva templates you need to download the file and save it to your computer.

What file type you save your Canva template as depends on the type of document you’re saving. Here’s a few examples:

Planner or eBook file = PDF file

Instagram Posts = PNG file

Pinterest Pins = PNG file

Worksheets = PDF file

How to save a Canva design as a PDF

Click on the Share button in the top right > click on Download > Select your file type as PDF Standard (for online use) or PDF Print (for printing) > Click the Download button.

Make sure to find your downloaded file in your downloads folder and save it somewhere on your computer.

This is how to edit Canva templates

I hope you found this Canva tutorial helpful and you now feel confident in editing your Canva templates and documents. Let me know if you have any questions by leaving a comment below.

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