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Can I Save Canva as a Word Document?

Last updated on November 8, 2022 @ 12:30 pm

As we know, Canva is a great way to create beautiful designs for free. But what if you want to save your design as a Word document? Can you do that?

The answer is yes, you can save your Canva design as a Word document. However, it’s a bit complicated. Let’s find out why.

From Canva to PDF to Word

For the past years, I’ve come to rely on Canva for material design of all kinds (visual reports, workbooks, etc.). When I’m the only one involved in the design process, I usually just use Canva to make the document and then export it as a PDF to distribute.

But there’s no reason you couldn’t use Canva to lay out the structure of a report and then finish the design in Word.

1. Go to “Download” and select PDF file. Notice that there are two PDF file options: the PDF Standard and PDF Print. As Canva indicated, use PDF Standard for documents.

PDF Standard download documents in Canva

2. Once the PDF file is downloaded, convert it to Word using third-party applications like Adobe.

PDF to word conversion in Adobe

or other online sites that allow file conversion. You can choose whatever you like to use.

online file converters

That’s all there is to it!

Now you can edit your design in Word or print it out and share it with others.

PRO TIP:

The short answer is no, you cannot save Canva as a Word document. Canva is an online design platform that helps you create visuals for your social media, website, or marketing materials. While you can download your design as a PDF or PNG file, these files are not editable in Microsoft Word.

Drew Clemente

Drew Clemente

Devops & Sysadmin engineer. I basically build infrastructure online.