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Editor Basics

Zoom in and out on the design canvas

Increase or decrease your view of your design canvas in the Venngage editor to see and work on your design with more accuracy.

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Learn the left sidebar

Add elements to your design canvas, such as Images, Shapes, Icons, Charts, custom HMTL and interactive Polls, from the left sidebar

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Rename or change the title of a design

Change the name of your design from inside the Editor or from your My Designs page.

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Find a template on the Templates page

How to find the right template from the thousands available on our Templates page!

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Explore the top toolbar

Learn the features and function of the top toolbar in the Venngage Editor.

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Add a photo to your design

Learn how to search our library of images or upload your own images.

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Discover design templates

Smart Template FAQs

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Creating a Smart Mind Map

Learn how to edit a smart mind map.

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Resizing, Scaling, and Aligning Smart Items

Learn how to resize, scale, and align smart items (text, icons, and images).

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Circle Mind Maps

Learn to customize a circle mind map.

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Customizing Smart Template Items

Understand how to modify the details such as colours, icons, and text within an item of a smart design.

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Using Smart List Templates

Learn to edit a smart list by adding or removing items with one click.

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Create a Smart List Design

Learn how to edit a Smart List by adding or removing items with one click.

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Create a custom design from a blank canvas

Make your own design from scratch with our blank template option; resize the page and change the layout.

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Copy and Paste Styles for Smart Templates

Use the Copy & Paste Styles tool to style elements within a diagram, or across separate diagrams.

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Add, edit and change text and fonts

How to Change the Color of a Text Box

Learn how to change the color of a text box using an icon behind it.

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How to Add and Edit Text

Learn how to customize text.

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Edit Multiple Text Boxes at Once

Apply a new font, text colour, and more to multiple text boxes at once.

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Hyperlink Text

Learn how to hyperlink text.

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Hyperlink to Another Page

Create a hyperlink that opens to another page in your document.

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Add and Use Custom Fonts

With a Business subscription, you have the option to upload custom fonts and use them in your graphics.

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Using the HTML Text Editor

Apply HTML styling tricks, such as superscript, subscript, bidirectional text, and more to your design.

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Add, edit or change a background

Use Photos to Add a Gradient Background

Access more gradient background options using the Photos feature.

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How to Make the Background Transparent?

Give your design a transparent background. This is especially useful when creating a logo or a watermark.

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Change the Background

Change the background colour, replace a background image, add a background pattern, and more.

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Add and edit charts & chart layouts

Import Data from a .csv or Excel File

Learn how to import data into a chart from a .csv file or an Excel spreadsheet.

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Column Charts

Learn to customize column charts.

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Flowcharts

Learn how to customize a flowchart.

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Add a Chart to Your Design

Learn how to add a chart to your design.

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Add and Edit Data Labels

Learn to add and edit data labels to define or describe information in your chart.

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How to Edit Chart Data

Learn how to edit the data in a chart.

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Resize a Chart

Learn how to make the chart smaller or larger.

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Change the Color of a Chart

Learn how you can change the colors of your charts.

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Add a Symbol to a Chart

You can add a percentage symbol (i.e %), currency (i.e $) symbol, and more to your chart.

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How to Change the Title of A Chart?

Understand how to add or update the title on a chart

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How to Edit the Legend in a Chart

Learn how to edit the legend in a chart.

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How to Change the Grid in a Chart

Learn how to change the grid in a chart.

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How to Change Bar Chart Style

Learn to change the bar chart style.

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Change the Colors in a Chart

Learn to change the colors in a chart.

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Add, edit and customize objects and icons

Shapes in Diagrams

Different shapes in diagrams help to present data in a more visually accurate way.

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How to Multi-Select Items Behind Larger Items

Learn to multi-select items behind larger items.

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Copying Objects

Learn how you can duplicate an image, icon, or text.

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Group and ungroup objects

Learn to group objects together so you can resize, copy, or move several items at once.

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Lock an object to the design canvas

Keep images, text and icons in place by locking them.

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Layering Items

Use the layering tools to send icons, images, and text to the back or front of your design.

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Copying Between Designs

Learn how to copy between designs.

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How to Align Items

Use Smart Guides, the grid tool, and more to make sure the items in your design are aligned.

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Venngage Editor Shortcuts

Use these keyboard commands to speed up designing.

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Color Picker

Learn to understand everything from making colors transparent to adding colors to a design using a HEX code.

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Add, edit and upload image files

Image Effects

Use our wide variety of image effects to enhance your uploaded images with just a few clicks.

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Editing Images in Smart Widgets

Learn how to crop images, fit/fill images to frame, change the cell shape, and add a border to an image's cell.

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Edit Images

Learn to crop, rotate, resize, and apply shapes to your image.

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Automatically Replace an Image

Learn how to use the Replace feature to automatically replace images with other icons or other images.

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Hyperlink an Image

Add a hyperlink to your image so that it connects to another web page.

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How do I upload my own image?

Upload your own images to use them in the editor.

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How to Use the Photo Library?

Learn how to use the photo library to browse for images.

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Presentations and slides

Use Design AI to Generate Custom Slide Designs from Your Text

Learn how to use the new Design AI feature to generate a new presentation slide from text.

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How to Add a New Slide to a Presentation

Learn how to create a new slide design or blank slide for your presentation.

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Add Speaker Notes to a Presentation

Learn to add speaker notes to your presentation

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Resize pages and customize page layouts

Use the Page Manager for multi-page designs

Duplicate, rearrange, add, copy and delete pages to customize your designs.

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Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet

Image sizes for each social media channel.

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Resize your design page

Use Settings to customize the size and orientation of your design page.

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Add Page Numbers

Learn how to automatically number your pages

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Make a Copy of a Design

Learn how to make a copy of your design in your account.

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Delete A Page or Slide

Learn how to delete a page or slide.

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How to Reorganize Your Pages & Slides

Rearrange the order of your pages and slides.

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Managing Pages

Learn how to manage pages

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Add or Duplicate a Page

Duplicate a page or add a new blank page.

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Automatic Page Numbering

Learn to use the automatic page numbering feature.

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Plot data on map charts

Add Maps and Update Map Data

Learn how to add a map and edit the data on that map.

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Use the Maps feature to represent geographic and location data

Learn to use the settings in map-style charts to change colors, legends, choropleth gradients and enable interactive dynamic data preview

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Use polls, forms and other interactive tools

Copying Elements From One Design to Another

Learn how to copy an element from one design to another.

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Line Styling

Learn how to customize lines.

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Embed Youtube Videos

Learn how to add a youtube video to your design.

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Forms

Learn how to use forms to collect information from viewers of your design.

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Polls

Make your design interactive by adding and customizing polls in your design.

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My Brand Kit

Apply Brand Colors

Learn how to use colors added to the Brand Kit to your design.

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Adding Multiple Brand Kits

Learn how to add multiple brand kits and use them in the editor on the Business plan.

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Manage designs and templates

How to Save My Work

Your work is automatically saved in the Venngage editor.

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Find My Designs

Navigate to the "My Designs" page where all of your designs are saved.

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Organize designs with Folders

Create a new Folder

Create a new Folder in My Designs, Team Designs, or a Group in your organization.

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Organize your designs with Folders

Create Folders in your My Designs or My Templates page to keep your project designs organized.

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Rename a Folder

Change the name of a personal, Team or Group Folder without deleting it.

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Delete a Folder

Delete a Folder you created in My Designs, Team Designs or a Group.

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Remove a design from a Folder

Move a design out of a Folder, from one Folder to another, or remove all designs from one Folder.

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Create a Folder in a Folder (Subfolder)

Create another Folder within a Folder on your My Designs page, or in a Group in your organization.

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