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Have you ever spent hours designing on
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Canva only to realize that your text or
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image got cut off when you downloaded or
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printed your design? I learned that hard
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way. My first Instagram post looked
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perfect on my phone, but I hit post and
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suddenly my headline was sliced in half.
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I couldn't figure out what went wrong
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until I discovered margins. Margins are
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Canva's invisible safety zone. They are
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like a quiet little fence that tells
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you, "Keep your elements inside me if
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you want them to be seen everywhere."
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Once I figure out how to turn them on,
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my design stop giving me nasty
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surprises. So, let's make sure that
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never happens to you. Open the Canva app
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on your phone. It works the same whether
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you are on iOS or Android. Tap on
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design, any design. You can open a blank
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template if you just want to test this
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out. Look at the top of your screen. See
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those little three dots? That's your
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gateway to Canvas secret tools. Tap it.
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A menu will appear. Scroll down until
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you see settings. Tap on it. Inside
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settings, you will see an option called
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show margins. Turn it on. In that
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instant, faint lines will appear around
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your design. That's your safety zone.
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Keep all the important stuff like your
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text, logos, or images you can't live
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without inside those lines. You might be
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wondering what happens if you don't.
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Well, Canva doesn't stop you. But if you
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move your elements outside the margins,
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you are taking a risk. On some devices
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or when printing, the edges can get cut
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off. And nothing kills a design faster
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than a missing word or a corrupted logo.
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I always turn on merchant before I start
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a design. It's like buckling my seat
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belt. It takes one second and it saves
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me a word of headaches. And once you
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have turned them on once, Canva
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remembers the next time you open a
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design, you will already see those
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guidelines waiting for you. Now if you
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are thinking okay but what if I want my
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background to go edge to edge that's
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totally fine backgrounds can extend
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beyond the margins margins are just
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there for your important elements so
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let's recap the secret three dots
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settings show margin that's it one tiny
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switch that keeps your design looking
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polished and professional turn on your
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margin once and you will feel that same
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little rush of belief your designs are
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fine finally safe. So, go ahead, open
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Canva right now and flick that switch.
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Your future self will thank you.
