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Canva accessibility guidance

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Use Design Accessibility

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If you are using Canva, there is a built-in accessibility tool to help you review items like typography, color contrast, and alternative text.

From your design, simply select File, then Check Design Accessibility.

You’ll also find options to edit text semantics, reduce motion, and navigate by layer order.

Canva: Using Design Accessibility

Additional Canva Resources

Review these additional topics to add even more accessibility to your designs. Check your headings with the Edit Text Semantics tool, add alt text to your images, set your document language so screen readers announce everything correctly, and even translate text if needed.

Heading Hierarchy (H1, H2, H3)

Edit Text Semantics

Image Accessibility

Using Alt Text

Document Language

Selecting Screen Reader Language

Translate Designs

Convert text from one language to another

Export PDF with Accessibility Tags

Follow these tips for exporting your accessibility tags to the final PDF.

  1. Open the design you want to export.
  2. Go to Share, then select  Download.
  3. From the File type, selectPDF Standard.
  4. Make sure the Flatten PDF checkbox is unchecked. Flattening removes accessibility tags.
  5. Select Download. If your design includes paid elements, select Pay and download.

Tip: Accessibility tagging isn’t supported for flattened PDFs.

Note: Video contains demonstration of the steps to export but does not contain audio.