Academy / Design essentials

Lesson 1 of 7 · 3 min

Open Design and find a template

Where Design is, and how to find a template with the search and Filter.

A template is a ready-made design with example words and pictures. You change them to yours.

Open Design

Press Create in the menu, then Templates. On a phone, open Menu first. The page opens on What will you make today?. Editor, just above it, opens New design with Video, Post, Story and All sizes, for a blank page.

• Search templates: type "bakery", "sale" or "holiday hours".
• All, For you and My designs: every template, the ones for your business first, and your own work.
• A row of kinds, like Posts and Stories. At its end are Filter and Blank, an empty page in a size you pick.

Filter has a Goal (Sell more, Save time, Build trust), a Style, What stands out and a Topic. Picks show as small chips.

Do it

1. Open Templates and press Posts.
2. Type "cafe" in the search. Or press Filter, pick Sell more and press Show templates.
3. Click a template with a clear picture and a short headline. Press Use template.
4. Change nothing yet. The next lesson shows how.

In this course

• 1Open Design and find a templateWhere Design is, and how to find a template with the search and Filter. · 3 min
• 2Change a template into yoursEdit the words, change the colors, put your brand on it, and undo anything you do not like. · 3 min
• 3Add your photosUpload your own photo or find a free one, swap one in a template, and use a photo as the background. · 3 min
• 4Elements, shapes and textAdd a shape, an icon or a sticker, add your own text box, and choose a font. · 3 min
• 5Layers and pagesSee, reorder, lock and line up the layers on your page, and add more pages for a carousel. · 3 min
• 6SizesWhy feed posts, stories and banners need different sizes, and how to save one design in several. · 3 min
• 7Save, download, post and schedulePress Share to save your design, download it, or turn it into a post and schedule it. · 3 min