How to Make a Table in Canva [And Make the PDF Fillable]

Are you wondering how to make a table in Canva fast? Canva has been the go to tool for making all kinds of resources for small business owners. In fact, Canva offers templates for all kinds of essential business items already. It would be cool to create forms that would help keep you productive at home or at work. Especially when you need to keep track of a million different things. Here are a few handy examples where tables can make you efficient. * Project tracker* Business expense tracker* Office accessories shopping list* Handy gift guide for clients* Business goals* Awards wishlist* Daily to-do list While this may seem like an obvious thing to get done in Canva, it is not as straight-forward as you might have realised. In this post, you'll learn how to create tables in Canva to produce beautiful forms and what you need to do to make them fillable online. Disclosure: Please note that this post may contain affiliate links which means that if you buy one of my recommended products I get paid a commission for sharing the link at no additional cost to you.  I only recommend products that I have tried myself and have experienced success. Why Creating Tables are Necessary As you already know one of the hardest things to develop as a small business is a custom system bespoke to the way you work. When you first get started in business you may use pen and paper to get stuff done before you digitise those processes. One of the things I do when I am learning something new is write notes. I have gone through a ton of notebooks and pens over the years. It is incredible how I'll survive without writing. Since I have moved house a few times over the years, I have also misplaced notebooks along the way. Having or creating tables with a view to develop forms is important to keep your business running smoothly. It is impossible to remember everything and as your business grows and you hire help it would make sense to develop a system that works. Part of the documentation process involves having bespoke forms that work for you and your business. What You Need Before Creating Tables Everything that you do in your business right now is documented in your head so this next step is easy. Spend some time writing down all the processes that you do every day and every week in your business. Pay special attention to those processes that you can outsource to a virtual assistant. You should have three broad categories of tasks. * Outsource to VA* Only I can do this one* Things I can automate If you get stuck coming up with a list of tasks spend the next 30 days documenting everything that you do to run your business. At the end of that time period, you should have a good understanding of where forms are needed. Also, draw a rough draft of what each form should contain to save you time in the creation process. Most importantly to have a better environment for future generations we'll make those forms editable online. How to Make a Table in Canva Ensure you have an account set up in Canva and add your business brand colours to the brand kit.