Watch the video below or scroll down for the step-by-step tutorial on how to create college ruled paper in Canva.
Video: How to Create Notebook Paper in Canva for KDP Books
Create a College Ruled Lined Page
- Login to Canva
- Click the Custom Size button
- Enter your page dimensions in inches or mm, including 0.125” / 3.2 mm bleed on your outside margins. For example, to create a US Letter sized page, enter 8.625″ for width and 11.25″ for height. See the KDP help documents for more information.
- Turn on your rulers via the File menu
- Click and drag the top ruler to add a guideline at about 1.125″ from the top
- Click and drag the top ruler again to add a guideline at about 10.6″ from the top
- Go to the Elements tab and click on the plain line element to add it to your page
- Change the weight and color of the line as desired.
- Resize the line to be as wide as the page
- Duplicate the line 34 times for 35 lines total (CMD + D on a Mac or Ctrl + D on a PC)
- Move one line to the top guideline and one line to the bottom, leaving all other lines in between.
- Select all lines
- Select Position > Center
- Select Position > Tidy Up
- Click Group
- Move your lines to the center of the page
Add a Left Margin Rule
- Go to the Elements tab and click on the plain line element to add it to your page
- Change the weight and color of the line as desired.
- Rotate the line 90 degrees to be vertical
- Resize the line to be as tall as the page
- Move to about 1.25″ from the left side of the page
