Learn about Magic Write

Magic Write is an AI-enabled writing assistant that empowers anyone to quickly create written content. You can use it for social posts, business plans, websites, blogs, poems, journaling, creative writing, presentation notes, and so much more. It can generate sentences, paragraphs, lists, outlines, and more based on the text prompt you enter.

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You can use Magic Write in various ways. You can generate text from prompts or existing texts within your design. You can also generate presentation notes and generate data for Canva Sheets.

You can use Magic Write to write content from a simple text prompt in seconds. Type what you're looking for and watch as a blog post or cover letter appears on the page. It lets you move straight from an idea to editing which cuts down your writing time.

Know what you want to write about but struggling to get started? Use Magic Write to write a blog, brainstorm ideas, outline a business strategy, start a marketing plan, write a social media post, an email, or anything in between.

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• "Brainstorm ideas for marketing a new running shoe and explain the benefit of each idea"
• "Twitter posts announcing a product launch for a new alarm clock phone app"
• "List of 20 interview questions for a social media marketer"
• "Write a witty tagline for a company that sells sustainable furniture"
• "Step by step, explain how to grow a lemon tree"

Cut down on time spent typing and skip straight to editing. Magic Write generates personalised text based on your prompts so all you have to do is proof and edit the result.

Try these examples.

• "Social media strategy for next quarter"
• "Fun Twitter post announcing a new range of smoothies"
• "A blog about the benefits of Canva"

Magic Write supports text in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian, French, Thai, Italian, Arabic, Japanese, Turkish, German, Vietnamese, multiple forms of Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, and Hong Kong), Polish, Dutch, Korean, Malay, and Tagalog, as well as many other languages for a total of 103 supported languages. These align with the languages available in the Canva interface.

If you’re a team admin, teacher, or brand designer, you can choose who can access Magic Write in your team or class. Depending on the language set in Canva, some team members may not have access to Magic Write even if it’s enabled. Learn how to change your teams’ access to Magic Features.

• It only uses data and information up to mid-2021. This means that some of the generated text might contain outdated information.
• It only takes instruction from the text you entered or used in the document. The more context and instruction you give, the better your result.
• It might generate text that isn't accurate or unique.
• It has a 1500-word input limit and around a 2000-word output limit. This means that generated text might get cut off mid-sentence.
• Canva Education administrators and teachers can enable Magic Write for students. Learn how to change access to Magic and AI features.

To develop Magic Write, Canva has partnered with OpenAI, an AI research and deployment company whose mission is to create safe and powerful AI that benefits all of humanity.

Please read our Magic Write Terms and Policy.

Note that whatever you enter directly affects what Magic Write will generate. It works by trying to predict and match the instructions you entered. It doesn't have its own thoughts or beliefs, nor does it speak on behalf of Canva.

We have implemented several layers of filters and checks to deliver safe and responsible results. However, there might be a few cases where AI generates offensive or harmful content. In those cases please ensure you follow our policy (above), and report it to us if you can.

Learn how to use Magic Write safely and legally.