Creating an Infographic is very easy. infographic is simply a clear graphic visual representation of knowledge. It’s the best way of passing a message across, with the Piktochart tool you can create beautiful and outstanding Infographics, whether you have artistic skills or not.
Steps To Create an Infographic
I recommended the Piktochart tool because it’s very easy to use due to the flexibility options and it offers variety of templates , all you need is to create account with Piktochart
Sign up with Piktochart
- Go to https://piktochart.com
- Click on “sign up” widget
- Key in your full name, email address, and password
- Tap on “create account” tab
Login and choose a theme to create Infographic
- To access your account, Search for https://create.piktochart.com
- Enter your email and password, Tap the “sign in” button
- Select “Infographic” from the option shown on the dashboard
- Use the search box to browse for your desired template
- Click on the template you want to use, and tap the “use template” link
To Configure Your Canvas
- If you want to add a new block, simply tap the “Add block” widget represented with a “plus” sign
- Click on “delete block” with the (X) sign, to delete a block
- To rearrange the blocks you can, Press the “arrow pointing down or pointing up arrow”
- Select the “clone block (=)” sign, to duplicate a block
- If you want to arrange a block size, click the “settings” button
Edit Content to Create an Infographic
- To edit your content text Click on the “text box” twice
- Use the editing “toolbar” to change the fonts size, types, colors, and alignment
- If you want to add another text box, go to the left panel and press on the “text” tab, and select your type
Add graphics Using Drag and Drop
- Click on the “graphics” widget, located at the left panel
- Select your desired category and search for the photo you want to add
- When you locate the photo, drag and drop it on the canvas block
- Configure your icon Color and size with the right tools on the toolbar
To Insert Charts, maps, and videos on Infographic
- Tap on the “tools” tab on the left panel
Insert a chart
- Choose “charts”
- Select chart type
- If you want to add data, three ways you can do that are, to import data from a locally saved spreadsheet, input data manually from the spreadsheet, or addcomplex data through the Google spreadsheet link
- Tap on the “settings” button, to configure the color and format
- Press “insert chart” and it will be added to your canvas
Insert a map
- Select the “maps” option
- Choose the country
- Click on the “Map and border color” tab, if you want to change the color
- Tap “insert map”
Insert a video
- Choose “video” from the options
- Browse for Vimeo or YouTube URL in the search box
- Tap “insert” link
Save and export an Infographic
- Navigate to the top of the editor and select the “save” widget
- Click on “download” to access your Infographic on your local drive
- Tap on “share” to public
- You can set it to, private or public, depending on what you want
- If you want to share with your family and friends on social media, select the “social media” icon