CNA Certification

Use these Microsoft Word files to create your own CNA certification poster. Add your own images, advertise certification details or study group information, and more! There are two sizes available – tabloid and legal.

You can delete, replace, resize and move the four text information boxes that begin “Exam Date,” “Get certified,” “Cardiovascular” and “Maintain your credential.”

You can delete, replace, resize and move the images in the banner across the bottom.

You can’t delete or modify the template banners on the top and bottom of the page other than changing the images on the bottom.

You can add your own new text and images. Below are some guidelines as to how to insert and use text boxes, using Microsoft Word 2007. If you are using another version of the program, the steps will be very similar, or use the Help files to guide you.

To delete a text information box, click on the edge of the text box (or anywhere on the box if there is only an image inside) and press the Delete key.

To add a text information box, you must insert a new text box. Go to the Insert menu, select either “Text Box” or “Draw Text Box”, and click and drag anywhere on the poster. Enter your text in the text box.

To resize the text box, click on a corner of the box and resize as you need to.

To add an image, go to the Insert menu, select Picture, select From File, then select and insert the image.

To resize an image, click the image you want to resize and place your cursor in a corner. Hold down the Shift key and click and drag to the desired size. Or, click the image you want to resize. Go to the Format menu, and adjust the size as you need to. This resizing option works particularly well for the images in the bottom banner.

Whatever you want! The easiest way to fill the “usable” section in the middle of the poster is to use text boxes to add text about an upcoming event such as a study group or a meeting. You can insert a large image, or a group of images, aligning them as you’d like. Here are two examples.

No, please do not change these colours. We want to keep them the same to create consistency among all the posters that are created.

Once your poster is final, create a PDF file and e-mail it to us. To create a PDF file, go to the File menu, select Print, then select “Adobe PDF.” Note: If you are using Word 2007 or older, your computer must have Acrobat Writer installed to create a PDF file. Word 2010 has a built-in PDF-generating function.

If you can’t create a PDF file, then mail us the Word file on a CD or send it via our FTP site. Contact Certification for details.