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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / July 2007Can't get this one little thing done with bullets!! Help?
I'm working on the Qualifications section of my resume and keep getting the same problem as I try to add bullets to the list. Let me give you a better visual of the resume format that I'm using, so you'll understand better the problem that I'm having with with the bullets. This is basically what I want it to look like: QUALIFICATIONS * BLAH BLAH BLAH * BLAH BLAH BLAH * etc. I'm sure you get the point... Anyway, as you can see this format puts the word "qualifications" on the very same line as the first bullet. The problem that I'm having is that when I highlight my list of qualifications to add the bullets, EXCLUDING the word "qualifications," it automatically includes the word in the first bullet. I DON'T WANT THAT! I want to be able to leave the word "qualifications" right where it is, on that first line, and add the bullets to everything else without it bringing the word into the first bullet. Any ideas??? Thanks in advance... > I'm working on the Qualifications section of my resume and keep > getting the same problem as I try to add bullets to the list. Let me [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > bullets to everything else without it bringing the word into the first > bullet. Any ideas??? Thanks in advance... Rule number one. Don't try anything fancy when writing a resumé. You *know* it is going to read and edited by some poor numpty at the agency. They will *hate* having to rip out your smart stuff before pasting it into their corporate style. If it is going to the prospective employer direct, give 'em PDF, not Word. Don't give the evil Catbert an inch. Just set "qualifications" in heading (mumble) style and the bulleted list below it. You can bet your last unemployment benefit check that the nested bullets will screw up royally on the numpty agency clerk's machine. If you include "qualifications" in the bullet, you get what you asked for. Auto bullets have to be at the left of the line. So "qualifications" ends up in the bullet. Honestly, ask yourself what value the bullets add. If you are going for a typographer's job, use InDesign. Otherwise, keep it really really simple. Use Arial for heads and TNR for body, lots of leading and generous margins. T  SignatureTo de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248 On 31/7/07 5:54 AM, in article 300720072054076124%nospam@yrl.co.uk, "Elliott Roper" <nospam@yrl.co.uk> wrote: >> I'm working on the Qualifications section of my resume and keep >> getting the same problem as I try to add bullets to the list. Let me [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > it really really simple. Use Arial for heads and TNR for body, lots of > leading and generous margins. T If you are using Word on the Mac (I have to make that proviso because lately, thanks to Microsoft's crazy "way in", you may be on a PC and not realize you have landed in a specialized Mac discussion group), you can key bullets via Option-8, and en dashes via Option-[hyphen]. Set up your tab stops (don't use the default tab stops and tab-tab-tab to get to where you want) and you can position them perfectly. Unless Microsoft has made changes in Word 2007, PCs will accurately interpret them as bullets and en dashes. But over all I heartily concur with Elliott's advice. It isn't worth doing this just to save a line... ;-) Cheers, Clive Huggan Canberra, Australia (My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed) ============================================================ Before going any further - Have you looked at the variety of resume Templates available through the Project Gallery as well as on line? They may be able to save you a lot of grief & aggravation if there's one that will suit your needs. If not post back for some other ideas. SignatureRegards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac > I'm working on the Qualifications section of my resume and keep > getting the same problem as I try to add bullets to the list. Let me [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > bullets to everything else without it bringing the word into the first > bullet. Any ideas??? Thanks in advance... |
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