CV layout using Word

_Jem_

I'm not a Word user myself but I thought I would give the Web version a try, How on earth do you have a section of your skills so it appears in two columns? Every time I highlight that section and click on the two colum it just moves everything to one side even the parts that I didn't select.

I use libraoffice and it's so simple to achieve that. 

lookbook

That should work. I don't know why.

_Jem_

lookbook said:

That should work. I don't know why.

Yes it should, I have been trying to figure it out for hours, but it just moves the whole page into two columns.It must be a user error but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Marcon

_Jem_ said:

lookbook said:

That should work. I don't know why.

Yes it should, I have been trying to figure it out for hours, but it just moves the whole page into two columns.It must be a user error but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

I don't think it is a user error - from what you've said, that's how Word works.

If you insert a table with two columns for that section of your cv, that should do the trick.

_Jem_

Marcon said:

_Jem_ said:

lookbook said:

That should work. I don't know why.

Yes it should, I have been trying to figure it out for hours, but it just moves the whole page into two columns.It must be a user error but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

I don't think it is a user error - from what you've said, that's how Word works.

If you insert a table with two columns for that section of your cv, that should do the trick.

I have watched some YouTube videos and it should be as simple as highlighting what I want and click on 2 columns, I'm wondering if it's because it's the free web version.

I will have a go with what you said by using tables.

libreoffice is so much easier.

Emmia

Have you inserted section breaks?

In Word I'd insert "section break continuous"

Then two columns with the text you want

Then insert another "section break continuous"  to return to having normal text across the width of the page.

The table solution suggested above would also work, but depending on what you want to put in the columns (length of the text), can lead to some formatting issues.

And the web version of word is suboptimal - if you create a 2 page document in the application, it tends to look like a 3 page document on the web version, if I'm formatting documents I always do it in the application.

_Jem_

Emmia said:

Have you inserted section breaks?

In Word I'd insert "section break continuous"

Then two columns with the text you want

Then insert another "section break continuous"  to return to having normal text across the width of the page.

The table solution suggested above would also work, but depending on what you want to put in the columns (length of the text), can lead to some formatting issues.

No I haven't done that, I don't even know what that is🙈 I shall have to see how to do that. So Microsoft doesn't make it as easy then.

Emmia

_Jem_ said:

Emmia said:

Have you inserted section breaks?

In Word I'd insert "section break continuous"

Then two columns with the text you want

Then insert another "section break continuous"  to return to having normal text across the width of the page.

The table solution suggested above would also work, but depending on what you want to put in the columns (length of the text), can lead to some formatting issues.

No I haven't done that, I don't even know what that is🙈 I shall have to see how to do that. So Microsoft doesn't make it as easy then.

You'll find section breaks with the page break function....

It's not that Microsoft make it hard, but Word is an incredibly powerful tool when it comes to document formatting, if you take the time to learn what it can do. There are also loads of free templates to make things easier/more professional looking too. 

I personally always use the application version in print layout with reveal codes turned on, which makes it easy to check your spacing of words and paragraphs, but drives some people mad as it makes the page look more cluttered.

_Jem_

Emmia said:

_Jem_ said:

Emmia said:

Have you inserted section breaks?

In Word I'd insert "section break continuous"

Then two columns with the text you want

Then insert another "section break continuous"  to return to having normal text across the width of the page.

The table solution suggested above would also work, but depending on what you want to put in the columns (length of the text), can lead to some formatting issues.

No I haven't done that, I don't even know what that is🙈 I shall have to see how to do that. So Microsoft doesn't make it as easy then.

You'll find section breaks with the page break function....

I don't remember seeing that are you sure it's in the free web version?

p00hsticks

_Jem_ said:

Marcon said:

_Jem_ said:

lookbook said:

That should work. I don't know why.

Yes it should, I have been trying to figure it out for hours, but it just moves the whole page into two columns.It must be a user error but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

I don't think it is a user error - from what you've said, that's how Word works.

If you insert a table with two columns for that section of your cv, that should do the trick.

I have watched some YouTube videos and it should be as simple as highlighting what I want and click on 2 columns,

It's certainly as easy as that in the standard Office 365 version, so perhaps it is a flaw in the web-version. 

_Jem_

p00hsticks said:

_Jem_ said:

Marcon said:

_Jem_ said:

lookbook said:

That should work. I don't know why.

Yes it should, I have been trying to figure it out for hours, but it just moves the whole page into two columns.It must be a user error but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

I don't think it is a user error - from what you've said, that's how Word works.

If you insert a table with two columns for that section of your cv, that should do the trick.

I have watched some YouTube videos and it should be as simple as highlighting what I want and click on 2 columns,

It's certainly as easy as that in the standard Office 365 version, so perhaps it is a flaw in the web-version. 

I'm beginning to think that, It's a shame as I wanted to get use to Word.