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Pro Looking CV? (newbie)

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2008-10-20 04:28:32
flextone
Registered: Oct 20 2008
Posts: 2

Hello,

I want to create a professional looking cv to send out through Email as pdf. As far as I can gather my only options are either to write one using MS Word and save it as pdf with acrobat, or to use acrobat and save as pdf. However, non of these options make it look like a "proper" pdf does, i.e professional. I can't explain exactly what it is, but when I download articles from universities and pro publications, they look very different, and that's more of the look I want.

How should I go about creating such a document? I have a copy of acrobat 9 pro in my fathers house, and im on osx.

Thank you, and sorry for the newbie question.

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2008-10-20 09:08:20
#1
isaanderson
Registered: Aug 11 2008
Posts: 72
Are you a student in some university? If so, maybe you can go to any of the Visual Arts classes at your school and ask a graphic design student to help you with the visual look of your resume or cover letter. Some students are really eager for doing something for the "real world" rather than just school projects. Graphic Designers like myself work with page layout applications that combined with creativity can make any document look very professional and any of those programs are able to make pdfs that you can use for emailing. I've made several resumes for friends and family and the layout really makes a difference when it's compared with another document that was created in word. Although if you have word 2008, you may be able to grab one of the templates included within the application and change a bit to make it your own.
Good luck!
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2008-10-20 20:31:43
#2
daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
For the cv's, that are PDF files, that you admire...
View the PDF document properties.
Under the Description tab there is an "Application" entry.
This may identify what the authoring application of the cv was.

In the "edu" zone two frequent ones are LaTex and FrameMaker.
Using osx, perhaps something like Quark?
Following isaanderson line of thought, hooking up with someone that
can dance with Adobe's CS applications might be the ticket.

Be well...

Be well...

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