Template tabbing in Word 2003

  • Thread starter Thread starter JasonC
  • Start date Start date
J

JasonC

Im new to Word and i don't do alot of word processing so I apologize if this
is somewhat of a RTFM question but here goes. I would like to know how to
just tab to each field in a resume template without losing formatting once I
add more.... lets say... work experience entries than is provided in the
template itself.

I just want to tab to a field, add the relevent info, then tab to next field
and move on. the problem I am having is after i fill in the provided example
with MY relevent info I cannot add another example without having to
reformat or manually type in the next work experience info. Lets say I
finish a resume and want to add another reference or certification and have
the same indentions, bullets, etc.. under that heading.....what do I need to
do

tia
jason
 
The résumé templates are set up as tables. Make sure you have table
gridlines displayed (Table | Show Gridlines) so that you can see this. You
can indeed tab from one cell to the next. You can add and delete rows just
as you can in any other table. To copy the formatting of a given paragraph,
apply the appropriate style.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
 
Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
The résumé templates are set up as tables. Make sure you have table
gridlines displayed (Table | Show Gridlines) so that you can see this. You
can indeed tab from one cell to the next. You can add and delete rows just
as you can in any other table. To copy the formatting of a given paragraph,
apply the appropriate style.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
Click to expand...

Thanks susan,

Im sorry if i was a bit vague, so let me clear it up a bit. Let's take the
Employeement history within
the default version of the professional resume template for example. The
heading is a cell, the far
left has a cell (for spacing and indention I believe), and finally there is
a cell that contains all the relevent
info for the employeement history section of the table {[date], [company],
[job title] [details]..etc.}. Every
line of this cell has its own formatting or style, but it is still, as a
whole, one cell. If I tab to this cell, the whole
cell is selected and treated as one object the is overwritten (losing all
formatting and style). What I want is
to tab to the date (type info while keeping formatting and style), tab to
company (type info while keeping format and style)
tab to city (type....), tab to job (which is on a different line and has a
different format...type info...) and continue on
tabbing until I am finished with that job entry. When I am ready to enter
another job all I need to do is press enter or a
combination of hot keys to create another set of sections the have date,
company, city, job title, details (with the same
formatting and style scheme that the original set of sections had) ..etc..
and repeat the process for all jobs then be able
to tab or ctrl tab to move to the next heading........and so on..........

I hope I have formed my question clearly because out of all my friends I am
about the only one with a computer
and they all want to use it for resumes and since i am a little dry in the
pocket book I could charge a fair price and
create them for a little extra cash. If i do this it would be MUCH easier if
I could figure out how to use the templates
in this manner or create one that would make the above scenario possible.

Thanks sooo much in advance
jason
 
There's no way to do what you ask unless you set this up as a protected
form, and that would not serve your purposes at all. I'm afraid you're
limited to using the mouse or navigation keys to get to the elements you
want.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

JasonC said:
Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
The résumé templates are set up as tables. Make sure you have table
gridlines displayed (Table | Show Gridlines) so that you can see this. You
can indeed tab from one cell to the next. You can add and delete rows just
as you can in any other table. To copy the formatting of a given paragraph,
apply the appropriate style.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
Click to expand...
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.
Click to expand...

Thanks susan,

Im sorry if i was a bit vague, so let me clear it up a bit. Let's take the
Employeement history within
the default version of the professional resume template for example. The
heading is a cell, the far
left has a cell (for spacing and indention I believe), and finally there is
a cell that contains all the relevent
info for the employeement history section of the table {[date], [company],
[job title] [details]..etc.}. Every
line of this cell has its own formatting or style, but it is still, as a
whole, one cell. If I tab to this cell, the whole
cell is selected and treated as one object the is overwritten (losing all
formatting and style). What I want is
to tab to the date (type info while keeping formatting and style), tab to
company (type info while keeping format and style)
tab to city (type....), tab to job (which is on a different line and has a
different format...type info...) and continue on
tabbing until I am finished with that job entry. When I am ready to enter
another job all I need to do is press enter or a
combination of hot keys to create another set of sections the have date,
company, city, job title, details (with the same
formatting and style scheme that the original set of sections had) ..etc..
and repeat the process for all jobs then be able
to tab or ctrl tab to move to the next heading........and so on..........

I hope I have formed my question clearly because out of all my friends I am
about the only one with a computer
and they all want to use it for resumes and since i am a little dry in the
pocket book I could charge a fair price and
create them for a little extra cash. If i do this it would be MUCH easier if
I could figure out how to use the templates
in this manner or create one that would make the above scenario possible.

Thanks sooo much in advance
jason
Click to expand...
 
Back
Top