Chris, Resumes should be as basic and clean as possible. You want things to be bolded, etc, but for the most part you do not want a lot of clutter, and you usually only want a single page or two at the most.
Pages does have included templates for creating resumes, which you can write over to insert your own text. When working with templates, or in Pages generally, please make sure you have turned off QuickNav. It plays havoc with pages. Then, using only the arrow keys, arrow up and down and left and right. The text which you are able to copy over will become highlighted, and Voiceover will automatically read it. A good trick here is to create a shortcut for "New TextEdit Window Containing Selection" so you can select the placeholder text, do this shortcut, and then inspect it. In this way you can be sure you do not miss any spaces you may need to insert. Where this feature particularly comes in handy is when you need to inspect detailed formatting where there may be words with all caps, etc. Since you will not have such in a resume it won't be an issue, since this is Latin text anyway. The real issue in your case has to do with making sure you don't miss a space. When I first started working with templates, I would not realize there was a space being selected along with the rest of the placeholder text, so I would write in my custom text and not put a space, thinking it was already there, only to have my text run together. This will make more sense when you get in there and play with it yourself, and I'm doubtless making it far more complicated than it needs to be, anyway. It is also a good idea to use bullet points, which you can quickly insert with option semicolon, I think it is. This can be helpful if you want to quickly make a bulleted list of your qualifications, etc. I am never clear if a tab or a single space is better, and perhaps it doesn't matter so much. You can adjust the font and font size by pressing command T. After adjusting the font, etc. press command T to move back to your document. If you have multiple documents open, command accent will move you between open documents. This works for open windows of various kinds, which I find helpful when copying and moving files between folders. I hope this helps. If you would like more specific help, please let me know. Happy to help. Harry On oct 28, 2012, at 10:10 a.m., Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, I need to weigh my options here. I admit I have used Pages before, and > indeed have bought a copy both for OSX, as well as for IOS, but I haven't > honestly really diven in much to the app. Don't get me wrong, I certainly > can create somewhat well looking documents with it, but as far as text > formatting, working with tables, bulleted lists, embedded objects, numbered > lists, margins, repaginations, indenting, fonts and styling, and things of > the sort, or working with already included templates, I've not really done a > whole lot with. It's not that I'm scared to, it's just I've not until > recently had much of a need. Plus, no one has really sat down with me, and > helped teach me good eloquent word processing techniques to make my files > look very professional in nature. > > With all this said, I am at a point where I need to create a job resume. I > know Pages will let me do this, but for one thing, resume writing has never > been something I've been really taught how to do. I know that there is > obviously a right way, and a wrong way to do it. I also know that employers > are going to now a days see that a lot of effort, or hardly any effort went > into making the document. I know that should not influence their hiering > decision, but lamentably, it does. So, when I say I need to weigh my > options, what I mean is, do you all think pages is going to be my best bet > for this task? Are there apps on the market I can buy that will literally > create the resume for me based off the data I enter, then export it to a Word > file, or what not...? I am a big fan of reading help files included with > applications, but the issue is most of those do not present themselves from a > Voiceover standpoint of a blind user. Normally, that isn't a big deal, but > when it comes to things like this, you do want things to look snappy and very > visually appealing. That's where I get into the grey area. Not only has no > one really worked with me one-on-one on good resume creation skills, but no > one really has worked much with me either on formatting things within Pages. > Even when I used Word on Windows, I certainly was able to hold my own, but > even then, I have never been the greatest at that type of stuff. I > understand this list is for Voiceover use, not for how do I write a resume > use, and I don't really expect you all to hold my hand and teach me > everything, and undoubtedly there are many web sites out there I could google > creating well designed resumes about, but again, I go back to the argument > that they won't be from a blind perspective. So, with that said, though I > don't expect to be spoon fed the info here on this topic, I do welcome all > help, and if I get an over abundance amount of it, great, if I don't, that's > also ok. I don't set my expectations on > pedestals for it. I do however ask that you all at least gently guide me in > the right direction to at least help give me the knowledge I'll need to at > the very least, get started. If you all can do that and give me some > specific direct resources, aside from just saying, quote: just google it, end > quote, I promise profusely I will use the resources to my advantage, then, if > I have any questions after looking that stuff over, I'll then, ask at that > point. > > > > Thank you for your help. > > > > Chris. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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