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TEMPLATEDOCUMENTATION
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‘Thank you for purchasing this template and hopefully you wil
it easy to update anduse,
‘Youll find well organised Pages. Swatches. Paragraph, Character Styles, Object Styles and Layers
Each template fas been all set up for you and is ready to go
‘This help file will explain how things are organised and used. and includes tips on edting your
templates.
CONTENTS
2 - WHAT'S INCLUDED
‘A.quick look atthe file formals included and how they are organised
3 - INSTALLING FONTS
‘A short quide to downloading and installing the fonts needed to edit this template
4, ~SOCIAL ICONS:
‘Which file formats are included and how to use them
55. -INDESIGN-- BASELINE/DOCUMENT GRID
‘An overview of the Baseline /Document Grid that is used to align the
typography and other graphic elements in the template
6. - INDESIGN- PARAGRAPH STYLES
‘An explanation ofthe included Styles and how they are used to customise your layouts
7. - INDESIGN -CHARACTER/OBJECT STYLES
‘An explanation of the included Character/Object Styles. how they relate
{0 Paragraph Styles and using them to customise your layouts
8 - PHOTOSHOP VERSION
‘Overview of the PSD files included and how they are organised
‘9. ~SKILLS SECTION
How to edt the bars in the Sklls section ofthe template
410 - ADDING YOUR PHOTO.
How to add your photo in InDesign. Photoshop or Word
111 - EXPORTING TO A POF FILE
[A short guide for exporting as a POF from InDesign, Photoshop or Word
FROMTHEAUTHOR
| hope you find everything you need inthis documentation and have fun creating your own Resume/CV.
Ifyou have any questions about the template or this help fle. you can contactme through
Creative Market or visit wwwx-group.comand use the contact page. Enjoy!UX-Group
WHAT'SINCLUD
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ITEMSINCLUDED
‘One Page Resume Template
‘One Page Cover Letter Template
available in Ag and US Letter sizes
SOFTWAREREQUIRED
InDesign CS6 or above
Photoshop C56 or above
Microsoft Word (version 2007 or above)
FILEFORMATSINCLUDED
‘A4 & US Letter InDesign (IND) version for use in CS6 and above
‘A4& US Letter InDesign (DML) version for use in CS4/5,
‘A4& US Letter Photoshop (PSD) versions for use in C36 and above.
‘A4& US Letter Word versions (D0CX)
High Resolution PDF versions ofall files,
90 Social Icons (PNG files
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DOWNLOAD
Unless you already have the following fonts installed on your computer. you
vrll need to downicad and install them before edting the template,
‘The fonts used are Raleway available for download from the following link:
http://www. fontsquirrelcom/fonts/raleway
INSTALL
Below are some simple instructions for installing fonts) for your operating system:
Ensure you include al the different weights’ (bold, italic, extra bold, etc)
‘when installing the font as there will be a separate file for each of these.
‘You will probably have to restart the any programme already opened like InDesign,
‘Adobe Photoshop etc, before any newly installed font is available for use.
Windows 8
Extract the fonts. from the downloaded ZI fle. to any directory
Select the fonts and right-click (or double click an individual font.
Select Open in the case of several selected fonts)
‘Click install from thepreview window i
Windows 7 & Vista
Extract the fonts. from the downloaded ZI fle. to any directory
Select the fonts and right-click
Select instal (2)
Windows XP, Windows 98 & Windows 95
‘Copy & Paste the fonts into the Fonts Folder, usually found in C\Windows\Fonts (3)
Note: Don't extract the fonts directly into the Fonts Folder (say
from a Zip file), as they wont instal correctly. You must extract,
them somewhere else frst then Copy/Paste them over.
Mac 0Sx
Place the font files into /Library/Fonts (forall users or into /
Users/Your.username/Library/Fonts (4
Note: you have Font Book installed. double-clicking on the font file will open
Font Book automatically. Youll see a dialog box with a preview ofthe font Press
Install Font (bottom-right of the window) (5) and the Font wil be installed
Font Management Software
You may also be using font management software such as Extensis Suitcase, in which case
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HOWTOUSETHEICONSINTHETEMPLAT.
INDESIGN
“The Social eons folder contains
both INDO (for C$6 andl above)
‘and IDML (for C54 and above)
versions of the 90 social icons
‘Simply open the file format you need
based on the version of InDesign you
have and copy/paste which icons
you require for your resume/cv.
‘Youmay need to resize the icons,
but you can use the existing ones
in the template as a guide,
“The Social Icons folder contains a
folder of PNG files
PHOTOSHOP
‘Your fist option isto place. drag or open
then copy/paste the PNG files into the
Photoshop document. This may be the
simplest way for those without a copy of
ustrator or InDesign.
Your other optionis to open ether the
|ustrator. EPS or InDesign files and
copy/paste into the Photoshop
document. depending on which software
you have.
‘You may need to resize the icons,
but you can use the existing ones
in the template as a guide,
WORD
\Within Social Icons folder in the
main download is a'PNG folder
‘which has the individual socal icons
used in the Word versions,
To change these icons simply
rightclick on an icon and choose
‘Change Picture, then browse to the
PNG folder and choose the icon you
need,
“This wil replace the leon and keep
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LAYOUTS
APPLYING
PARAGRAPHSTYLES
Using thesestyles is as simpleas just highlighting either the text or text box you wish to change. then clicking on the
desired style in the style palette
‘You can also use Quick Apply (CtrL/Cmd- Enter, and choose the desired style from the pop up menu,
EXPLANATIONOF'BASEDON*
‘The styles in InDesign have a clever feature in that you can create a style ‘based on’ another. Meaning if you
change an attribute i the parent or starting style, each style that i's based on wil follow those changes,
‘This feature is present inthe main styles used inthis template including Titles, Subtitles and Body text For example: if you
‘exit the fontin the frst of these styles in a group, they wil all change accordingly
‘This feature can also be switched off by choosing INo Paragraph Stytel under ‘Based On’ to make the style function
independently.
Below are the Paragraph Styles that control the formatting ofthe text included in the template; everything
from body text to headings.
GROUP -TOP PAGE window > siyles > Paragraph Styles
Name
Bold heading style in the header for the resume owners name,
ccupation/Job Title
‘Small grey subheading under the name for the persons job title/profession.
GROUP-TITLE Window > styles > Paragraph Styles
Section Title- LEFT / RIGHT
Bola, all caps ttle for introduction to each section ofthe resume (eg, Experience)
Title-LEFT / RIGHT
Bola. slight larger text used for important parts of information such as Company Name ete,
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Body Text-BLACK LEFT / RIGHT
Main style for most ofthe text inthe template. Used for everything except headings and sub-
headings,
INDESIGNCHARACTER/OBJECTSTYLE
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IF THE INCLUDED STYLES AND HOW THEY ARI
Body Text -LEFT / RIGHT ITALIC
Emphasis style based on tha main text styte but in italics used for job titles ete
Body Text -BLACK CENTRE
‘Same as above but centered for certain sections (Profle. References etc)
ABOUT
CHARACTERSTYLES
‘The Character Styles included are used for inline styles, for example, highlighting a word inthe title ofa layout. You
can see examples throughout the sample layouts and they are very versaile expanding the options available,
‘To use just highlight the text you wish to style and click the name ofthe Style in the Character Styles palette, These styles
can be applied to any Paragraph Style, so please experiment and use the samples inthe template as a guide.
ABOUTOBJECTSTYLES
Object Styles are used for the graphic elements in your layouts. They are very useful as you can not onky store
attributes lke colour and stroke but you can define the Paragraph Styles of text contained inthe box.
Included are styles for specific elements of the layouts as wel as some generic styling which can be used anywhere. So
feel free to experiment
NOTE: Object Styles dont control size or positon but you can copy and paste or refer to the Master Pages for examples
Below are the Character Styles that contro inline formatting of the text included in the
template,
Window > Styles > Character Styles
Bold
‘Very simple style for making inline words in your text bold where the Paragraph Style would
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Photoshop Ver:
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Templates (PSD US Letter forthe template. Each PSD conains well organised layers/ayer groups which
are colour coded (explained below! for ease of finding which elements you need to edit
PSD LAYER COLOUR CODING
The layers within the Photoshop files are organised ce
and colour coded based on their function, the:
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Green isa placeholder layer. This act Eien
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as margin/guides or shapes that pes =
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designed to be turned off before
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Red are background elements
including headers. footers,
dividers other elements
which can usually be left
untouched once youve
added your own details
Yellow contains text information
and smart objects. These
layers are all editable for you to
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simply use the Type tool (T to add your own
information to each layer. I's that easy!
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in the ‘Skls section,
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Green Guides, Yellow Text Layers / Smart
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SKILLSSECTIONADDING
YOURPHOTO
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INDESIGN
‘The Skil bars in the InDesign template are created using simple stroked lines
‘The coloured line on top can be edited using the Selection Tool (Black Arrow)
Grab the anchor on the right sie ofthe line and scale to suit your capablity
in a ski You can use the Document Grid(Menu> View > Grids & Guides >
Hide/Show Document Grind also snap to the Document Grid to help
you Menu > View > Grids & Guides > Snap to Document Grid)
Changing the colour isa case of selecting the line and choosing a colour
from the Swatches Palette Menu > Window > Colour > Swatches
PHOTO SHOP
The Ski! bars in the PhotoShop template are created with the Shape
Toot and masked by the'Skil Bar Backgrounc! Layer.
You can edit them by selecting the correct Layer and simply nudging each bar left
orright withthe arrow keys (hold Shift atthe same time fora larger nudge!
You can change the colour by double-clicking the Layer con and
choosing your new colour from the picker that pops-up
WORD
The’ Skil Bar in the Word version are created using simple stroked lines. The coloured
line on top can be edited by grabbing the anchor on the right side ofthe line and scaling
to suit your capability ina sil hold Shift atthe same time to help keep the line straight)
You can use the Document Margins or Guides to help you align them correctly.
Changing the colour isa case of selecting the line and
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‘When you are finished editing the
template and have completed
your resume/cy. you may want
to upload to job search websites
‘and havea fie that you can email
to potential employers. The
perfect file format to accomplish
this task isa PDF (Portable
EXPORTINGASAPDF
AILIAR WITH E DF FROM
Document Format This fil a compressed, widely accepted fle format
thal is easy to upload and email. Another bonus i that nothing in your
layout wil change when viewed on a diferent computer, so your potential
‘employer will ee your Resume/CV as you intended.
PRINTINGAPDFANDINCLUDING'BLEE
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IF you'd tke to get your Resume/CY printed professionally by a Printing
‘Company. you can export your PDF with bleed! which is alittle extra around
INDESIGN
Click on the grey placeholder circle with theSelection Toot (Black Arrovahd go to File > Place
(CMD +D/ CTRL + D This wil open a dialog box for you to find your image on your computer.
Choose your file and clickOpen Ths will place your photo into the picture frame which
you can then resize or crop using theDirect Selection Toot White Arrowside the circle.
For advanced users. you can also drag and drop a photo into
the circle from an open folder on yourcomputer
PHOTO SHOP
The image placeholder in Photoshop uses a ‘Smart Object This is simply a layer
thal you can ealt separately and then save to update in the main fe
Expand the Ade Photofolder. then double-click onthe layer thumbnail of
the ADD PHOTQLayer. This wil open a new file for you to copy/paste or
place your photo into. Use the included placeholder asa quide to tine up
your photo then either hide or delete this layer when youre finished
ave your changes and close this fle when youre happy. You wil see that your image
has been updated inside the photo frame in the main template file Simple!
WORD
‘The Microsoft Word version also incluxles an image placeholder
which you can simply replace with your own photo.
Click onthe placeholder image and go to Format > Shape. (or right-click Format
Shape. from there select Fillthen Picture or Texturend Choose PictureLocate
your image and clickinsert After your image is added to the circle fame,
you can move, crop and scale with the Croptaol under Format Picture
A detailed article covering these steps is avallable atthe folowing link
https://suppart officeccom/en-ca/article/Crop-a-picture-or-place
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the edge for the Printing Company
tout into so the colour goes to he
very edge ofthe page.
InDesign - When exporting. choose
‘Marks and Bleeds from the left
‘column (step 3) and tick the ‘Use
Document Bleed Settings box.
then Export as normal
Photoshop The PSD files in this
template already include bleed
‘0 just export for POF as normal
EXPORTASPDFFR
OMINDESIGN
14. Choose File > Exportfrom the
menu at the top of the screen,
2, Inthe dialog box. rename
«and/or choose a place to save
your fle From the Format
drop-down menu select Adobe
POF (Print
3. In the next dialog box. from the
‘Adobe POF Preset drop-down
menu select elther Press
Quality or High Quality Print if
you intend to print out your POF
and ‘Smallest File Seif you
intend to email or upload toa
‘website. would advise saving a
Print-Ready and Web version
‘and naming them accordingly
so you havea Resume/CV
ready for when youneed it
Press Export’and the POF will be
made in the background in no
more than a few seconds
depending on your computer and
the complexity ofthe file
EXPORTASPDFFR
OMPHOTOSHOP
14. Choose File > Save Asfrom the
menu at the top of the screen,
22, Rename and/or choose a place
to save your file From the
‘Format drop- Save Astrom the menu atthe top ofthe
screen,
22, Rename ancl/or choose a place to save your fle From
the Format’ drop-down menu select POF"
Press Save'and the PDF willbe made in the background in no more than a
‘ew seconds depending on your computer and the complesity of the file,
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