Instructions that say to be sure that table gridlines are displayed are
intended to make it obvious that what you're dealing with is a table. If you
don't know how to work with tables, then of course this becomes more
difficult. Without looking at the template in question, I would guess that
each employment history item is in one or two rows. The simplest way to add
an item is to copy/paste some existing rows. You can select rows and use
Insert Rows, but they may not have the identical styles that way, and the
styles are the vital point here, since (if I'm right about there being two
rows), there will be different styles in the two rows.
Hmm, I downloaded and looked at this résumé, and I can see why you would
have difficulty; the creator has used split and merged cells that complicate
the issue. There really isn't any good way to add items in this résumé. The
actual fact is that there is absolutely no reason even to use a table for
this résumé (it could equally well be done with tabs, indents, and paragraph
borders), nor is there any good reason for the split/merged cells.
Here's what you can do:
1. Select the merged cell in the first column, right-click, and choose Split
Cells. Choose 1 column and 4 rows. This will restore cells to match the four
cells to the right.
2. Select the split cell that has the Position and Dates paragraphs and
merge it temporarily.
3. You will then be able to select the top two rows, copy, place the
insertion point in the first cell of the third row, and paste.
4. This will give you another listing. Repeat as required.
5. When you have as many items as you need, resplit the merged cell in the
top row of each item.
6. The template creator has not formatted the Position/Date rows as "Keep
with next," but you should do this to prevent them from being separated from
the Location/Details row below.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org