Editing Headings in Resume Wizard

[Kristine]

I'm deleveloping curricum for a high school computer applications course. In the course, I have all the students create a resume with the same headings using the Word Resume Wizard. Following this, I'd like to give students the option of editing their resume headings to better suit their individual situations. Apparently, though, the Resume Wizard sets up resumes as tables, and it's cumbersome to delete headings and especially difficult to add them. Does anyone know of an easy way to edit resumes that are created using the Wizard (i.e., a way which does not rely upon having to give students complicated instructions)?

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Bonjour,

Dans son message, < Kristine > écrivait :
In this message, < Kristine > wrote:

|| I'm deleveloping curricum for a high school computer applications course.
In the course, I have
|| all the students create a resume with the same headings using the Word
Resume Wizard. Following
|| this, I'd like to give students the option of editing their resume
headings to better suit their
|| individual situations. Apparently, though, the Resume Wizard sets up
resumes as tables, and it's
|| cumbersome to delete headings and especially difficult to add them. Does
anyone know of an easy
|| way to edit resumes that are created using the Wizard (i.e., a way which
does not rely upon
|| having to give students complicated instructions)?

You have three situations here, and they are all very simple:

1) Delete a heading:
Position the mouse pointer in the left margin next to the heading (a
table row) that you want to delete;
this will select the whole row;
Now right-click on the selected row and select "Delete row".

2) Add a heading:
Click outside the table at the end of the row preceding the heading that
will follow the one you want to add;
The cursor will be next to the end of row marker;
Hit Enter to add a row;
The new row will have the same styles as the one from which you hit
enter;
Just type the heading in the first cell....

3) Modify/Edit an existing heading:
Just select the text in the cell and modify it...

Unless I did not understand your query, it does not seem to be difficult or
cumbersome to do.... no?
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Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
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Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

 

[Kristine]

Thanks for your response. I think that I had found editing resumes that are created using the Wizard to be difficult/cumbersome because I was looking for ways to do so that are similar to editing other Word text documents. What you helped me realize, though, is that I have to approach such resumes as tables, not mere text documents. In other words, if students need to delete a heading, I should simply instruct them to position their cursor in the row and then click Table/Delete/Row. Likewise, if students need to add a new heading, I should instruct them to position their cursor in the following or preceding row, click Table/Insert/Row Above or Row Below, and then type their text. Thank you again for bringing me to this understanding. Take care.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Also, though, pay attention to the Style settings of the items being added.
For more about styles see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm. For
more about tables see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/tables.htm.

Thanks for your response. I think that I had found editing resumes that

are created using the Wizard to be difficult/cumbersome because I was
looking for ways to do so that are similar to editing other Word text
documents. What you helped me realize, though, is that I have to approach
such resumes as tables, not mere text documents. In other words, if students
need to delete a heading, I should simply instruct them to position their
cursor in the row and then click Table/Delete/Row. Likewise, if students
need to add a new heading, I should instruct them to position their cursor
in the following or preceding row, click Table/Insert/Row Above or Row
Below, and then type their text. Thank you again for bringing me to this
understanding. Take care.