When I had my CV professionally formatted, the company used tables for formatting my contact info at the top of the CV. The company used word, by the way.
A company I once worked at used tables for formatting fields on forms so that everything looked proper when printed, and so information could be modified without the need to reformat everything. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 14 Apr 2014, at 9:19, Jim Gatteys <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually I was not a word user. > but I do think that programs need to be intuitive to us and if they are not > then we should find a program that is. That's why I believe some people like > macs and some people like pc's. > And creating a table where one tab would do the job quite professionally > seems like a waste of time and effort to me. > > Jim > >> On Apr 13, 2014, at 4:13 PM, Nicholas Parsons >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Tables are actually more professional formatting tools; more professional >> than tabs which were work arounds from the type writer days when tables as >> we know them didn't exist. >> >> Anyway, there's always a learning curve when you use a new OS or new >> software. I bet you didn't just open Word for the first time and >> instinctively knew how everything worked. You, like most of us, probably >> used Word over many years and gradually learnt more and more features, so by >> the time you switch to Pages there's a lot you've come to expect from a word >> processor, and of course it's going to take time to learn how to do all >> those things in a new application. >> >> Using a simple word processor to write instead of format is a good idea. >> LaTex is one that might be perfect for you, though I haven't got into it >> yet. The one I like is Scrivener, and it has a free trial as well. It's no >> good for formatting, but great for writing. >> >> Best, >> Nic >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
