Jim Braden wrote:
Thank you so much for the response. I am getting ready to send out
resumes to many jobs.
Does this mean that this Text Boundary is not seen by the recipient,
but is just a guide for me?
I'm wondering about the "seen" aspect of this? How are you planning to
deliver the resumes? That is, are they being emailed to recipients? If
that is the case, be sure you check carefully the file format you are
saving the file in, since the recipient will need to have the proper
program to read the file in question. If you are using the
File->Send->Document as Email function in OpenOffice.org the file will
be sent in the format you *last* saved it in. If the readers will
likely be using Word, you want to do a File->Save As in Word document
format before using that command--if you send it in native
OpenOffice.org format don't be surprised when a lot of users complain
they can't read the file.
As well, if you use a word processing format, you always run the risk of
the formatting being "fouled up" by various differences on the machine
of the person receiving the file. That potential problem will increase
if they aren't using exactly the same program and version as you are--if
you must (or are determined to) send out your resume in Word document
format, I'd try and find some other machines with various versions of
Microsoft Word and different printers installed to open the resulting
document file on to see if the formatting survives well on screen.
While it's likely your formatting will survive intact, there are always
some issues and the person receiving your resume may be clueless in this
area and may simply decide the problem indicates you are "sloppy". Keep
your formatting simple and be sure you don't "jam" the page, since page
break changes are the most common issue you get when opening a document
on a different machine or changing default printers.
Personally, I prefer to receive resumes and any other type of document
in PDF format--nevertheless, the vast majority of resumes I receive are
in Word document format. My suspicion is the reason for that is simple
laziness and cluelessness on the part of most applicants--the presence
of a "Send" option on the File menu for Word created the situation where
this was seen as "the" way to send someone a letter or other document
via email.
But back to the basic question--the printed version of the resume will
not have a visible text boundary, nor would it appear in a word
processor unless the person using the word processor had turned on such
an option by default (in which case they are used to seeing that).
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