How to create a resume without a template in WPS Office Word

In this article, you will know how to create a resume without a template in WPS Office Word with only 7 simple steps as following:

Steps to create a resume without a template in WPS Office Word:

l Set the Page Layoutfirst when you createa resume

1. Click the Page Layout to set the page Size to A4 and the page Margins to Narrow.

l Divide the overall layout of your resume

1. Click the Insert tab, click the Shapes drop-down button, select Rectangles, draw the shape with the mouse and place it in the appropriate position;

2. We can make some simple adjustments to the shape, such as modifying the color, and cancelling the border.

l Enter Your Information in your resume

1.Insert the text box to fill in five pieces of information, which are personal introduction, job experiences, educational background, self-assessment and skills.

2. Set the text box to no color and no line.

l Beautify your resume to make it templatable

1. Select the important content tomake itbold, enlarge and modifyits color.

2. Add  Bullets to the body content.

l Add subtitles to your resume

1. Insert twoRounded Rectangles and put them together, and insert an icon to the shapes.

2. Insert the text box to fill in a subtitle and make the subtitle bold and modify its color and font size.

l Group the objects in your resume

1. Head to the Home tab and click the Select drop-down button to choose Select Objects.

2. Select all the elements of the subtitle and head to the Drawing Tools tab and click theGroupdrop-down button to click Group.

3.Hold down the shortcut key CTRL+Shift to quickly copy and paste the remaining subtitles.

4. Insert a line to connect these subtitles.

5. Choose the line and head to the Drawing Tools tab to click the Send backward drop-down button to select Send to Back.

l Insert your photo to complete the resume creation

1. Insert your photo, and click Crop drop-down button. You can set the shape of the photo.

After completing the above steps, you will have aformal resume without using a template.

What is Group in WPS Writer?

Group function  is a graphics processing function in Microsoft Office Word software, which can combine multiple independent shapes into a graphical object, and then move and modify the size of the combined graphical object.

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