How to Design a Resume as a PDF Graphic
Designing your resume as a PDF (Portable Document Format) graphic is a smart way to ensure that your resume is protected. The PDF format allows your resume to appear unaltered from its original form regardless of whose hands touch it. This can be beneficial when you want to ensure that the information on your resume is not tampered with in any way.
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Create your resume in Microsoft Word, as a Word document. If you like, choose a resume template from Microsoft's template library within your Word program.
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Save the resume as a .doc file when you have finished by clicking on "File" and "Save As."
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Visit the Adobe Acrobat website by clicking on the link in "Resources."
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Click on the option to "Sign In."
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Select the option to "Sign Up" for a new Acrobat account. Provide your name, email address, password, and location to complete the sign-up process. After signing up you may be prompted to sign in again. If so, enter your email address as the username and the password that you created during signup.
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Click on the tab "Create PDF."
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Select the "Browse" button to locate the resume Word document that was saved on your computer.
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Click on the "Create PDF" button to create the PDF graphic. After the file has been converted, it will appear under the "AZ" tab at the bottom of your window. Click on the file to open it.
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Click on the "Download" button that is located on the right hand side of your window to download the PDF document onto your computer. After the download, open the PDF document on your computer. The document will appear as an uneditable PDF graphic.
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Change the PDF graphic's extension to .jpeg by taking a screenshot of the PDF while it is open. For Macintosh users, simply hit "Apple + Shift + 4" on your keyboard. For Windows Vista, use the built-in "Snipping Tool" by clicking on "Start," "Windows," and performing a search for "Snipping Tool."
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