How to Use the Microsoft Office Resume Wizard

Office's Resume Wizard lets you create a resume quickly within Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Office's Word includes an array of templates and wizards for creating letters, publications and memos as well as the ability to save any document as a website for sharing the information with others via the Internet. The word-processing application even includes a Resume Wizard that prompts you through the resume-writing process. You don't need a resume-writing book or an additional program to compose your resume. Microsoft Office's Resume Wizard even lets you select the resume layout you want and formatting attributes.

Instructions

1. Open Microsoft Word by clicking on the program's icon on your computer's "Desktop" or by clicking "Start," "All Programs," "Microsoft Word."

2. Click "File," "New." The New Document dialog box will open. Click on the "Other Documents" tab.

3. Double click on the "Resume Wizard" icon. Click "Next" on the first screen of the wizard. Select the style of resume you want to create. Click "Next."

4. Enter your personal information: Name, Address, Phone, Fax and Email address. Click "Next." Select the headings you want to place within your resume. Click "Next."

5. Select any additional headings you want to place within your resume, if desired. Click "Next."

   Change the order of your headings or confirm the headings selected. Click "Finish." The finish-resume template will appear on your computer screen.

6. Click under each heading to enter individual job and other related information in the resume template.

7. Click "File," "Save As." Enter a name for your resume in the "File name" box. Click "Save" to save your resume.

Tips & Warnings

• To print your resume, click "File," "Print," "OK."

References

• Office.Microsoft: Create a Resume
• KB.IU: In Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect, How Can I Create a Resume?

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Office.Microsoft: Basic Resumes