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Chapter 11 ➤ Step Six: The Big Production

Bonus Check
If you travel and need to be able to print your resume on the run, store it on your laptop
computer, on a floppy disk, on a ZIP disk, or in your e-mail system, so you can access it
from remote locations. Most public computers and printers (such as those at libraries and
copy centers) can produce your document with no problem if you’ve used the standard
fonts listed in this section.

Simply Serif
Sans serif characters don’t have little feet on them. Following are some sans serif fonts that
I like.
Helvetica

Univers

To change the font in your MS Word document
1. Select the particular text you want to change, or choose Select All from the Edit menu.
2. Choose Font in your pull-down toolbar at the top of your screen.
3. Highlight the font you want.

Once you get the hang of changing fonts, you’ll be able to do it in the blink of an eye.

Does Size Matter?
Font sizes are measured by points, and with a few exceptions,
those measurements are standard among the various fonts. Use
either 11 or 12 point for the text of your resume. Don’t be
tempted to use 10 point or smaller in order to make it all fit on
one page; it’ll be too hard to read.
Terms of Employment
The type size for your major headings (Job Objective, Summary of
Qualifications, Professional Experience, and Education) should all Fonts are typefaces, which come
be equal to each other and may be as small as 11 point and as in two styles: serif (with the lit-
large as 13 point. Choose the point size to please your taste, stay- tle feet on the characters) and
ing within the 11- to 13-point limit. sans serif (without the feet).
Although there is no standard size of type for your name on your
resume, a good rule of thumb is that it should be no larger than
18 points and no smaller than 12 points.
You can adjust a font’s point size by pulling down the Format menu from the toolbar. Then
click Font and choose a size from the Size box.

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