Open Microsoft Word. Go to the Start Menu and move your mouse up to Programs. Locate Microsoft Word and click one on it.
Familiarize yourself with the look and feel of this application. Click here for a detailed description the different portions of the MS Word screen.
Go to File under the menu bar and move down to New.
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When the below dialog box is shown, choose Letters &
Faxes. Then choose Professional Resume.dot. On the right hand
side where it say Create New, be sure Document is clicked on.
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With your mouse, click and highlight the area where it say
Click Here and Type Address.
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With your mouse, click and highlight the area where it says
Put Phone, Fax and Email here.
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With your mouse, click and highlight the area where it says
Max Benson.
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With your mouse, click and highlight the area where it says
Click here and type objective.
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Type in an objective. You can make up any objective
that you choose.
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With your mouse, click and highlight the dates (years) in
the Experience section and type in new years (any years you choose).
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With your mouse, click and highlight the company name in the
Experience section and type a new company name (any company name you
choose).
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With your mouse, click and highlight the city in the
Experience section and type a new city (any city you choose).
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With your mouse, click and highlight the Title (National
Sales Manager) in the
Experience section and type a new Title (any Title you choose).
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With your mouse, click and highlight the bullet points
(Increased sales. . .) in the
Experience section and type a new bullet point (any bullet point you choose).
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With your mouse, click and highlight the all bullet
points (as seen in Step 16) in the
Experience section and type new bullet points (any bullet points you choose).
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Repeat Steps 12-17 for all the appropriate areas in the
Experience section. You can fill in these areas with any information
that you choose.
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With your mouse, click and highlight the dates (years) in
the Education section and type in new years (any years you choose).
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With your mouse, click and highlight the School Name in the
Education section and type in new School Name (any School Name you choose).
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With your mouse, click and highlight the School's City in the
Education section and type in new the School's City (any city you choose).
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With your mouse, click and highlight the bullet point in the
Education section and type in new the bullet point (any bullet point choose).
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With your mouse, click and highlight the Interests section and type in
any interests (any interest you want).
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With your mouse, click and highlight the Tips section and
hit the delete key. This will remove the entire section.
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Spell check your resume by going to the Toolbar and clicking on the Spell Check
button. This will then show you any spelling or grammar errors.
If you like the option they are offering you click on the Change button. If
you do not want to change it, hit the Ignore button.
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When the spell and grammar check is completed you will be
prompted with a message. Hit the OK button.
Go to File on the menu bar. Drag down until you reach
Save As. Click on Save As. Name your file MyProfessionalResume
and Save as file type Word Document.
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Go to File on the menu bar. Drag down until you reach
Save As. Click on Save As. Name your file MyProfessionalResume
and Save as file type Text.
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Go to File on the menu bar. Drag down until you reach
Save As. Click on Save As. Name your file MyProfessionalResume
and Save as file type Rich Text Format.
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Go to File on the menu bar. Drag down until you reach
Save As. Click on Save As. Name your file MyProfessionalResume
and Save as file type HTML document.
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Close all open windows by clicking on the X in the upper
right hand corner.
Go to File on the menu bar. Drag down until you reach
Open. Click on Open and you will be able to locate the files that you
just created.
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Now, Locate the .doc file that you just created (MyProfessionalResume.doc). Once found click open. You
resume will
look like this.
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Go to File on the menu bar. Drag down until you reach
Open. Click on Open and locate the .txt file that you just created (MyProfessionalResume.txt). Once found click open. You
resume will
look like this.
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Go to File on the menu bar. Drag down until you reach
Open. Click on Open and locate the .rtf file that you just created (MyProfessionalResume.rtf). Once found click open. You
resume will
look like this.
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Go to File on the menu bar. Drag down until you reach
Open. Click on Open and locate the .htm file that you just created (MyProfessionalResume.htm). Once found click open. You
resume will
look like this.
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