Resume Size for PDF???

**TheJoshMan** · 08-06-2008, 09:54 PM

Anybody know the document size that should be used for a resume when creating it in PhotoShop as a PDF file? I'm guessing it should be 8in by 11in, but When I view it on my monitor that looks horrendously huge! I don't want to overkill it, but I don't want to go print it out at Kinko's and it look like a thumbnail either. LOL

**TheJoshMan** · 08-06-2008, 10:57 PM

any ideas?

Right now I'm using 8in by 11in at 600dpi, I know it's kinda overkill on the pixel ratio, but I want it to look great on print.

**Medyman** · 08-07-2008, 01:58 AM

8.5 x 11, regular letter sized paper is what you should go with.
As far as resolution, it depends on what you're going to be printing it on.

Usually for laser/injet printers, you should do 300 dpi.

**TheJoshMan** · 08-07-2008, 04:00 AM

Thank you very much

**Twey** · 08-07-2008, 11:44 AM

Photoshop may not be the best tool for the job... I'd do it in LaTeX, personally.

**TheJoshMan** · 08-07-2008, 12:02 PM

wow, LaTex is MONSTEROUS! 673mb... What kind of program is this? I'm downloading because I can't find any sort of examples or anything on the site. Is it "user friendly"?

**Medyman** · 08-07-2008, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by http://www.latex-project.org/intro.html

LaTeX is not a word processor! Instead, LaTeX encourages authors not to worry too much about the appearance of their documents but to concentrate on getting the right content

I recognize that there are a lot of badly designed resumes out there, but removing all formatting might not be the best way to go about things.

**Twey** · 08-07-2008, 01:53 PM

I recognize that there are a lot of badly designed resumes out there, but removing all formatting might not be the best way to go about things.

Rather than 'removing all formatting' LaTeX seeks to separate the problem domains of formatting and content, and provides a large number of packages for common formatting cases so that, in most cases, you indeed don't have to worry too much about the formatting. It's something like HTML and CSS, but designed for print rather than the Web. It's more or less an industry standard.

**smswetz** · 08-08-2008, 03:14 PM

I would go about using Microsoft Word with a resume template, fill it all in, then go ahead and make an 8.5x11 page in photoshop. You can copy the text/formatting from Microsoft word and then put it in PS, and design accordingly. You shouldn't need anything more than 300dpi though.