Proofing and printing your resume

Pt. 3 of 3 | 3:22 |

Creating your Resume in Microsoft Word 2007

Thursday April 30, 2009

Now you have entered all your details into the resume you're ready to finish it off. We show you how to save the file, how to spell check it and we offer tips for proofreading your resume. We show you how to print it and how to find, download and use a Microsoft Word add-in that lets you save Microsoft Word documents as PDF file format.

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Show Notes

- Save your resume file by choosing Office button > Save and select a folder and give the file a name. So anyone can read your resume, save it as a Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc) by selecting the appropriate option from the Save as Type list.

- Spell check your resume. Click the Review tab > Spelling & Grammar and step through clicking Change or Ignore Once as required.

- Proof the document reading it carefully. Read it out aloud and ideally, have someone else check it for you too.

- Preview the document before printing by clicking the Office button > Print > Print Preview.

- If the document is ready for printing, click the Print button. Otherwise click Close Print Preview.

- To save your resume as a PDF file, you will need to download and install an add-in for Microsoft Office 2007 from this site:
Microsoft Download site for Office 2007 PDF file save Add-in

- With the Office 2007 PDF file save Add-in installed, save your Word file as a PDF: click the Office Button > Save As > Adobe PDF.

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