by bilmaw on Graphic River | http://graphicriver.net/user/bilmaw

TEMPLATE DOCUMENTATION | VERSION 1.0 | FEBRUARY 2012

TEMPLATE DOCUMENTATION

TEMPLATE STYLES

ALSO INCLUDES:

MASTER PAGES

for Adobe InDesign CS4+ / Photoshop CS2+

Master Pages explained and what they are for

All of the Paragraph/Character & Object Styles explained with examples

Getting Started Guide

Overview of Baseline Grid & Type Alignment

Tips and Guides for InDesign to make the most of your Template purchase

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Everything you need to know about this professional template and how to create your own beautiful layouts and include your own information.

Lets get started...

Template Contents

From the Author

Thank you for purchasing this template and hopefully you will find it easy to update and use.

You will find well organised Master Pages, Swatches, Object and Paragraph/Character Styles. The resume has been all set up for you and is ready to go. Even a novice in InDesign will be able to create beautiful layouts.Now well go through how things are organised and used, plus tips on editing text and placing your images.

The InDesign files included are:

Twenty INDD files in the folder CS5. Five A4 and Five Letter sized templates in Five Colours each, Dark and Light versions. indd for use in CS5.

Twenty IDML files in the folder CS4. Five A4 and Five Letter sized templates in Five Colours each, Dark and Light versions. idml for use in CS4.

Both groups of files are identical and include all Styles and Master Pages.

Also included are Photoshop (PSD) Dark and Light versions and this documentation PDF.

I hope you find everything you need in this documentation and have fun creating your own Resume/CV.

If you have any questions about the template or this help file, you can contact me at Graphic River or visit www.bilmaw.com and use the contact page. Enjoy! ~ Billy (bilmaw)

Creating your Resume/CV with Master Pages

This template uses Master Pages, all set-up for instant use. There are templates for each different section used in this template. The following page has in-depth descriptions of each Master Page.

Each page has been created for you but if you would like to add more and edit pages follow these instructions. Create a new page in your document via the Pages Panel > Insert Pages or with the Menu Layout > Pages > Insert Pages and then select which Master youd like to use.

To be able to edit the text in the Master Pages Text Box on the Page youve created, hold down Ctrl - Shift (PC) or Cmd - Shift (Mac) and click on the Blue Text Frame. This command overrides the Master Page and makes the Text Box editable.

To place your images in the Red Graphics Frames, choose File > Place from the Menu (or press Ctrl/Cmd + D) and click with the cursor inside the Red Frame.

Using the Horizontal Text Baseline Grid

Font Info

Image Credits

This template has been carefully constructed and uses a perfectly aligned Typography Grid, based on the Body Text font size, to create sleek and organised layouts with minimal effort.

The Blue Horizontal Baseline Grid is used by the majority of the Paragraph Styles and automatically aligns your text. You can turn the Baseline Grid On/Off under Menu > View > Grids & Guides > Hide/Show Baseline Grid. If you want a quick preview of your layout without any guides just press W, this will allow you to quickly assess how your layout is shaping up.

Fonts used are Aller, available from: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Aller

Template Documentation

Images used are from the Envato Asset Library. All image copyright is retained by the images original owner. The images used in the template preview are for illustrative purposes only and are not included in the download.

Editing Master items on a page (overriding): Ctrl/Cmd Shift-click on the text box.

TIP

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Template Master PagesAn overview of the Master Page Templates that are included and their functionality (Light versions shown, Dark versions also included).

R1-Resume 1 R2-Resume 2

R1-Resume 1

R2-Resume 2

P-Portfolio

P-Portfolio

CL-Cover Letter

CL-Cover Letter

This is the first page for the Resume/CV. Includes sections for a small photograph, your personal information, social networks, work experience, education and personal/personal skills. You can change the colour of the skills markers to visually represent your skillset.

This is the second page for the Resume/CV. Includes sections for a personal statement, awards or accomplishments, professional statement and references.

This is a letter of introduction to your application. Sections for the recipients address, date, your address, contact information and the letter itself.

Depending on the position you are applying for you may need some visual support. This page includes sections for main and thumbnail images and a sidebar for image captions.

Use Quick Apply (Ctrl/Cmd - Enter) to apply any style to text without using your mouse.

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Template Paragraph StylesAn explanation of the included Styles and how they are used to customise your layouts.

Explanation of Based On

Group: Top Page

Group: Large Subtitle

Group: Title

Group: Body Text

The styles in InDesign have a clever feature in that you can create a style based on another. Meaning if you change an attribute in the parent or starting style, each style that its based on will follow those changes.

This feature is present in the main styles used in this template including Titles, Subtitles and Body text. For example: if you edit the font in the first of these styles in a group, they will all change accordingly.

This feature can also be switched off by choosing [No Paragraph Style] under Based On: to make the style function independently.

John SmithYour Profession

> Large Title

> Top Subtitle Grey

> Subtitle - Colour

> Title - Black

> Title - White

> Body Text 9pt BLACK

> Body Text 9pt BLACK (WHITE) CENTRE

> Body Text 9pt BLACK RIGHT

> Body Text 9pt WHITE

> Title - Colour

> Small Title - BLACK LEFT(RIGHT)

Title

Title

Title

Title

// Experience Description of the position and the responsibilities you had in this post. Nullam pulvinar pulvinar mattis.

Description of the position and the responsibilities you

had in this post. Nullam pulvinar pulvinar mattis.

Description of the position and the responsibilities you

had in this post. Nullam pulvinar pulvinar mattis.

Description of the position and the responsibilities you had in this post. Nullam pulvinar pulvinar mattis.

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Template Character / Object StylesAn explanation of the included Character / Object Styles, how they relate to Paragraph Styles and using them to customise your layouts.

The Character Styles included are used for inline styles, for example, highlighting a word in the title of a layout. You can see examples throughout the sample layouts and they are very versatile in expanding the options available.

About Character Styles

About Object Styles

Character Styles

Object Styles

To use just highlight the text you wish to style and click the name of the Style in the Character Styles palette. These styles can be applied to any Paragraph Style, so please experiment and use the samples in the template as a guide.

This text is body text with the style applied to these words.

> Bold - This Style allows you to make inline text bold for highlighting important parts or items such as E: before email etc.

> Light Grey Bold - This Style allows you to make inline text bold and grey for highlighting intros on titles (Subtitle - Colour).

// Education

Object Styles are used for the graphic elements in your layouts. They are very useful as you can not only store attributes like colour and stroke but you can define the Paragraph Styles of text contained in the box.

Included are styles for specific elements of the layouts as well as some generic styling which can be used anywhere, so feel free to experiment.

NOTE: Object Styles dont control size or position but you can copy and paste or refer to the Master Pages for examples.

> Thin Grey Line - This style is mainly used for the dividers in the layout but can also be applied to arrows or shapes if required.

> Photo Frame - This style adds a white border and subtle drop shadow to your photo.

> Caption Text Box - This style adds inset spacing to the Text Box and adds the Paragraph Style Title-White for quick styling of your numbers or captions.

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Placing an image in a Red Graphic Frame: Use File > Place or press Ctrl/Cmd-D and click on the frame.

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Template Photoshop VersionsThere are Photoshop (PSD) versions of the InDesign Templates included, heres a quick run through...

The PSD Files are well organised into Layers and Layer Groups, and include Guides for Bleed/Safe Zone. All fonts and graphics are included and are identical to the InDesign Master Pages.

There is a PSD for each page of the Resume (4 in total) and they contain layers for both Dark and Light versions.

Guides are in a Green Layer at the top, these are for reference so be sure to hide them before printing.

Each permanent layer is Red, you can leave these on after editing them as they belong to both Light and Dark versions.

Light layers are Yellow and Dark Layers are Purple so switch these colours on and off to create either Dark or Light versions.

The image placeholders are Smart Objects, so just double click the layer icon, paste in your image, save, close and your done!

The PSD Files included were created with CS5 and saved with Maximum Compatibility enabled. They have been tested as far back as Photoshop CS2 and are fully intact and editable.

Photoshop File / .psd

Backwards Compatability

Above: Example of the PSD files included.There are versions for all the InDesign Master Pages.

Above: Screenshot of the PSD Layers. Green guides, Red Permanent layers, and Yellow for Light, Purple for Dark versions.

In the folder PSD, there is a ZIP for the Four A4 size Templates (PSD A4) and the Four US Letter size Templates (PSD US Letter). Each PSD contains the layers to create Dark and Light Versions from the one PSD. They are all in the main orange colour, as file size restrictions mean I cant include all the colour variations in PSD format, but its very easy to change the colours in Photoshop.

by bilmaw on Graphic River | http://graphicriver.net/user/bilmaw