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Duice
Professional CV / Résumé Templates

Welcome
Before we get started, we would like to extend a massive thanks to you for purchasing this template. We’ve spent a lot of time
analysing employer trends to produce templates that not only look great but are structured correctly, are easily accessible and
deliver a clear message. We are absolutely delighted that you have chosen us as part of your process to secure your dream career
move :)

What’s Included
• Read Me (.pdf) – An introduction to your template, our contact details and some frequently asked questions;

• Fonts (.txt) – Links to the fonts used in the creation of your template;

• Cover Letter (.docx / A4 & Letter Sizes) – A completed example to reference when creating your own cover letter;

• Cover Letter Guide (.docx) – Key pointers on how to write a cover letter and what information to include;

• CV / Résumé (.docx / A4 & Letter Sizes) – A completed example to reference when creating your own CV / Résumé;

• CV / Résumé Guide (.docx) – Key pointers on how to write your CV / Résumé and what information to include;
• Complete Application (.pdf) – As seen in the listing, a finalised application saved in .pdf format;

• Icon Pack

• Exclusive offer (.txt) – An exclusive voucher code to pass to a friend or redeem against your next purchase.

FAQs
1.) Why doesn’t it look right? Where can I download the fonts?

Included within this template pack is a TXT file which includes links to all the fonts used in the creation of the template. After
you have installed the fonts you will need to exit MS Word and reload the document for the installed fonts to work.

2.) How do I edit the pie charts? What do they mean?

Your template may include pie charts within the skills section. These are meant to give your future employer a representation
of your strongest 6-10 skills, with the more colour on show the stronger your ability in that skill. Pie charts can be customised
to reflect either technical or personal skills (or both) and could show skills you have touched upon and eager to learn more in.

To edit these charts

• Left click on the chart to select it (make sure you select the chart and not the skill title);
• Now right click on the chart and select edit data (this will open excel);
• Change the numbers to reflect the split you want; exit excel to apply the change.
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3.) How do I change the colour and size of the line charts e.g. Character Traits?

Your template may include line charts. To edit the lines

• Left click on the line you wish to edit;

• Now select Format from the menu bar in the header;
• Choose Shape Outline from within the Shape Styles section and select the colour you wish to use;
• To edit the length make changes within the size area.

4.) How do I add additional pages?

You might wish to extend your template to include additional information. To add additional pages

• Click outside the page (so you can see the cursor flashing at the top i.e. not within the text box);
• Select Insert from the menu bar in the header;
• Choose Blank Page from within the Pages section.

5.) What is the best format to save my finished document in?

We recommend saving your finished document as a .PDF. This will lock in the formatting and retain the look and feel of your
finished document. This is by far the most professional and reliable document format.

6.) My finished document won’t print properly?

Depending on your printer and printer configuration your template may display additional page borders, white boxes around
images, text boxes or other quirks. We can’t answer all questions relating to printer configuration as this is dependent on your
own setup; however, here are a few pointers

• In MS Word select Print > Page Setup > Paper > Print Options – you are given additional options that might relate to
a problem you are having. Print drawings created in Word and Print background colours and images are common areas
to investigate;
• Try saving your document as a .PDF and printing via Acrobat;
• We recommend for the best quality taking your completed files to a local printing shop and printing on quality paper
no less than 100 gsm.

7.) I can’t seem to edit the content of the file?

Firstly make sure you are opening the .DOCX file in Microsoft Word and NOT Acrobat, Photoshop, OpenOffice, MS Works,
Pages, WordPad or any other software. As per the listing these templates are designed to be used with Microsoft Word and
we can’t guarantee they will render properly or even work with any other programmes. Word is available to download on a
trial basis from the Microsoft website.

8.) How do I change the paper size or orientation of the document?

The document has been designed in a traditional European A4 format; however, you might wish to change the size to
something else. To edit the page size just

• Select Page Layout from the menu bar header;

• Choose Size or Orientation and select your desired size.

Please note: any amendments to the standard A4 size used will require some additional adjustments to the elements within
the page.
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9.) My template includes a photo placeholder, how do I replace it with my own (ensuring the same dimensions)?

We recommend using a good quality square headshot (it is important to use a good quality image in order to retain image
quality when saving to .PDF). To replace the placeholder do the following

• Right click on the picture and choose change picture;

• Select the image you wish to replace it with;
• Once uploaded you may need to size or crop to ensure it is in the right position;
• To make alterations, select the image, choose Format from the menu bar, and navigate to the size options.
• To ensure the same dimensions use a square photo.

10.) When saving to PDF the images appear distorted, how do I increase the resolution?

When saving a Word document as a PDF file there is compression process that can reduce the quality of images. If you
experience problems try the following

• Navigate to File > Options > Advanced;

• Scroll down to the heading Image Size And Quality;
• Untick Do not compress images in file and set the default target output to 220 ppi.

Even after unchecking the do not compress images tab Word still likes to compress images. To stop this you can also do the
following

• Navigate to File > Save As > Tools (next to the save button);
• From the dropdown select Compress Pictures;
• Make sure Delete cropped areas of pictures is ticked. Set the target output to Print (220 ppi).

11.) When saving to PDF the images appear grey, background colours change.

If you are having problems with exporting to .pdf then this is likely to be related to your print settings. To fix do the following

• Navigate to File > Options > Display;

• Within the Printing Options ensure that the Print background colors and images option is checked.

12.) How do I change the colour of the images?

It is possible to change the colour of images within your template. To do this

• Select the image you wish to change;

• Within the menu bar navigate to Format > Color and make your selection.

13.) When saving my document the text sometimes disappears – how do I get it back?

Many of our documents are built using layers, Word has a slight quirk where it can re-order these layers when the document is
saved.

• Open Page Layout > Selection Pane and inspect the order (the borders, background colours etc need to be at the
back (the bottom) and the text at the front (the top)).
• You can also try right clicking on the text box which now appears where your text was and Right Click > Send to Back.

Contact Us
We have tried to answer the most common queries, if you still need help after reading these instructions please do not hesitate in
contacting us via Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/uk/people/introduice) or contact.introduice@gmail.com and we will be happy to help.

Finally, share the love. If you have enjoyed this purchase or wish to share a success story as a result of your template please leave a
review on our Etsy shop :) – Good luck!