Curriculum Vitae with LaTeX

[Mathias COQBLIN]

Looking for ways to make CVs with LaTeX, I came accross this little package: moderncv

Can be rendered with different syles (2 samples of my own CV linked with this post)

Sources can be found here: http://johmathe.nonutc.fr/ressources/cv_uvs.tar.bz2 (self-explanatory)

[Olivier FINOT]

Here is a more recent version of the package proposing other colours than blue and also the possibility to add a photo.
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/ ... /moderncv/

Again for more information see the example files.

[gdesvignes]

I already use this package. It's pretty usefull !
But ! There is always a "but". I have so much information to write... And I have no more place.
I looked for a way to change marging of \section and \subsection.
If anyone have a solution ?!

[Vincent]

Hello,

I looked for a way to change marging

I suppose you mean "margin" ?

If I understand correctly what you are setting out to achieve, I think the proper solution would be to change the page layout either directly with \hoffset and/or \oddsidemargin (package layout), or indirectly using the geometry package.

However if you were thinking of the vertical space surrounding sections and subsections (which is not a margin at all, but my crystal ball tells me that's what you really had in mind) then the simplest solution -- which I used in my own CV -- is to use negative vertical space if and when needed : \vspace{-1cm} for instance.

To change the spacing consistently across the whole document would require editing the class file, which is not necessarily a good idea. If you want to try it, look into the CLS file and find

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% usage: \section{<title>}
\newcommand*{\section}[1]{%
	\vspace*{2.5ex \@plus 1ex \@minus .2ex}%

Then change the value to whatever floats your boat.

[gdesvignes]

You're right, this is exactly what I meant !!!!
How does this macro work ? I try something :

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\vspace{-1cm}
\section{\textbf{Expériences}}
\subsection{Stages informatiques}
....my boring works...

But it seems this is the \subsection has been moved, not the \section...

[Vincent]

You're right,

Always.

I try something [...] But it seems this is the \subsection has been moved, not the \section...

I cannot reproduce this problem.

Blind guesses: Try adding \\ after the vspace command to close the line, or using a double carriage return. If this fails, try the starred version: \vspace*{...} -- especially if you are at the beginning of a page -- with and without carriage returns.

If all fails, post your tex file along with the exact modern cv .cls and .sty which you are using (one archive plz, use the forum's upload attachment feature), and I'll try and figure it out.

[gdesvignes]

Youhou ! I did it ! (Yes, I'm singing Dora...)
I still don't understand how it works, but I succeed to do something interresting !
Now, I just have to pray that my CV will be beautyful enought for an application ;-)

Thanks ^^