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A template decides the layout of your resume: where the header sits, whether there is a sidebar, and how headings and entries look. You can switch templates at any time. Your content, fonts and colors stay the same.
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Open your resume

From Documents, open the resume you want to change.
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Switch to Design

Select Design at the top of the editor, or press 2 while you are not typing in a field.
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Find the Template group

Template is the first group in the Design panel. Use the row of links at the top of the panel (Template, Type, Color, Page, Advanced) to jump between groups.
The Template group in the Design panel, showing the All, One column, Two columns and ATS-safe filters, a template counter, and thumbnails of the Azurill, Bronzor, Chikorita and Ditgar templates with Azurill checked

The template gallery, with filters and the current template checked

Each thumbnail shows the first page of your resume in that template, so you can judge it with your real content. While the thumbnails are being drawn, you briefly see a sample image instead. The chips above the thumbnails narrow the list: The counter on the right (for example “7 of 17 shown”) tells you how many templates match.

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Preview and apply a template

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Preview it on the page

Hover over a thumbnail, or move to it with Tab. The page on the right redraws in that template, and a label above it reads “Previewing name · click to apply”. Nothing is saved yet.
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Apply it

Click the thumbnail. The template is applied and a message confirms the change, with an Undo button if you change your mind.
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Or go back

Move the pointer away from the thumbnails, or press Esc, to return to your current template.
The Design panel with the pointer over the Chikorita thumbnail, and the page on the right showing the resume in the Chikorita template with a dark label reading Previewing Chikorita, click to apply

Hovering over Chikorita previews it on the page before you apply it

On a phone or tablet, press and hold a thumbnail to preview it, then tap it to apply it. On phones, Design opens as a sheet over the lower half of the page and the templates scroll sideways in a strip.

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The 17 templates

All templates support the same sections and features. They differ only in how they arrange your information. The images below use the same resume in each template. In a one-column template, sections you placed in the sidebar print after the main sections instead of beside them. Bronzor prints them as labelled rows. On two-column templates you can move the sidebar to the other side; see Arranging the layout.
First page of a resume in the Azurill template: centred photo and header, sidebar on the left

Azurill

First page of a resume in the Bronzor template: one column with labelled section rows

Bronzor

First page of a resume in the Chikorita template: header over the main column and a colored sidebar on the right

Chikorita

First page of a resume in the Ditgar template: header inside a colored left sidebar

Ditgar

First page of a resume in the Ditto template: colored header band across the page, sidebar on the left

Ditto

First page of a resume in the Gengar template: header in a colored left sidebar with a tinted summary band

Gengar

First page of a resume in the Glalie template: header and contact details in a light left sidebar

Glalie

First page of a resume in the Kakuna template: centred header, one column

Kakuna

First page of a resume in the Lapras template: one column with sections in outlined boxes

Lapras

First page of a resume in the Leafish template: tinted header across the page, sidebar on the right

Leafish

First page of a resume in the Meowth template: one column with position, organization and period on one line

Meowth

First page of a resume in the Onyx template: one column with the photo beside the header

Onyx

First page of a resume in the Pikachu template: colored header block over the main column, sidebar on the left

Pikachu

First page of a resume in the Porygon template: a bordered header of field cells and each section as a ruled table under a solid title bar

Porygon

First page of a resume in the Rhyhorn template: minimal top header and one column

Rhyhorn

First page of a resume in the Scizor template: one column with uppercase section headings

Scizor

First page of a resume in the Smeargle template: a large serif name under a small uppercase kicker, an italic introduction and italic section headings

Smeargle

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Tips for choosing

  • Applying through job portals? Start with the ATS-safe filter. Two-column layouts can be read out of order by applicant tracking systems, and Check mode warns you when sidebar sections might be affected. See Checking your resume.
  • Lots of experience? Compare how full each thumbnail’s first page looks. After you apply a template, the page count in the zoom bar at the bottom of the page tells you the total.
  • Judge with real content. Because the gallery draws your own resume, fill in your details first and then pick.

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Reset the design settings

If you have changed a lot of design settings and want a clean slate, open Advanced at the bottom of the Design panel and select Reset design defaults. This resets fonts, text size, line height, colors, level style, sidebar width, margins, spacing and the icon and underline switches. Your template, paper size, language, date format, section placement and custom CSS stay as they are. A message offers Undo. The reset doesn’t depend on the template: every template goes back to the same standard settings (IBM Plex Serif at 10 pt, a red accent, circle levels and hidden section icons). Pick a font pairing and accent color again afterwards if you want a different starting point.
If Design’s controls are greyed out, the resume is locked. Open the document name menu at the top left and select Unlock editing.

Customizing typography

Pick a font pairing, text size and density.

Choosing colors

Set the accent color and check it reads well.

Arranging the layout

Move the sidebar, change its width and split sections across pages.

Fitting content on a page

Keep your resume to the number of pages you planned.