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An entry is one item inside a section: a single job, degree, skill or award. This guide shows how to add and change entries in Write mode, move them between sections and pages, and use the fields that only some entries have, such as skill levels and job roles.

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Before you start

Open a resume in Write mode and open the section you want to work in by selecting its title in the Sections · print order list. If the section isn’t there yet, add it first: see Managing sections.

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Open and edit an entry

A closed entry shows its title and a line of details, such as the company, location and dates. Select it to open its fields. Only one entry is open at a time, and the open entry is outlined on the page with an Editing tag. You can also select any block on the page to open the matching entry. Everything you type saves as you go. There is no save button.
The Description field is a rich text editor with bold, lists, links and more. See Formatting text.

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Add an entry

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Select the add button

At the bottom of an open section, select the add button named after the section, such as Add experience or Add skill. You can also open the section’s ⋯ menu and select Add entry.
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Fill in the main field

The new entry opens at the end of the section with its first field ready for typing. It’s marked Draft until its main field has text, and a note tells you which field that is, for example “Appears on the page once it has a company.”
An open Experience entry titled Untitled with a Draft badge and the note Appears on the page once it has a company, followed by empty Position, Company, Location, Dates, Link and Description fields and an Add role button.

A new Experience entry, still a draft

The main field for each kind of entry is listed in Fields by section type. Drafts are kept, but they don’t print until that field is filled.

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Reorder entries

Entries print in the order they’re listed. To move one:
  • Hover over the entry and drag it by the handle on its left edge.
  • Or select the entry’s title and press ⌥ Option + ↑ or ↓ (Alt + ↑ or ↓ on Windows and Linux).
For Experience and Education, Sort by date in the section’s ⋯ menu orders all entries at once, newest first.

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The entry menu

Each entry has its own ⋯ menu on the right of its title.
An Experience entry's menu showing Hide from page, Duplicate, Move to… and Delete. The Move to… submenu lists Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 and New page, and Page 2 is open, offering the Earlier Experience section and New section.

The entry menu with Move to… open on Page 2

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Hide an entry from the page

Select Hide from page. The entry gets a Hidden badge and stops printing, but keeps all its content. Select Show on page in the same menu to bring it back. This is useful for keeping an older job on file without showing it on every version of your resume.

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Duplicate an entry

Select Duplicate. An exact copy appears right below the original and opens, so you can change the details. Use it when two entries share most of their text.

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Move an entry to another section or page

Select Move to…, then a page. For each page you see:
  • The sections on that page that hold the same kind of entry. An Experience entry can only move to another Experience-type section, including custom ones.
  • New section, which creates a new custom section of the same type at the end of that page, named after the section the entry came from.
At the bottom, New page adds a page to the resume with a new section holding the entry. When you move the last entry out of a custom section, that empty section is removed. If this leaves a page empty (other than the first page), the page is removed too.
Moving older jobs into a second section on page 2 is a tidy way to split a long work history. Rename the new section, for example to “Earlier Experience”, from its ⋯ menu.

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Delete an entry

Select Delete in the entry menu, or the trash icon that appears next to an open entry’s title. The entry is removed right away, and the Entry deleted message has an Undo button if you change your mind.

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Fields by section type

The main field is the one an entry needs before it prints. Awards, Certifications and Publications have a single Date; the others have a start and end. See Entering dates. Most entries have a Link field for a web address; you can type it with or without https://. The tag icon in the field adds a label, so the page shows text such as “Portfolio” instead of the full address. Tick Show link in title to turn the entry’s title into the link instead of printing the link on its own line.

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Keywords

Skills and Interests take a list of keywords, such as the tools behind a skill. Type a keyword and press Enter or , to add it. Use the pencil on a keyword to edit it, or the × to remove it. To print keywords as a bulleted list instead of a line, use Keyword layout in the Skills section’s ⋯ menu.

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Level, icon and colour

Select More options below a skill, language, interest or profile to see the less common fields.
An open Skills entry named Unity Engine with Proficiency Expert, three keywords, and More options expanded to show a Level slider at 5 / 5, an icon button and an Icon colour button.

A skill with More options open

  • Level is a slider from 0 to 5 that prints as dots, bars or icons next to the skill or language. At 0 it reads Hidden and no level prints. The shape of the level marker is chosen in Design → Advanced.
  • The icon button picks an icon to print before the entry, and Icon colour sets its colour. Leave the colour empty to use the template’s. Entry icons print only while Icons in contact line is on in Design → Page.

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Show career progression with roles

If you held several positions at the same company, add them as roles under one Experience entry instead of repeating the company.
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Open the Experience entry

Open the entry for the company.
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Add roles

Select Add role at the bottom of the entry. Each role has its own Position, Dates and Description. Add one role per position you held.
3

Order the roles

Use the up and down arrows on each role to change the order, usually the most recent first. The trash icon removes a role.
Role 1, Senior Game Developer from March 2024 to Present, and Role 2, Game Developer from March 2022 to February 2024, each with Position, Dates and Description fields and move and delete buttons, followed by an Add role button.

Two roles under one Experience entry

The page prints the company and the entry’s own details first, then each role with its dates:
The Experience section on the page: Cascade Studios, Seattle, WA, March 2022 to Present, followed by Senior Game Developer, March 2024 to Present, and Game Developer, March 2022 to February 2024.

How the roles print

Some things to know about roles:
  • The entry’s own Description remains editable and prints alongside the role descriptions.
  • The entry’s own Dates can cover the whole time at the company. Its Position prints above the roles unless it repeats a role’s Position; repeated text is shown once.
  • A role without a Position doesn’t print.

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On a phone

On a phone, an open entry fills the screen. The back button at the top is named after the section and takes you back to the list, and the trash icon deletes the entry. Everything else works the same way.