Hello,

I would like to create a resume that looks like the one below. If you have a look at it, you will see that it is divided into section. You have the top left section with a beige background, a selfie, and some contact info. Below that is a section containing skills, certification, and membership. On the right, you have a section at the top with a green background containing the person's name and a short description of their expertise, and a section at the bottom for the professional summary, education, and experience. And finally, at the bottom there's a thin green horizontal strip.

I would like to know how to create sections like this in a word document and how to color their background. From there, I assume that filling in the content is straight forward.

Thank you!

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Go to File | New and then either type "Resume" into the search box or click on the "Resumes and Cover Letters" link below it.
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You will find several examples of resumes that use background colours. Click on some to create an example and you will be able to see how they are constructed.

Typically, they use a combination of shapes, placed in the header to create the background, and tables.

What you are seeing is a table. The sections are cells or groups of cells in the table with different background shading.

Thanks Charles,

Adding tables to my document, coloring the background of the cells, and setting margins to 0 worked!