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If you have already typed your full resume, you could apply the following formatting prefs to your document.

However, depending on how you set it up, this might not work.

A Word document with the Narrow Margins option selected via the Layout tab.

Instead, use Word’s in-built narrow margins.

In the Layout tab on the ribbon, click “Margins,” and choose “Narrow.”

Then, press Ctrl+Shift+S, and click “Modify.”

Unformatted resume style names typed into a Word Document.

This will change the other styles to the same typeface, but do check as you go along.

Then, click “OK” twice to shut the dialog boxes.

As soon as you modify a style, the text should change to align with your controls.

The Apply Styles dialog box for the Normal style on Microsoft Word.

That style will then appear in the Style Gallery for later use.

This is how your document should look at this point.

Use Right-Aligned Tab Stops

Remember adding a right-handtab stopin Heading 2?

The Modify Style dialog box with the alignment, typeface, and font size changed.

Now, do the same after the final word of the list.

Click "" to turn off the Show/Hide option, and see your section nicely presented in columns.

More importantly, appreciate the space you’ve saved!

The Paragraph dialog box with spacing settings amended.

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The Borders And Shading dialog box with a border added under the paragraph.

A right tab stop being added in the Tabs dialog box.

Paragraph style settings in Word for a bullet-pointed list.

The top of a resume in Microsoft Word with style names typed into the document.

A resume in Microsoft Word with right-aligned text.

A resume in Word containing a long bullet-pointed list.

The Breaks menu with Continuous selected.

A Word document with the Columns drop-down menu opened.

Columns in a resume section in Word.