Page Layout ⇒ Indented Paragraph with Date on left Side

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Hi!

I am writing a CV in LaTeX (or I am trying it ). To list my previous work experiences I would like to use a "special" format. Its hard to describe it, so I will show you my efforts and the problems.

Example

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Example format:

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Date       [b]Header[/b]
           Details

I found two possibilities:

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\newenvironment{myindentpar}[1]%
{\begin{list}{}%
         {\setlength{\leftmargin}{#1}}%
         \item[]%
}
{\end{list}}

% Education
    Date \indent{Headline}
    \begin{myindentpar}{3cm}
   text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text
    text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text
     text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text
      text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text
    \end{myindentpar}

Second Example

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\begin{tabular}{p{28mm}l}
\raisebox{\baselineskip}{Date} & 
\begin{tabular}{l}% first nested table
\bf Headline\\
some text line 1\\
some text line 2\\
\end{tabular}
\end{tabular}

Current Problems:
1.Version:

• Header and Paragraph have different margins (to the left side)

2.Version:

• If the Date is a Range like (12.05.2009-23.12.2390) there is no line break and the result is overlapping text.
• I have to insert line breaks on my own - line for line

How can I optimize the second version? Is there a way to activate auto-"line breaking"? How should I handle long Date-definitions?

[localghost]

Before you try to reinvent the wheel, you should take a look at some classes and packages that support writing a CV [1]. I'm pretty sure there will be a class or package that comes into question.

If you insist to do that on your own, you can always use a list or table structure to get the desired alignment. If you run into trouble, feel free to ask further targeted questions.

[1] The TeX Catalogue Online, Topic Index - Writing Applications for a Job / CV


Thorsten