Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Trying to make a bulleted list in a table.

[bluecrab]

Hi I am new to the forum but have been using Latex for a bit of time.
Luckily I have been able to find this forum.

For some time I have been trying to do something in latex.
I try, then give up, try again, and ultimately give up.

Take a look at this ( I hope links outside of this site are ok)
http://www.resume-resource.com/extec14.html

Under "Areas of expertise"
You will see a two column bulleted list. How is this done in latex?

All the information I find in the doco and online is to use tabular.
I try this but the tables only fill as much space as what is written.
How do I get the white space like in the resume example above.

I appreciate any help. I searched this forum but I don't know exactly what to search for or it leads me to tabular.

Thanks a lot all and the admins that keep the site running.

Blue.

[gmedina]

Hi,

...You will see a two column bulleted list. How is this done in latex?

It can be done in several ways. In the following example I used the multicol package to temporarily switch to two column mode, and the enumitem package to easily suppress the standard additional vertical space between the list items. The geometry package was used to change the margins of the document. Of course, my example is just that... an example, and you can adapt it according to your needs.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{document}

\begin{multicols}{2}
\begin{itemize}[nolistsep]
  \item Software Development Life Cycle.
  \item Second item.
  \item Third item.
  \item Fourth item.
  \item Statistical Analysis/Probability Theory.
  \item Sixth item.
  \item Seventh item.
  \item Eighth item.
\end{itemize}
\end{multicols}

\end{document}

[bluecrab]

Hi Thank you very much for your help. It seems to have worked!!!

However, in my environment I have changed a few commands and was wondering how I could use them in conjunction with my new commands.
Here is what I have defined:

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% A ressection is a main section (<H1>Section</H1>)
\newenvironment{ressection}[2]{
	\vspace{2pt}
	{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont\Large#1}
	\begin{itemize}
	\vspace{1pt}
}{
	\end{itemize}
}

% A resitem is a simple list element in a ressection (first level)
\newcommand{\resitem}[1]{
	\vspace{-4pt}
	\item \begin{flushleft} #1 \end{flushleft}
}

% A ressubitem is a simple list element in anything but a ressection (second level)
\newcommand{\ressubitem}[1]{
	\vspace{-1pt}
	\item \begin{flushleft} #1 \end{flushleft}
}

% A resbigitem is a complex list element for stuff like jobs and education:
%  Arg 1: Name of company or university
%  Arg 2: Location
%  Arg 3: Title and/or date range
\newcommand{\resbigitem}[3]{
	\vspace{-1pt}
	\item
	\textbf{#1}---#2 \\
	\textit{#3}
}

% This is a list that comes with a resbigitem
\newenvironment{ressubsec}[3]{
	\resbigitem{#1}{#2}{#3}
	\vspace{-2pt}
	\begin{itemize}
}{
	\end{itemize}
}

% This is a simple sublist
\newenvironment{reslist}[1]{
	\resitem{\textbf{#1}}
	\vspace{-5pt}
	\begin{itemize}
}{
	\end{itemize}
}

So now I have different sections set up for my resume.
For example:

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\begin{ressection}{Technical Proficiencies.}

	\resitem{\textbf{Operating Systems:} RHEL, Centos, Debian, Mac OS X, Solaris 5.8, HPUX11, and  Windows. }
\end{ressection}

How would I incorporate the logic you initially sent above with my new commands.

Does that make sense.
I really do appreciate the help and sorry for the delayed response.

Blue

[gmedina]

I am afraid you will have to explain in more detail what exactly you are trying to achieve.

[bluecrab]

Actually cancel my last comment. Thanks again for helping me out it worked perfectly as I needed. it.
Much appreciated.

Blue