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Cover Letter Word Processor

Glossary Item Box

 

The JobTabs Job Search & Resume word processor is shared between the resume editor and the cover letter editor.  Each of the sub topics below provides an explanation of the menus and corresponding toolbars in the word processor.  Functionality that needs to be elaborated on will be shown as a sub-topic below.  These instructions are provided separately only because they could generally be attributed to any word processor.  Any functionality that is specifically designed for cover letters, resumes or JobTabs will be stated as such.

 

Cover letter menu and toolbars  

 

Editor Toolbar    

 Close

 Ends the editing operation.  If there are unsaved changes you will be prompted to save them.                                                         
Saves editing changes.
Cuts the currently selected text or picture to the clipboard.
Copies the currently selected text or picture to the clipboard.
Pastes the contents of the clipboard to the document.
Add or edit a hyperlink.
Resume cover letter toggle header footer Toggle between header and footer.  This facility is only enabled when you are editing your resume in Page Layout mode.  Normal mode and Page Layout mode can be toggled via the View menu.
Header footer job search first page Go to the header and footer on the first page.  Enabled when you are editing your resume in Page Layout mode.
Job search header and footer on subsequent pages. Go to the header and footer on the subsequent pages.  Enabled when you are editing your resume in Page Layout mode.
Apply formatting to a paragraph.
Do a spell check.
Open the thesaurus for currently highlighted word.

 

Formatting Toolbar
Apply formatting to characters.  This dialog encapsulates all of the functionality of many of the formatting options on this toolbar.

Font selector for the resume and cover letter word processor.

 Change the active font.

Font size combo for the cover letter and resume word processor.

 Change the font size.
Bold
Italics
Underline
Strikethru
Justify left the cover letter/resume text Justify left
Center the text in the cover letter Justify center
Right justify the cover letter/resume text Justify right
Full justify the cover letter text Justify full
Add numbering to the cover letter or resume Numbering
Resume and cover letter bullets. Bullets
Indent out the cover letter or resume text Indent out
Indent text in the cover letter or resume Indent in
Highlight the selected text in the resume and or cover letter Text background color
Change the foreground color of the resume or cover letter text Text color


Contents of the Font Combo Boxes

Font list for the cover letter and resume word processor.

        

Font size list for the cover letter and resume wordprocessor.

 

         

 

 

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts can increase your productivity.  Below are keyboard shortcuts you can use while editing in JobTabs. 

 

The combined pressing of the keys is what will execute the shortcut, however you should always press the modifier key before the letter.  This is much like creating a capital letter with the Shift key.  Press the Ctrl key (in the lower corners of your keyboard) and while holding the Ctrl key down, press the corresponding letter (either X, C, V or whatever letter corresponds to the action you want to carry out).

 

Ctrl + X

Ctrl + C

Ctrl + V

Ctrl + Z

Ctrl + Y

Ctrl + A

 

Ctrl + B

Ctrl + I

Ctrl + U

 

Ctrl + Tab

 

Ctrl + Spacebar

Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow

Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow

Cut

Copy

Paste

Undo

Redo

Select All

 

Bold

Italics

Underline

 

Insert tab

 

Remove all formatting

Font size increase

Font size decrease