Creating a Resume, Cover Letter Template.. Need help with... Text Fields???

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Creating a Resume, Cover Letter Template.. Need help with... Text Fields???

I have my template ready but I am trying to figure out how to create.. is what I believe to be called, a text field? As in, where I have the date.. I simply have "Month Day, Year".. what I want to do is when i double click "Month Day, Year".. it will simply go blank and let me type in my desired date.. same goes for company name and position..

Any help would be appreciated.
Sorry I couldnt be more specific with my terminology.. I've never tried to do this before.

Thanks!

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Posted on Sep 25, 2007 5:23 PM

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Answer 1

muddymop

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Sep 25, 2007 5:54 PM in response to jorda_n

In Pages, it's called a *Placeholder Text*, and it's easy to create. Highlight "Month Day, Year" in your document and go to *Format > Advanced > Define as Placeholder Text* or press Ctrl–Option–Command–T if you are a shortcut person.

You won't notice any difference to the text, but if you single-click on it, it'll be highlighted and enable to type in the date that you like.

If you want to change the text in the placeholder (say, if you want it to display "Enter the date here"), simply go to *Format > Advanced > Enable Placeholder Text Authoring* and the placeholder will have a little blue border around it when you click it for editing. To "lock it back", simply *Disable Placholder Text Authoring*.

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jorda_n Author

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Sep 25, 2007 7:56 PM in response to muddymop

hmmm... i dont know if this is what i want..
i see the blue box.. but when i double click it.. pages doesnt treat it any differently.. its just highlighted with a blue box...

also.. i cant do more than one placeholder.. which is what i need.. i actually need 4...

i need something like the Windows Resume templates.. when you double click name or something.. you can clear it out and enter whatever you need...

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jorda_n Author

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Sep 25, 2007 10:46 PM in response to muddymop

cool man. for some reason that helped..

i guess after i made the placement holder for one.. disabling.. then doing the same for another.. it worked out fine.. then after all that.. i was able to do it for multiples.. i dunno.. confusing..

but it works now.
thanks a bunch for your help!

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muddymop

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Sep 25, 2007 10:10 PM in response to jorda_n

hmmm... don't know why you can't add more than one placeholder, though. you want me to take a look at your document? 😉

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jorda_n Author

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Sep 25, 2007 10:15 PM in response to muddymop

eh... in all honesty its not a big deal.. just thought it would be convenient for my template...

if you want to make a minimal doc and forward to me.. by all means =)

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muddymop

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Sep 25, 2007 10:40 PM in response to jorda_n

OK, see if [this document|http://muddymop.googlepages.com/Placeholderexample.zip|Click to download file] works for you. 😉

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