Edit a CV or résumé PDF
Add a role and the sections after it move down, onto a second page if they have to; the type does not shrink to fit. Set the CV’s colours and default font once, in Page settings, and every place that uses them changes.
The editor and its templates open without an account; importing a PDF takes a free one.
Your CV, or a new one
Five CV templates open without an account: a centred serif one for finance or consulting, a designer’s with tools drawn as level bars, one for a senior role, a single column with skills as tags, and two columns for an engineer.
To update a CV you have as a PDF, import it: it takes a free account and one AI page per page of the PDF (10 a month on the free plan). Compare it with your original before you send it.
Adding a role
Duplicate the last role (right-click it, then Duplicate) and type over it, or add a block from the + between two blocks. Delete a section you do not need the same way.
A CV that grows past a page goes on to the next one rather than shrinking its type; shorten a line to bring it back.
Sending it
The PDF is tagged for screen readers by default: its headings, lists and reading order are in it, and its text is real text, which software that reads PDFs can extract.
To update it next year, download it with “Keep the PDF editable” switched on: it opens again in the editor as it was.
More templates to start from
Creative CV
For a designer: tools as level bars, projects and awards
Executive CV
For a senior role: achievements first, little decoration
Modern CV
One column, skills listed as tags
Two-Column CV
Two columns: skills at the side, experience in the main one
Sidebar Résumé
One page: a dark sidebar with skills, a timeline of jobs
Questions
- Will an applicant tracking system read it?
- The text in the PDF is real text, in reading order, with its structure tagged, so software that reads PDFs can extract it. How a particular system scores a CV is up to that system.
- Does import keep my CV’s fonts?
- Import keeps the fonts embedded in your PDF. Letters the PDF’s copy of a font does not contain, and fonts it did not embed, are drawn with the closest font the editor has, so compare the result with your original.
- Is there a mark on the PDF?
- Without an account, every page carries a small mark in the corner. A free account gives 50 pages a month without it.
Bring the PDF you have.
Importing a PDF takes a free account and uses AI pages. The editor and its templates open without one.