I'm creating a CV and I'm rather specific about my layout.
I want a constant header on each page. On the left side of the page I want a column containing my personal presentation. It starts with a picture and my personal letter follows. If it doesn't fit on the first page I want it to continue on the following pages.
To the right of the column is my actual CV area, where I write about previous jobs, educations etc in a structured manner. That part also continues on following pages until everything has been included. For clearity I've create a picture of the layout which is mostly correct, the only exception is that I don't want a ragged right:
I've used quite a bit of LaTeX but I don't know how to realize this layout. I am not tied to LaTeX, as long as it is TeX based I'm happy. Perhaps it's easier with ConTeX? Or even plain TeX?
I have considered using Scribus and having rendered frames containing LaTeX output. It will become a bit messy as I'll have to cut and paste manually at the page start & break.
Best Answer
My initial thought was to use
flowfram
. It's definitely doable, but I don't think it's the best way to do it. Regardless, here's a solution usingflowfram
:The header is set in a
staticframe
, while the left-hand column is a set ofdynamicframe
s. The actual "structured manner" contents is contained with a regularflowframe
. A manual break is decided for the "personal presentation" to flow from one page to the next. Note the use of\par
to "finish" the last paragraph and obtain a\raggedright
setting.I've used
geometry
to increase the text block while also activating thedraft
package option forflowfram
to show the grid layout.An additional reference for
flowfram
usage: Three-columns text with figures of2\columnwidth