[Tex/LaTex] How to separate the CV and cover letter in moderncv

moderncv

I am using the moderncv template to create both a CV and a cover letter.

The resulting document contains the CV and the cover letter concatenated and with the same page numbering.

Is there some easy way to render these two documents separate with separate numbering?

Best Answer

You can have a separate letter file. A template is provided in the modercv github

letter.tex

\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\usepackage{kantlipsum}   %% only for demo
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{marvosym}
\usepackage{graphicx}


\pagestyle{empty}

\usepackage[scale=0.775]{geometry}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\addtolength{\parskip}{6pt}

\def\firstname{John}
\def\familyname{Doe}
\def\FileAuthor{\firstname \familyname}
\def\FileTitle{\firstname \familyname's cover letter}
\def\FileSubject{Cover letter}
\def\FileKeyWords{\firstname \familyname, Cover letter}

\renewcommand{\ttdefault}{pcr}

\usepackage{url}
\urlstyle{tt}
\ifpdf
  \usepackage[pdftex,pdfborder=0,breaklinks,baseurl=http://,pdfpagemode=None,pdfstartview=XYZ,pdfstartpage=1]{hyperref}
  \hypersetup{
    pdfauthor   = \FileAuthor,%
    pdftitle    = \FileTitle,%
    pdfsubject  = \FileSubject,%
    pdfkeywords = \FileKeyWords,%
    pdfcreator  = \LaTeX,%
    pdfproducer = \LaTeX}
\else
  \usepackage[dvips]{hyperref}
\fi


\begin{document}
\sffamily   % for use with a résumé using sans serif fonts;
%\rmfamily  % for use with a résumé using serif fonts;
\hfill%
\begin{minipage}[t]{.6\textwidth}
\raggedleft%
{\bfseries John Doe}\\[.35ex]
\small\itshape%
street and number\\
postcode city\\[.35ex]
\Telefon~phone number\\
\Letter~\href{mailto:jdoe@gmail.com}{jdoe@gmail.com}
\end{minipage}\\[1em]
%
\begin{minipage}[t]{.4\textwidth}
\raggedright%
{\bfseries Company XYZ}\\[.35ex]
\small\itshape%
street and number\\
postcode city
\end{minipage}
\hfill % US style
%\\[1em] % UK style
\begin{minipage}[t]{.4\textwidth}
\raggedleft % US style
\today
%April 6, 2006 % US informal style
%05/04/2006 % UK formal style
\end{minipage}\\[2em]
\raggedright
Dear Sir or Madam:\\[1.5em]
%
\kant[1-3]

%Yours sincerely,\\[2em] % if the opening is "Dear Mr(s) Doe,"
Yours faithfully,\\[2em] % if the opening is "Dear Sir or Madam,"
%
%\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{signature_blue}\\
{\bfseries John Doe}\\
%
\vfill%
{\slshape Enclosure}
{\slshape Attachment: curriculum vit\ae{}}
\end{document}

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And CV.tex

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv}

% moderncv themes
\moderncvtheme[blue]{casual}                 % optional argument are 'blue' (default), 'orange', 'red', 'green', 'grey' and 'roman' (for roman fonts, instead of sans serif fonts)
%\moderncvtheme[green]{classic}                % idem

% character encoding
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}                   % replace by the encoding you are using

% adjust the page margins
\usepackage[scale=0.8]{geometry}
%\setlength{\hintscolumnwidth}{3cm}                     % if you want to change the width of the column with the dates
%\AtBeginDocument{\setlength{\maketitlenamewidth}{6cm}}  % only for the classic theme, if you want to change the width of your name placeholder (to leave more space for your address details
%\AtBeginDocument{\recomputelengths}                     % required when changes are made to page layout lengths

% personal data
\firstname{John}
\familyname{Doe}
\title{Resumé title (optional)}               % optional, remove the line if not wanted
\address{street and number}{postcode city}    % optional, remove the line if not wanted
\mobile{mobile (optional)}                    % optional, remove the line if not wanted
\phone{phone (optional)}                      % optional, remove the line if not wanted
\fax{fax (optional)}                          % optional, remove the line if not wanted
\email{email (optional)}                      % optional, remove the line if not wanted
\homepage{homepage (optional)}                % optional, remove the line if not wanted
\extrainfo{additional information (optional)} % optional, remove the line if not wanted
\photo[64pt]{picture}                         % '64pt' is the height the picture must be resized to and 'picture' is the name of the picture file; optional, remove the line if not wanted
\quote{Some quote (optional)}                 % optional, remove the line if not wanted

% to show numerical labels in the bibliography; only useful if you make citations in your resume
\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\bibliographyitemlabel}{\@biblabel{\arabic{enumiv}}}
\makeatother

% bibliography with mutiple entries
%\usepackage{multibib}
%\newcites{book,misc}{{Books},{Others}}

%\nopagenumbers{}                             % uncomment to suppress automatic page numbering for CVs longer than one page
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%            content
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\begin{document}
\maketitle

\section{Education}
\cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{\textit{Grade}}{Description}  % arguments 3 to 6 can be left empty
\cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{\textit{Grade}}{Description}

\section{Master thesis}
\cvline{title}{\emph{Title}}
\cvline{supervisors}{Supervisors}
\cvline{description}{\small Short thesis abstract}

\section{Experience}
\subsection{Vocational}
\cventry{year--year}{Job title}{Employer}{City}{}{General description no longer than 1--2 lines.\newline{}%
Detailed achievements:%
\begin{itemize}%
\item Achievement 1;
\item Achievement 2, with sub-achievements:
  \begin{itemize}%
  \item Sub-achievement (a);
  \item Sub-achievement (b), with sub-sub-achievements (don't do this!);
    \begin{itemize}
    \item Sub-sub-achievement i;
    \item Sub-sub-achievement ii;
    \item Sub-sub-achievement iii;
    \end{itemize}
  \item Sub-achievement (c);
  \end{itemize}
\item Achievement 3.
\end{itemize}}
\cventry{year--year}{Job title}{Employer}{City}{}{Description line 1\newline{}Description line 2}
\subsection{Miscellaneous}
\cventry{year--year}{Job title}{Employer}{City}{}{Description}

\section{Languages}
\cvlanguage{Language 1}{Skill level}{Comment}
\cvlanguage{Language 2}{Skill level}{Comment}
\cvlanguage{Language 3}{Skill level}{Comment}

\section{Computer skills}
\cvcomputer{category 1}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category 4}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}
\cvcomputer{category 2}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category 5}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}
\cvcomputer{category 3}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category 6}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}

\section{Interests}
\cvline{hobby 1}{\small Description}
\cvline{hobby 2}{\small Description}
\cvline{hobby 3}{\small Description}

\section{Extra 1}
\cvlistitem{Item 1}
\cvlistitem{Item 2}
\cvlistitem[+]{Item 3}            % optional other symbol

\renewcommand{\listitemsymbol}{-} % change the symbol for lists

\section{Extra 2}
\cvlistdoubleitem{Item 1}{Item 4}
\cvlistdoubleitem{Item 2}{Item 5 \cite{book1}}
\cvlistdoubleitem{Item 3}{}

% Publications from a BibTeX file without multibib\renewcommand*{\bibliographyitemlabel}{\@biblabel{\arabic{enumiv}}}% for BibTeX numerical labels
\nocite{*}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{publications}       % 'publications' is the name of a BibTeX file

% Publications from a BibTeX file using the multibib package
%\section{Publications}
%\nocitebook{book1,book2}
%\bibliographystylebook{plain}
%\bibliographybook{publications}   % 'publications' is the name of a BibTeX file
%\nocitemisc{misc1,misc2,misc3}
%\bibliographystylemisc{plain}
%\bibliographymisc{publications}   % 'publications' is the name of a BibTeX file

\end{document}

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