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I am composing my resume with markdown and then using a python script to produce a PDF. The result is vertical and clean and machine readable:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Convert Markdown files to PDF."""
import argparse
import sys
from pathlib import Path
try:
import markdown
from weasyprint import HTML, CSS
except ImportError:
print("Missing dependencies. Install with:")
print(" pip install markdown weasyprint")
sys.exit(1)
CSS_STYLES = """
@page {
margin: 0.5in 0.6in;
size: letter;
}
body {
font-family: "Courier New", Courier, "Liberation Mono", monospace;
font-size: 10pt;
line-height: 1.4;
color: #222;
max-width: 100%;
}
h1, h2, h3 {
margin-top: 1em;
margin-bottom: 0.3em;
padding-bottom: 0.2em;
}
h1 { font-size: 16pt; }
h2 { font-size: 13pt; }
h3 { font-size: 11pt; }
h4 { font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em;}
ul {
margin: 0.3em 0;
padding-left: 1.2em;
}
li {
margin-bottom: 0.2em;
}
p {
margin: 0.4em 0;
}
p + p {
margin-top: 0.2em;
}
strong {
font-weight: bold;
}
"""
PAGE_BREAK_MARKER = "<!-- pagebreak -->"
PAGE_BREAK_HTML = '<div style="page-break-before: always;"></div>'
def process_page_breaks(html_content: str) -> str:
"""Replace page break markers with actual page break HTML."""
return html_content.replace(PAGE_BREAK_MARKER, PAGE_BREAK_HTML)
def md_to_html(input_path: Path) -> str:
"""Convert a Markdown file to HTML content."""
md_content = input_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
html_content = markdown.markdown(md_content)
return process_page_breaks(html_content)
def convert_md_to_pdf(input_paths: list[Path], output_path: Path) -> None:
"""Convert one or more Markdown files to a single PDF."""
html_parts = []
for i, input_path in enumerate(input_paths):
if i > 0:
html_parts.append(PAGE_BREAK_HTML)
html_parts.append(md_to_html(input_path))
full_html = f"""
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head><meta charset="utf-8"></head>
<body>{"".join(html_parts)}</body>
</html>
"""
HTML(string=full_html).write_pdf(output_path, stylesheets=[CSS(string=CSS_STYLES)])
print(f"Created: {output_path}")
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Convert Markdown files to PDF")
parser.add_argument("files", nargs="*", type=Path, help="Markdown files to convert")
parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", type=Path, help="Output PDF path")
parser.add_argument("-m", "--merge", action="store_true", help="Merge all input files into a single PDF")
args = parser.parse_args()
# Default to all .md files in current directory
files = args.files if args.files else list(Path(".").glob("*.md"))
if not files:
print("No Markdown files found")
sys.exit(1)
if args.merge:
if not args.output:
print("Error: --output is required when using --merge")
sys.exit(1)
for md_file in files:
if not md_file.exists():
print(f"File not found: {md_file}")
sys.exit(1)
convert_md_to_pdf(files, args.output)
else:
if args.output and len(files) > 1:
print("Error: --output can only be used with a single input file (or use --merge)")
sys.exit(1)
for md_file in files:
if not md_file.exists():
print(f"File not found: {md_file}")
continue
output_path = args.output if args.output else md_file.with_suffix(".pdf")
convert_md_to_pdf([md_file], output_path)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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I did that stuff online with canva since it already comes with a bunch of CV templates and the layout is easier done than in a regular text editor.
If you look for a word like experience, I agree with what others already y recommended: libre office
If you have a Google account, Google ~~Sheets~~ Docs is free and probably does everything you need.
MS Office is also really easy to pirate.
ITYM Google Docs.
Great thanks how user friendly is it?
It's basically Word lite: very similar interface, with a stripped-down feature set that covers most basic needs. You should have no problem diving right in and writing CVs and cover letters.
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OnlyOffice
The student version.
If you just need something compatible with Word and not Word itself, OpenOffice has been my goto for years.
I still have open office on my pc. But I believe it isn't as well known as it was 15+ years ago.
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Word online is free
The best free version is the one provided by MASS. Any other word processor typically has some kind of downside.
i have a cracked version, i forgot how i got it though. you can use google sheets, or libre office. if you still have access to a university computers, authorized, or unauthorized.
There is FreeOffice which is germany based and WPS office which is asutralia based i think, they have a premium plan and a free plan,the free plan is pretty feature rich, for urself its plenty enough.
You can probably get it cheaper, but I've used this site a few times and it's never failed me
https://www.cjs-cdkeys.com/categories/Windows-and-Office-Keys/
Are we anti google docs here? I feel like it has everything word does and you can easily save/download files onto your computer as a PDF.
If that doesn't work, you can use word online! It's basically MS word, you just can't access it offline. It's on the web.
Given that many here are anti google in general, that would mean anti google docs by extension.
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Thanks when I save docs from online and try to open them on my laptop it comes up with the "give me money" pop up.
Does Google docs layout look anything like word?
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