How to squeeze up the sections ?

[vincentbillaut]

Hi,

I've been sniffing around in the package's code in order to make my resume fit into one page. I've come to understood almost every graphical item, and modified them adequately.

However, I cannot get my hand on the line to change in order to reduce the space beneath any cventry. It takes space above the following entry or section, and I would like to know how to control it.

Is that possible ? See here your example CV, and the space above each section.

Thanks in advance, and thank you for that incredible package.

[johannesbottcher]

Try \renewcommand[\acvSectionTopSkip}{0pt}. That is the smallest space you can get without redefining huge parts of the template.

@posquit0 That center environment from cventries is responsible for a part of that space. Maybe using \begingroup\centering an later \endgroup would be better. Although i don't see a reason for centering here as the items itself have textwidth. To be honest, i would completely change all the hard-wired spacing and substitute it with commands a user can change.

[vincentbillaut]

Thanks for your input. I have tried to mess with the space above sections, but it was not enough: the issue indeed lies below the cventries.

I'll try your solutions out and edit this answer accordingly.

EDIT :

• I've tried your command line, and it didn't seem to change much (although I think I already did something implicitly similar by modifying the .cls code itself).
• Same with the \begingroup\centering regarding cventries. I might be doing it wrong though. It's just meant to replace the \begin{center} right?

[johannesbottcher]

Modifying a class file is something for experienced users only. Please also have a look at the class license, mark changes properly and rename the class file.

[hengluchang]

@vincentbillaut I changed \vspace{-2mm} to \vspace{-4mm} under \newenvironment{cvitems} in .cls file, and it reduces the spacing between cventry.

[fguardini]

@vincentbillaut I found a simple workaround, inserting the following:

\vspace{\acvSectionContentTopSkip} \vspace{-6mm}

anywhere it might be needed, both in .cls and in .tex

My resume.tex content is organized like this for example:

\vspace{\acvSectionContentTopSkip} \vspace{-2mm} \import{\sectiondir}{experience.tex} \vspace{\acvSectionContentTopSkip} \vspace{-3mm} \import{\sectiondir}{skills.tex} \import{\sectiondir}{education.tex}

[zaczzy]

% Define a section for CV
% Usage: \cvsection{<section-title>}
\newcommand{\cvsection}[1]{
  --> % \vspace{-4mm}
  \par\addvspace{1ex}
  \phantomsection{}
  \sectionstyle{#1}
  \color{gray}\vhrulefill{0.9pt}
  \par\nobreak\addvspace{1ex}
}

The arrow part decreases the spacing between CVSections

[jaganmohan-akkineni]

To decrease the space between two sections you can add \vspace{-x.0mm} between them.

Ex: In resume.tex, \input{resume/education.tex} \vspace{-4.0mm} \input{resume/skills.tex} \input{resume/experience.tex} \input{resume/projects.tex} \input{resume/certifications.tex}

Here, it decreases the space between education and skills by 4.0mm. Similarly, you can do this for all other sections.