I know I am being lazy in not trying it out, but if you could share a PDF, it would give us an idea of what this gives you.

Vikas
 
On 20-Sep-2014, at 6:19 am, Dan Griswold <kc5gmr@gmail.com> wrote:

> Not sure anybody saw this the first time, so I'll try again, with some expansion.
> 
> Unlike the others who've commented, I moved my CV from LaTeX to org-mode and I'm happy with the results. Two things make it work well.
> 
> First, a "cv" class added to org-latex-classes:
> 
> (add-to-list '("cv" "\\documentclass[10pt]{article}\n\\usepackage[margin=.75in]{geometry}\n%\\usepackage{palatino}\n\\usepackage{sectsty}\n\\sectionfont{\\normalsize\\selectfont\\itshape}\n\\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}\n\\usepackage{libertine}\n\\renewcommand*\\oldstylenums[1]{{\\fontfamily{fxlj}\\selectfont #1}}"
>   ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")))
> 
> Second, something like the following at the top of the org file (replace with your particulars):
> 
> #+OPTIONS: author:nil timestamp:nil
> #+TITLE:
> #+DATE:
> #+LaTeX_CLASS: cv
> 
> #+BEGIN_LATEX
> \begin{flushleft}
>   \bfseries\Large Curriculum Vitae\hfill Daniel M. Griswold\normalfont
> \end{flushleft}
> 
> \vspace{-12pt}%
> \begin{flushright}
>   69 Stratton Road\\
>   Rochester, NY 14610\\
>   (585) xxx-xxxx\\
>   dgriswol@xxxxx.com\\
>   \hrulefill
> \end{flushright}
> #+END_LATEX
> 
> Main headings are things like:
> 
> * Education
> * Specialization
> * Employment
> * Publications
> * Awards and Honors
> 
> and the details below each of these headings are simply unordered lists
> 
> I really like the easy of editing in org-mode this gives me.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Dan
>