Adjusting a formatted CV
How to adjust a formatted CV when a field, section or date needs changing — and how to make a recurring adjustment permanent in your template so you never make it twice.
Every formatted CV is fully editable before it goes to a client. Adjust any field, role, date or bullet directly in the editor, and reprocess at any time without spending a credit. If you find yourself making the same adjustment on every CV, that is a template setting rather than a per-CV edit — tell us and we will build it in so it never comes up again.
Adjusting a single CV
The editor gives you the whole document. Open the CV, change what you need, and download — there is no limit on edits and no credit cost.
| What you want to change | Where |
|---|---|
| A role, employer, title or date | Edit the field directly in the editor |
| Which bullets sit under which role | Reassign them in the editor |
| Content order within a section | Reorder entries and bullets in the editor |
| A field the candidate never supplied | Add it — see adding missing information |
| The candidate summary | Edit or regenerate it |
| The whole template | Switch template and regenerate, free of charge |
Reprocessing is free, so it is always worth one pass before hand-editing an unusual layout — a second read of an ambiguous document can resolve it for you. See multi-column and design-heavy CVs.
Making an adjustment permanent
This is the part that saves the most time. Anything you change on every CV is configuration, not editing:
| Recurring adjustment | Permanent fix |
|---|---|
| Reordering sections | Set section order in your template |
| Renaming a heading | Set the heading in your template |
| A consistent house date style | Configured for your agency once |
| Removing a section you never use | Hide it at template level |
| Adding a field to every CV | Build it into your template |
See date formats, section order and headings, or email support@remakecv.com with the rule and we will apply it to your template.
Working from a difficult source document
Some source CVs are harder to read than others — a photographed scan, a design-led layout, an unusual heading like "My Journey" instead of "Work Experience". RemakeCV handles these automatically, and where a source is genuinely ambiguous the editor is there to finish the job in a few seconds.
Two things worth knowing:
- A DOCX gives the richest result. Word files carry real structure — headings are headings, tables are tables — so if a candidate has one, it is the best input you can give.
- A graphical heading has no text to read. If a section heading in the original is an image rather than text, add the heading in the editor and the content follows.
Select the heading text in the source PDF. If you cannot select it, it is an image — which tells you immediately why it needs a heading adding rather than anything about the rest of the document.
Tell us about a layout you see often
If your desk sees the same source layout repeatedly and you would rather it needed no adjustment at all, that is something we tune at the pipeline level. Email support@remakecv.com with the source file and what the ideal output looks like — the source is what lets us reproduce and improve it.
Frequently asked questions
- Does reprocessing cost a credit?
- No. Reprocessing an existing CV is free, so you can retry as often as you like. One credit covers a CV for all subsequent editing, reprocessing, anonymising and downloading.
- Can I change anything on a formatted CV before sending it?
- Yes. Every field is editable — roles, employers, dates, bullet points, section content and the summary. Nothing is locked, and edits never cost a credit.
- I make the same adjustment on every CV. Can that be automatic?
- Yes, and it should be. Recurring adjustments belong in your template — section order, headings, date style, hidden sections and custom fields are all configurable. Email support@remakecv.com and we will build it in.
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