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I am trying to create a class file of my own for a personally formatted CV. I would like to know how to create two column cv with one column containing only the section title while the others containing the contents. Also how can i create a box filled with color along the side of each line in the content side column.

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The multicol package (link) does exactly what you need, see the following example of its usage (you can replace \lipsum by any text material or whatever):



\usepackage{lipsum} % for some dummy text


  [\section{Section title that goes into both columns}]



Edit: as egreg points out correctly, the section header should be put as an optional argument (as is now in the MWE), so that the first paragraph gets correctly un-indented.

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Actually this is not what i wanted. I wanted to add margin note. I found the package marginnote and it helped me do the job. –  sgp May 30 '12 at 15:46
@sgp That just shows how important is to properly and state your question and even better to provide an image or what should be done, Minimal (non-)Working Example etc. –  yo' May 31 '12 at 10:41
sorry for the inconvenience. i am new to this forum and i am still learning. thanks for the advice. –  sgp May 31 '12 at 13:48
You're welcome of course! –  yo' May 31 '12 at 15:05

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