I recently found an awesome CV using timelines to show when what happened. I think this is an great example of goof visualization. Now I want to recreate this feature in Awesome-CV. Unfortunately I dont know how. I tried to use the "parallel"-package, but the entries were then overlapping to the side. Here is my MWE
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% Awesome Resume/CV
% XeLaTeX Template
% Version 1.1 (9/1/2016)
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% This template has been downloaded from:
% http://www.LaTeXTemplates.com
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% Original author:
% Claud D. Park ([email protected]) with modifications by
% Vel ([email protected])
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% License:
% CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)
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% Important note:
% This template must be compiled with XeLaTeX, the below lines will ensure this
%!TEX TS-program = xelatex
%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
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% PACKAGES AND OTHER DOCUMENT CONFIGURATIONS
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\documentclass[11pt, a4paper]{awesome-cv} % A4 paper size by default, use 'letterpaper' for US letter
%\usepackage{multicol}
\geometry{left=7cm, top=1.5cm, right=2cm, bottom=2cm, footskip=.5cm} % Configure page margins with geometry
%\usepackage{pst-blur}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\fontdir[fonts/] % Specify the location of the included fonts
\usepackage[autostyle=true,german=quotes]{csquotes}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setdefaultlanguage[spelling=new]{german}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{parallel}
% Color for highlights
\colorlet{awesome}{awesome-skyblue} % Default colors include: awesome-emerald, awesome-skyblue, awesome-red, awesome-pink, awesome-orange, awesome-nephritis, awesome-concrete, awesome-darknight
\colorlet{emphasis}{black}
\colorlet{body}{black!80!white}
%\definecolor{awesome}{HTML}{CA63A8} % Uncomment if you would like to specify your own color
% Colors for text - uncomment and modify
%\definecolor{darktext}{HTML}{414141}
%\definecolor{text}{HTML}{414141}
%\definecolor{graytext}{HTML}{414141}
%\definecolor{lighttext}{HTML}{414141}
\renewcommand{\acvHeaderSocialSep}{\quad\textbar\quad} % If you would like to change the social information separator from a pipe (|) to something else
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% PERSONAL INFORMATION
% Comment any of the lines below if they are not required
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\name{James}{Bond}
\mobile{(+01) 234 56789}
\email{[email protected]}
\makecvfooter{\today}{James Bond~~~·~~~Curriculum Vitae}{\thepage}
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\begin{document}
\makecvheader % Print the header
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% CV/RESUME CONTENT
% Each section is imported separately, open each file in turn to modify content
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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% SECTION TITLE
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\cvsection{Education}
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% SECTION CONTENT
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\begin{cventries}
%------------------------------------------------
\cventry
{Something} % Degree
{Highschool} % Institution
{Springfield} % Location
{2025} % Date(s)
{ % Description(s) bullet points
\begin{cvitems}
\item {Test, Test, Test}
\end{cvitems}
}
\cventry
{Something else} % Degree
{University} % Institution
{Springfield} % Location
{2025} % Date(s)
{ % Description(s) bullet points
\begin{cvitems}
\item {Test, Test, Test}
\end{cvitems}
}
\cventry
{Another one} % Degree
{College} % Institution
{Springfield} % Location
{2025} % Date(s)
{ % Description(s) bullet points
\begin{cvitems}
\item {Test, Test, Test}
\end{cvitems}
}
\cventry
{Something} % Degree
{Highschool} % Institution
{Springfield} % Location
{2025} % Date(s)
{ % Description(s) bullet points
\begin{cvitems}
\item {Test, Test, Test}
\end{cvitems}
}
\cventry
{Something} % Degree
{Highschool} % Institution
{Springfield} % Location
{2025} % Date(s)
{ % Description(s) bullet points
\begin{cvitems}
\item {Test, Test, Test}
\end{cvitems}
}
%------------------------------------------------
\end{cventries}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% SECTION TITLE
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\cvsection{Abilities}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% SECTION CONTENT
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\begin{cvskills}
%%------------------------------------------------
\end{cvskills}
\begin{cvletter}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\newcommand{\progtext}[8]{
\def\len{#1}
\def\he{#2}
\def\x{#3}
\def\y{#4}
\def\sepx{#5}
\def\sepy{#6}
\def\p{#7}
\def\text{#8}
\begin{scope}[shift={(\x*\len+\x*\sepx,-\y*\he-\y*\sepy)}]
\clip (0,0) rectangle (\len*\p,\he);
\fill [awesome] (0,0) rectangle (\len,\he)node [pos=.5,color=white] {\textbf{\text}};
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[shift={(\x*\len+\x*\sepx,-\y*\he-\y*\sepy)}]
\clip (\len*\p,0) rectangle (\len,\he);
\fill [awesome!70] (0,0) rectangle (\len,\he)node [pos=.5,color=white] {\textbf{\text}};
\end{scope}
}
\progtext{3}{0.5}{0}{0}{0.1}{0.2}{1}{Test}
\progtext{3}{0.5}{1}{0}{0.1}{0.2}{0.8}{Test}
\progtext{3}{0.5}{0}{1}{0.1}{0.2}{0.4}{Test}
\progtext{3}{0.5}{1}{1}{0.1}{0.2}{0.5}{Test}
\progtext{3}{0.5}{0}{2}{0.1}{0.2}{0.3}{Test}
\progtext{3}{0.5}{1}{2}{0.1}{0.2}{0.6}{Test}
\progtext{3}{0.5}{3}{0}{0.1}{0.2}{0.9}{Test}
\progtext{3}{0.5}{4}{0}{0.1}{0.2}{0.4}{Test}
\progtext{3}{0.5}{3}{1}{0.1}{0.2}{0.7}{Test}
\progtext{3}{0.5}{4}{1}{0.1}{0.2}{0.5}{Test}
\progtext{3}{0.5}{3}{2}{0.1}{0.2}{0.7}{Test}
\progtext{3}{0.5}{4}{2}{0.1}{0.2}{0.3}{Test}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{cvletter}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\end{document}
Here you see what the MWE looks like. I painted in what it should look like (blue lines). I also want section in which I can use the whole width of the document (red arrow).
Another idea would be to switch to ModernCV. Depending on how difficult it is.