Hyperlinks in CV (Resume)

Question

I am trying to write a CV (Resume) and a cover letter in LaTeX. I wish to add hyperlinks so that I can provide easy access to more information on areas I talk about. However, I feel that it might look like I've copy-and-pasted a Wikipedia page.

Is there a way that I can make a hyperlinks obvious, but not intrusive or making the document look amateur? One idea I had was to try and make the hyperlinks disappear when the document is printed. Is that possible? Are there better methods?

Rob

Answer 1

The technique that I use for my resume is to make the links (created using the hyperref package) a dark blue color. When I print the document on my black and white laser printer it looks the same as my other text. When looking at it on screen, the color difference is noticeable. (The color can be altered to make it look even more noticeable but it might possibly affect print quality.)

Here is a MWE:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{color,hyperref}
\definecolor{darkblue}{rgb}{0.0,0.0,0.3}
\hypersetup{colorlinks,breaklinks,linkcolor=darkblue,urlcolor=darkblue,anchorcolor=darkblue,citecolor=darkblue}

\begin{document}

\Huge I like \href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potatoe}{potatoes}.

\end{document}

Answer 2

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you want, but I think the solution is the options of the hyperref package. For example you can use , when printing the document, the hidelinks options, and set a nice color without border using linkcolor in combination with colorlinks when displaying it on a monitor.

Answer 3

You could check out this video, I explain it in there:

• TeX Tutorial 9: Formatting & CV Design Part 1
• TeX Tutorial 9: Formatting & CV Design Part 2

In short, you need to use the hyperref package. You can easily change the formatting on your links.