I am not an expert on Latex, which is the reason I have used a template for my CV. Now I am struggling centering my list item text (left-to-right or justified) as outlined by the picture below.
There are two solutions I am looking for:
- One: Align my list items justified (left-to-right) (as depicted by 1 in the picture below)
- Two: Align the entire list in the center, with my list items justified (having the same distance as (2) in both right and left of my page)
Note: This snippet of code doesn't describe the entire content of the picture, which was done in order to prevent cluttered code on my post. Since I have used a template, I would expect you to ask for more information.
%% Used here mainly to get the effect of a shorter line under Projects
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\begin{paracol}{2}
\cvsection{Projects}
\cvevent{Game Engine in C++ & Lua - Blink}{Personal}{in progress}{}
\begin{itemize}
\item Used \textbf{spdlog} for my custom Logging System, which supports both the Game Engine Library and the Sandbox Application. Designed an Event System, described by a dispatcher which support keyboard, application and mouse events. Moreover, I have added an Input Polling System that queries client's actions and acts appropriately.
\item Architected a simple platform agnostic RenderAPI wrapper that currently supports OpenGL calls, but in the future will hopefully handle Vulkan and DirectX12 as well. Used \textbf{glm} as my OpenGL Mathematics Library since it complies with the column-major specification.
\item \textbf{Other}: Created Vertex Buffer Layouts, Shaders, Materials, Orthographic Cameras
\end{itemize}
\end{paracol}
*EDIT:
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\raggedrightbut without seeing the code not much help can be given other than say don't use\raggedright. – David Carlisle Jul 07 '21 at 19:18.clsof my document in a moment, thanks for pointing that out! – newbie99 Jul 07 '21 at 19:19\raggedrightfrom almost the last line of the edit and it worked. Thanks! – newbie99 Jul 07 '21 at 19:24