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I'm working off of a resume template from writelatex.com. I'd like to use bullet points in my descriptions, rather than flowing text. However, it adds a bit to the separating line, as seen in item 1. How do I get the line to only be the length of the itemized text, similar to item 2?

Line is too long

Bad Spacing

Line is just right
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\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article} \usepackage{enumitem} \setlist[itemize]{leftmargin=*,topsep=0ex,parsep=0pt} \usepackage{marvosym} \usepackage{fontspec} %for loading fonts \usepackage{xunicode,xltxtra,url,parskip} %other packages for formatting \RequirePackage{color,graphicx} \usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor} \usepackage[big]{layaureo} %better formatting of the A4 page % an alternative to Layaureo can be ** \usepackage{fullpage} ** \usepackage{supertabular} %for Grades \usepackage{titlesec} %custom \section %Setup hyperref package, and colours for links \usepackage{hyperref} \definecolor{linkcolour}{rgb}{0,0.2,0.6} \hypersetup{colorlinks,breaklinks,urlcolor=linkcolour, linkcolor=linkcolour} \titleformat{\section}{\Large\scshape\raggedright}{}{0em}{}[\titlerule] \titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{3pt}{3pt} %--------------------BEGIN DOCUMENT---------------------- \begin{document} \pagestyle{empty} % non-numbered pages \font\fb=''[cmr10]'' %for use with \LaTeX command %--------------------TITLE------------- \par{\centering {\Huge Adam \textsc{G} }\bigskip\par} %--------------------SECTIONS----------------------------------- \section{Work Experience} \begin{tabular}{r|p{11cm}} \emph{Current - } & Research Assistant \\\textsc{June 2012}&\emph{Speech Lab @ Queens College}\\& \footnotesize{ \begin{itemize} \item DARPA-funded initiative to identify “cognitive fingerprints” (unique typing patterns) based on linguistic biometrics \item Develop, test and implement a series of linguistic feature-sets, to create unique user profiles \end{itemize}}\\\multicolumn{2}{c}{} \\ \textsc{Jul-Oct 2008} & 1\textsuperscript{st} year Analyst at \textsc{Lehman Brothers}, London \\&\emph{Commodities Structured Trading}\\&\footnotesize{Developed spreadsheets for risk analysis on exotic derivatives on a wide array of commodities (\textit{ags, oils, precious} and \textit{base metals}), managed blotter and secondary trades on structured notes, liaised with Middle Office, Sales and Structuring for bookkeeping.}\\\multicolumn{2}{c}{} \\ \end{tabular} \end{document}
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Add after=\vspace{-\baselineskip} to 

\setlist[itemize]{leftmargin=*,topsep=0ex,parsep=0pt}

Code:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article} \usepackage{enumitem} \setlist[itemize]{leftmargin=*,topsep=0ex,parsep=0pt,after=\vspace{-\baselineskip}} \usepackage{marvosym} \usepackage{fontspec} %for loading fonts \usepackage{xunicode,xltxtra,url,parskip} %other packages for formatting \RequirePackage{color,graphicx} \usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor} \usepackage[big]{layaureo} %better formatting of the A4 page % an alternative to Layaureo can be ** \usepackage{fullpage} ** \usepackage{supertabular} %for Grades \usepackage{titlesec} %custom \section %Setup hyperref package, and colours for links \usepackage{hyperref} \definecolor{linkcolour}{rgb}{0,0.2,0.6} \hypersetup{colorlinks,breaklinks,urlcolor=linkcolour, linkcolor=linkcolour} \titleformat{\section}{\Large\scshape\raggedright}{}{0em}{}[\titlerule] \titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{3pt}{3pt} %--------------------BEGIN DOCUMENT---------------------- \begin{document} \pagestyle{empty} % non-numbered pages \font\fb=''[cmr10]'' %for use with \LaTeX command %--------------------TITLE------------- \par{\centering {\Huge Adam \textsc{G} }\bigskip\par} %--------------------SECTIONS----------------------------------- \section{Work Experience} \begin{tabular}{r|p{11cm}} \emph{Current - } & Research Assistant \\\textsc{June 2012}&\emph{Speech Lab @ Queens College}\\& \footnotesize{ \begin{itemize} \item DARPA-funded initiative to identify “cognitive fingerprints” (unique typing patterns) based on linguistic biometrics \item Develop, test and implement a series of linguistic feature-sets, to create unique user profiles \end{itemize}}\\\multicolumn{2}{c}{} \\ \textsc{Jul-Oct 2008} & 1\textsuperscript{st} year Analyst at \textsc{Lehman Brothers}, London \\&\emph{Commodities Structured Trading}\\&\footnotesize{Developed spreadsheets for risk analysis on exotic derivatives on a wide array of commodities (\textit{ags, oils, precious} and \textit{base metals}), managed blotter and secondary trades on structured notes, liaised with Middle Office, Sales and Structuring for bookkeeping.}\\\multicolumn{2}{c}{} \\ \end{tabular} \end{document}

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A better setting would be 

\setlist[itemize]{leftmargin=*,nosep,after=\vspace{-\baselineskip},before=\vspace*{-0.75\baselineskip}}

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If you want to retain the regular itemize environment, define a new list:

\usepackage{enumitem} \newlist{myitemize}{itemize}{1} \setlist[myitemize]{label=\textbullet,leftmargin=*,topsep=0ex, parsep=0pt,after=\vspace{-\baselineskip},before=\vspace{-0.75\baselineskip}}

and use it:

\begin{myitemize} \item DARPA-funded initiative to identify “cognitive fingerprints” (unique typing patterns) based on linguistic biometrics \item Develop, test and implement a series of linguistic feature-sets, to create unique user profiles \end{myitemize}}
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  • If I also want to make a normal itemized list somewhere, is there a way to also use the default? Commented Dec 9, 2014 at 1:41
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    @Adam_G Please see the update. Commented Dec 9, 2014 at 2:00

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