Use lists to call attention to information, paragraphs to send information to the background. Above all else, use common sense. It is OK to use the resume templates in Word. Some of the templates, however, are quite unattractive. Past students have started with templates and then abandoned them during the semester.
Resumes require a lot of indenting.
Always use the ruler to move text or set up a table. Never under any circumstances use the space bar to move text over. Tabs are okay, but dangerous. If you do much revision or move to many different computer labs, your tabs are likely to wander over the page leaving ugly blank spaces in the middle of your text. The only rationale place to use a tab is on a line that appears next to a major head.