documentclass[letterpaper,11pt,french]{article}
usepackage{babel}

documentclass[letterpaper,11pt]{article}

documentclass[letterpaper,11pt]{article}%,french] OR documentclass[letterpaper,11pt,french]{article}
%usepackage{babel}
newlength{outerbordwidth}
pagestyle{empty}
raggedbottom
raggedright
%usepackage[english]{babel}
usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}
usepackage{framed,tabularx,array}
usepackage{tocloft}
usepackage{color,hyperref}
usepackage{xspace}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}


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%Edit these values as you see fit

setlength{outerbordwidth}{3pt}  % Width of border outside of title bars
definecolor{shadecolor}{gray}{0.75}  % Outer background color of title bars (0 = black, 1 = white)
definecolor{shadecolorB}{gray}{0.93}  % Inner background color of title bars


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%Margin setup

setlength{evensidemargin}{-0.25in}
setlength{headheight}{0in}
setlength{headsep}{0in}
setlength{oddsidemargin}{-0.25in}
setlength{paperheight}{11in}
setlength{paperwidth}{8.5in}
setlength{tabcolsep}{0in}
setlength{textheight}{9.5in}
setlength{textwidth}{7in}
setlength{topmargin}{-0.3in}
setlength{topskip}{0in}
setlength{voffset}{0.1in}


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%Custom commands
%newcommand{Cpp}{Craisebox{0.5ex}{tinytextbf{++ }}}
newcommand{Cpp}{Ctexttt{++thinspace}}
newcommand{resitem}[1]{item #1 vspace{-2pt}}
newcommand{resheading}[1]{vspace{8pt}
  parbox{textwidth}{setlength{FrameSep}{outerbordwidth}
    begin{shaded}
setlength{fboxsep}{0pt}framebox[textwidth][l]{setlength{fboxsep}{4pt}fcolorbox{shadecolorB}{shadecolorB}{textbf{sffamily{mbox{~}makebox[6.762in][l]{large #1} vphantom{p^{E}}}}}}
    end{shaded}
  }vspace{-5pt}
}
newcommand{ressubheading}[4]{
begin{tabularx}{6.5in}{X<{cftdotfill{cftsecdotsep}}@{}r}
  textbf{#1} & #2 \
  textit{#3} & textit{#4} \
end{tabularx}vspace{-6pt}}
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begin{document}
begin{tabularx}{7in}{Xr}

textbf{Large Lorem Ipsum} & textbf{today}
\
Dolorem & href{mailto:me@somewhere.fr}{nolinkurl{mailto:me@somewhere.fr}} \
42 My place & 01 23 45 67 89 \
end{tabularx}

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resheading{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}
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begin{itemize}

item ressubheading{consectetur adipiscing elit. }{Sed non risus tortor}{dignissim sit amet}{}

begin{itemize}
    resitem{ Cras elementum ultrices diam. Maecenas ligula massa, varius a, semper congue, euismod non, mi. Proin porttitor, orci nec nonummy molestie, enim est eleifend mi, non fermentum diam nisl sit amet erat.}
    resitem{Duis semper. Duis arcu massa, scelerisque vitae, consequat in, pretium a, enim. Pellentesque congue. Ut in risus volutpat libero pharetra tempor. Cras vestibulum bibendum augue.}
    end{itemize}
    end{itemize}
end{document}[![Difference between the two versions][1]][1]