enumerate tag using the alphabet instead of numbers

Question

The default behaviour for the \begin{enumerate}tag is to sequentially list the items given by \item over the numbers {1, 2, 3, 4, ...}.

Is it possible to change this to the alphabet {a, b, c, d, ...}
How about Roman Numerals {i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, ... }
How is this done?

Note that I use emacs 24.3. Thanks for all the help.

Does http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/2291/how-do-i-change-the-enumerate-list-format-to-use-letters-instead-of-the-defaul?rq=1 help? — Torbjørn T., Aug 25 '13 at 00:20
And for roman numerals: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/54055/using-lower-case-roman-numerals-in-enumerate-lists — Scott H., Aug 25 '13 at 00:21
Use the enumerate package with \begin{enumerate}[a] or \begin{enumerate}[a.] or \begin{enumerate}[i)] — Sigur, Aug 25 '13 at 00:22
@Sigur I think one normally recommends enumitem over enumerate. — Torbjørn T., Aug 25 '13 at 00:25
How would you get a . or ) after the alphabet characters or roman numerals? Is there documentation built-in to emacs? — CodeKingPlusPlus, Aug 25 '13 at 00:29
@CodeKingPlusPlus so, you think this question can be closed as a duplicate or do you still have some doubt? — Gonzalo Medina, Aug 25 '13 at 01:12

score 246 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 21 '16 at 19:57

If you use the enumitem package, you can easily change the style of the counters.

Here is an example using small letters, capital letters, and Roman numbers as counters:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
\item an apple
\item a banana
\item a carrot
\item a durian
\end{enumerate}

\begin{enumerate}[label=(\Alph*)]
\item an apple
\item a banana
\item a carrot
\item a durian
\end{enumerate}

\begin{enumerate}[label=(\roman*)]
\item an apple
\item a banana
\item a carrot
\item a durian
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

Which results in:

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enumerate tag using the alphabet instead of numbers

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