LaTex Hanging Indent Question

Question

I'm new to LaTex but currently trying to rewrite my resume in LaTex since its easier for formatting and version control. As of right now, it's going well except for one small problem. I can't seem to create a hanging indent in this section which I have included below:

I would like the text to be indented a couple spaces from the colon and then the next line to start at that same location. (\hangindent did not work for me) Thanks for your help!

Here is the compilable code that shows the output:

\documentclass[letterpaper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage[empty]{fullpage}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{marvosym}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage[pdftex]{hyperref}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{parskip}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{} % clear all header and footer fields
\fancyfoot{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\usepackage[bottom=0.5in,top=0.5in,left=0.5in,right=0.5in]{geometry}
\urlstyle{same}
\raggedbottom
\raggedright
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{0in}
% Sections formatting
\titleformat{\section}{
  \vspace{-4pt}\scshape\raggedright\large
}{}{0em}{}[\color{black}\titlerule \vspace{-5pt}]
% Custom commands
%spacing between two bullet points
\newcommand{\resumeItemm}[2]{
  \item\small{
    #2 \vspace{-4pt}
  }
}
\newcommand{\resumeSubItemm}[2]{\resumeItemm{#1}{#2}\vspace{-3pt}}
\renewcommand{\labelitemii}{$\circ$}
\newcommand{\resumeSubHeadingListStart}{\begin{description}[leftmargin=*]}
\newcommand{\resumeSubHeadingListEnd}{\end{description}}
\newcommand{\resumeItemListStart}{\begin{itemize}}
\newcommand{\resumeItemListEnd}{\end{itemize}\vspace{-1pt}}
\begin{document}
\section{Skills}
  \resumeSubHeadingListStart
    \resumeSubItemm{}
      {\textbf{\small Software: }{\small Something • Resume Thing Here • Writing Some Words • All Help is Appreciated • Thanks in Advance • I Hope This Works • Yes I Am Writing Random Words Here •  Microsoft Office Suite}}
  \resumeSubHeadingListEnd
\end{document}

Answer 1

You're making life unnecessarily complicated for yourself. Since you're loading the enumitem package, use its ability to make new lists to format your items as you desire. Then the code is much cleaner.

So I've made a new description list and given it a format which I think matches what you want.

I've also adjusted your titlesec commands. Vertical spacing should not be put into the \titleformat command; use the \titlespacing command. I've removed the fullpage package, since you're loading geometry, and added \pagestyle{empty} which is what the empty option of fullpage was doing. I've removed the pdftex driver option from hyperref and moved it to load last (which it should generally).

\documentclass[letterpaper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{marvosym}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage[]{hyperref} % generally don't specify the driver for hyperref and load it last
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{} % clear all header and footer fields
\fancyfoot{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\usepackage[bottom=0.5in,top=0.5in,left=0.5in,right=0.5in]{geometry}
\urlstyle{same}
\pagestyle{empty}
\raggedbottom
\raggedright
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{0in}
% Sections formatting
\titleformat{\section}{
  \scshape\raggedright\large
}{}{0em}{}[\color{black}\titlerule]
\titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{1}{*1} % these values = 1ex + some stretch
% Custom lists
\newlist{resumeSubHeading}{description}{1}
\newlist{resumeItemList}{itemize}{1} % not used in this example
\setlist[resumeSubHeading,1]{leftmargin=,widest={MyWidestX},font=\small}
\setlist*[resumeItemList,1]{nosep,font=\small} % not used in this example
\begin{document}
\section{Skills}
\begin{resumeSubHeading}
     \item[Software:]{Something • Resume Thing Here • Writing Some Words • All Help is Appreciated • Thanks in Advance • I Hope This Works • Yes I Am Writing Random Words Here •  Microsoft Office Suite}
     \item[Other stuff:]{Something • Resume Thing Here • Writing Some Words • All Help is Appreciated • Thanks in Advance • I Hope This Works • Yes I Am Writing Random Words Here •  Microsoft Office Suite}
\end{resumeSubHeading}
\section{Skills}
\begin{resumeSubHeading}
     \item[Software:]{Something • Resume Thing Here • Writing Some Words • All Help is Appreciated • Thanks in Advance • I Hope This Works • Yes I Am Writing Random Words Here •  Microsoft Office Suite}
     \item[Other stuff:]{Something • Resume Thing Here • Writing Some Words • All Help is Appreciated • Thanks in Advance • I Hope This Works • Yes I Am Writing Random Words Here •  Microsoft Office Suite}
\end{resumeSubHeading}
\end{document}

You can play around with the enumitem spacing parameters to change the horizontal spacing of the list. You can find the documentation for enumitem here. These parameters are quite tricky to understand fully. See can someone please explain the enumitem horizontal spacing parameters? and Can't get my head around enumitem's spacing parameters for some discussion of how they work. But as an example to answer the question you ask in your comment, we can use the following specification to make the list have a hanging indent. I've also added the before=\small key to make both the label and the item text \small.

\setlist*[resumeSubHeading,1]{leftmargin=1cm,before=\small}