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I am looking for a command to align text to the itemize's bullet. 

{\addtolength{\leftskip}{10mm} 
\textbf{Short text in here}
\begin{itemize}
\item A description of..
\item Another description of..
\end{itemize}
\par

My text and items are nicely moved 10mm towards right due to the \leftskip{10mm} but it won't align just right.

Now, I want the bullet from my item to left align with my "Short text in here". I need a command to offset my items a little to the right. Is there any way to handle that?

I hope this makes sense. Otherwise, don't hesitate to ask once again! :-)

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With enumitem:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
  \addtolength{\leftskip}{10mm}
  \textbf{Short text in here}
  \begin{itemize}[leftmargin=\dimexpr\parindent+10mm+0.5\labelwidth\relax]
    \item A description of..
    \item Another description of..
  \end{itemize}
  \par
\end{document}

enter image description here

But, I don't understand some thing. May be instead of \textbf you can use a \section*. Then you can write

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem,showframe} %% show frame just for demo
\begin{document}
  \addtolength{\leftskip}{10mm}
  \section*{Short text in here}
  \begin{itemize}[leftmargin=\dimexpr10mm+0.5\labelwidth\relax]
    \item A description of..
    \item Another description of
  \end{itemize}
  \par
\end{document}

enter image description here

  • the wide key gives a simpler syntax. Besides I wonder whether the O.P. wnats the bullets to be 10mm from the (text) left margin. In the latter case a simple \noindent before \textbf{Short text in here} and a [wide=\leftskip] would do. – Bernard Aug 07 '14 at 11:10
  • @Harish Kumar: We are on the right track though I now ran into compiling problems. While compiling it says: You can't use `\dimexpr' in horizontal mode. [ \begin{itemize}[leftmargin=\dimexpr]

    @Bernard: Yes, I want the text to be offset 10 mm from the left margin.

     – user3389689 Aug 07 '14 at 11:52
  • @user3389689 May be you need to update your tex distribution. I don't get any errors. You may also try \begin{itemize}[wide=\leftskip] as told by Bernard. Put a \noindent before \textbf{Short text in here} though. –  Aug 08 '14 at 08:03