Enumeration for "regular" paragraphs

Question

I would like to have enumerated paragraphs using the document's default paragraph layout. Currently, I achieve this using manual enumerations using the code listed below.

How can I get the same result, but automating the enumeration?

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

(1) \lipsum[1]

(2) \lipsum[1]

(3) \lipsum[1]

\end{document}

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You mean \begin{enumerate} \item bla \item ble \item blo \end{enumerate} ? — yo', Mar 04 '15 at 13:24
Yes, but I'd like to use enumerate, but make it look like above. — Florian, Mar 04 '15 at 13:27
The I would recommend using the enumitem package which is capable of doing this :-) — yo', Mar 04 '15 at 13:28

Bernard · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-06T15:31:54.427

5

Much simpler with the use of enumitem:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}[(1),wide, nosep]
\item \lipsum[1]
\item \lipsum[2]
\item \lipsum[3]
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}

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edited Feb 06 '22 at 15:31

answered Mar 04 '15 at 13:38

Bernard

271,350

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 04 '15 at 13:33

It's easy with enumitem.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{enumitem}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=0cm,itemindent=2\parindent,noitemsep,label=(\arabic*)]
\item \lipsum[1]
\item \lipsum[1]
\item \lipsum[1]
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 04 '15 at 13:32

3

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\everypar{\refstepcounter{enumi}(\theenumi) }

 \lipsum[1]

 \lipsum[1]

 \lipsum[1]

\end{document}

answered Mar 04 '15 at 13:32

David Carlisle

757,742

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

If you want the ability to turn on and off, here is the enumpars environment, using the technique of David at Why does \everypar not work?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\newcounter{parcount}
\let\oldep\everypar%
\newenvironment{enumpars}
{\newtoks\everypar%
\setcounter{parcount}{0}%
\oldep{\the\everypar\stepcounter{parcount}(\theparcount)\ }%
\par}{\let\everypar\oldpars\par}
\begin{document}
\begin{enumpars}
\lipsum[1-3]
\end{enumpars}
\lipsum[4]
\begin{enumpars}
\lipsum[5-7]
\end{enumpars}
\end{document}

Enumeration for "regular" paragraphs

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