Creating a list

Question

I have to create a list of abbreviations. In the list, I have to write the short form on the left side and the fullform on the right side. I don't need a fancy style of creating this list of abbreviations. I just want to do it in the normal text format.

PROBLEM: The spacing between the left side and right side is uneven. I need a list as shown in the following figure:

isn't there any simple technique to write the text ..I don't want the abbreviations to get highlighted in the document. — skm, Oct 16 '15 at 12:17
You've been a while here already: The magic word is MWE ;-) — , Oct 16 '15 at 12:19
Have you tried the description environment: \begin{description}\item[AC]...\end{description}? — , Oct 16 '15 at 12:35
@TorbjørnT. , Andrew: It is giving me the desired results to some extent but the spacing between lines is too much. In the image that I have posted, the spacing between lines is normal. — skm, Oct 16 '15 at 15:19

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

You can use a description environment with the customizations described in Description-like environment with fixed labels width, just add a noitemsep to the options of the list as well, to remove the vertical space between each item.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
\begin{description}[leftmargin=6em,style=nextline,noitemsep]
  \item[AC] Salient object \ldots
  \item[OpenCV] Open Source \ldots 
\end{description}
\end{document}

Creating a list

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