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I am creating lecture notes, and I want to use a few characters in the left-hand margin to denote:

  • Q a question for the students
  • PROB a problem I work out
  • DEMO a demonstration.

While \marginpar gives my desired effect in the right-hand margin, \reversemarginpar does not place the text in the left-hand margin but but simply left-justifies it.

How can I get text protruding into the left-hand margin?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{marginnote}
\setlength{\parindent}{0cm} % No indentations -- just to be sure
\begin{document}
Using marginpar.

\marginpar{Q:}How many $in^2$ in a $yd^2$?

Good, we see Q: on the right hand side. Now lets see if we can get it on the Left Hand Side (LHS) by using reversemarginnote.

\reversemarginpar{Q:}How many $in^2$ in a $yd^2$?

While it is on the LHS, it doesn't penetrate the margin.  Hopefully marginnote will come through.

\marginnote{Q:}How many $in^2$ in a $yd^2$?
\end{document}

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    Please have a look on the marginnote package and its \marginnote command –  Jan 04 '17 at 23:10
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    \reversemarginpar does place the text in the left-hand margin. Please provide a minimal working example (MWE) to support your claim. – CroCo Jan 04 '17 at 23:14
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    \reversemarginpar is a declararation and does not take an argument. Subsequent to the declaration, \marginpar{} invocations will appear on the left. The other point worth mentioning is that you should not use it as the first thing of a paragraph...if you do, you should \leavevmode first, or else the \marginpar appears on the wrong line. – Steven B. Segletes Jan 04 '17 at 23:41
  • Based on my above comment, \reversemarginpar{Q:} should be replaced with \leavevmode\reversemarginpar\marginpar{Q:}. – Steven B. Segletes Jan 04 '17 at 23:45

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