Questions tagged [enumitem]

{enumitem} is a package that provides user control over the layout of the three basic list environments: {itemize}, {enumerate}, and {description}.

is a package that provides user control over the layout of the three basic list environments: , , and . It provides functions to compute the layout of labels, and to ‘clone’ the standard environments, to create new environments with counters of their own. A similar package, with less features, is .

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Arabic enumerating inside an alpha enumerating

I'm wondering how to show the original enumerating instead of alpha inside the list. enumitem package is included. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{enumitem} \begin{document} \begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)] \item The first item …
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enumitem: renaming the list marker

I am using enumitem to create a list. My goal is to label each item as Case: 1, Case: 2, etc. With the enumerate package, I was able to do \begin{enumerate}[{Case} :1] \item something ... \end{enumerate} I tried this with enumitem but it didn't…
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Writing enumitem's to a file

I am a teacher and often need to make worksheets and reviews that have answer keys. With the help of TeX StackExchange, I have a fairly robust system at this point with the notable exception that it does not work with enumitem. The error message…
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Enumitem always throwing errors

I have a very basic question. I am using LateX now for quite a while but haven't managed to use the package enumitem since it always clashes with my existing enumerate environments that are already in the document (I am just starring again at the…
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Add same text to each item

I have a question. I have list which each item contain same text. For example: 1. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. SAMETEXT 2. Fusce blandit, orci vel cursus mollis, elit dui tristique purus, eget dapibus leo neque id mi.…
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enumitem: Understanding the usage of asterisk and exclamation mark in setting the different lengths

In enumitem manual, I can't find a clear explanation of the difference between the usage of exclamation mark and asterisk for leftmargin, itemindent, labelsep, labelwidth, and labelindent. For example, what is the difference between setting…
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How do before= and after= work in enumitem?

I've tried to define a new description environment for quotations from Wittgenstein's Tractatus, indented on both sides and single space. The main text is one and half…
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Setting enumitem options for an entire document

What commands do I put in my preamble to set enumeration labels once and for all for a document. I'm not finding it easy to get this information from Bezos's instructions in enumitem.pdf. I want my lists to follow canonical outline ordering:…
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LaTex enumitem - controlling alignment of items by level

I am using the enumitem package for a document that will have 6 levels and have the following settings…
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Enumitem - How to get custom label in line with the margin

I have the following very basic question concerning the behavior of enumitem: How do we make a custom (potentially long) label be in line with the margin? Take the following…
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What are the default settings of enumerate

In my document, I need to temporarily modify the settings of enumerate environment, using the options offered by theenumitem package. Hence I use : \setlist[enumerate,1]{align=right,leftmargin=0pt,labelsep=0pt,label=\llap{\bfseries{\arabic*.}…
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Why isn't the resume key working for enumitem package

How can I make the resume key work when my enumerated lists are contained within separate multicol environments? Here's the code that's not…
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Compilation problems with custom enumeration

For some reason or other the following code does not compile. Could anyone provide an insight into…
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Custom non-sequential enumeration

I would like to have my \item enumerated in a special order, non-sequential. In the example below (which is my current project) there are always exactly 3 \items. (To handle user errors where the \item counter exceeds the defined maximal number, it…
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Skip a Level in LaTex enumitem

I have a 3-level list with the levels formatted as follows: A. 1. (a) I would like to skip a level at one point, so that I have the following: A. 1. (a) (b) B. (a) (b) C. 1. 2. Notice that I…
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