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How can I stop my description text from going beyond the margin
The text is going over my page. How can i fix that?
\documentclass[DIV=15, paper=a4, paper=portrait, pagesize=auto]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
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votes
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Description environment, indent first line
Is there a neat way to push the first line of an item in a description environment over to the right so that it is flush with the second line of the item?
I'm trying to define a LaTeX list ...
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Optional argument to \item to appear in brackets after the counter
Usually, when you have the following document:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Mary
\item[had] a little
\item lamb
\end{enumerate}
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enumitem: newlist with description and bullet [duplicate]
I've seen quite a few questions here on how to use enumitem with descriptions and bullets. I couldn't however find a solution where they created a newlist and that's where I have my problem:
I ...
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labelsep in enumitem: stretch ignored
As the title says: labelsep setting in the enumitem package ignores the stretch part. I would be happy to have a stretch there (in the end actually the current font's interword stretch achieved by ...
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Description list with aligned descriptions
This forum thread is exactly what I'm looking for. I want my description environment to produce this:
Label is long text
lab2 blalballalaa
label3 possible second rule
label ...
2
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2answers
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enumitem nextline style: nested item shouldn't start on description label's line
I use enumitem description style nextline to emulate a sort of TOC entry with the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\newenvironment{DLdescription}[1][*]{%
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1answer
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Indenting multiple paragraphs in description
I am trying to put multiple paragraphs in a description, where the body text is indented by one \parindent, and I want to indent the second paragraph by one \parindent relative to the body text ...
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enumitem package and description lists
Why does the following generate an error?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
\begin{description}[label=\emph{\alph*})]
\item [aaa] bbbb
\item [eee] əəəə
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9
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1answer
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How to change symbol separating description item definitions with enumitem
I'm trying to alter the description environment with enumitem so that an item will be separated from its description by a dash rather than a colon. Having searched the documentation and this forum, I ...
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3answers
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spacing in a description list using enumitem
I found Description list with right alignment of labels while looking for a solution for my own problem. I tried to modify the above solution, but there are a few ugly things I don't know what to do ...
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1answer
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Aligining item descriptions
I am trying to make my description list with same margin as my formulas (made with fleqn option - \usepackage[fleqn]{mathtools}). I was able to make it with labelindent option of the description ...
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votes
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Description list with right alignment of labels
I want a description list that looks like the following:
Name | Joel Spolsky
Address | Some address
Some zipcode
Telephone | +31 123 456
E-Mail | ...
7
votes
1answer
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Automatically number a description list [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Enumerated description list
I would basically like to produce some kind of combination of an enumerate and a description environment. Manually
\begin{description}
...
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votes
2answers
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Description list using package enumitem: how to force lowercase small caps and align body text?
I'm trying to format a description list with small caps for the labels and have the body text a standard distance from the left margin. When I use capitals in the labels (in the real list they are ...
