{itemize} is about the itemize list environment. If you use this tag, add the more general {lists} tag.
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Using indentation to automatically begin and end itemize environments
This is a question one might answer with "Why the hell would you want to do it?!", sort of an experiment.
What I am looking for is a way to write lists with many levels of nestings (notes for school) ...
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Count and use the number of items in advance
When writing LaTeX code, I often successively make changes like adding or removing items. I'd like to have TeX count and update the number of items in the list automatically, as in
There are ...
21
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1answer
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Remove space around bullet points in itemized or enumerated list
How can I reduce the amount of space around items in an itemized or enumerated list? I would like to reduce the vertical space between items, the space to the left of the bullet, and the space ...
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Can one replace bullet points with graphics?
Is it possible to replace bullet points in an itemize environment with graphics? I can find answers about replacing bullet points with other symbols, but in all the examples I can find, these symbols ...
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Changing left margin in itemize environment of beamer class
I can't figure out how to line up the symbols of an itemize environment in beamer with the left part of the main text. In other words, I would like to supress the left margin in beamer itemize lists.
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How to define a list with custom symbols?
I'd like to define a list like the following:
The nearest I found while googling was this:
\begin{itemize}
\item[-] foo
\item[*] bar
\end{itemize}
But how can I now use a cross or a check ...
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beamer: change individual bullet color for pros and cons list
Is there a "nice" way to change the color of individual bullet points?
For example imagine a list like this:
\begin{itemize}
\item A
\begin{itemize}
\item pro 1
\item con 1
\item pro ...
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2answers
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adding space before each item in itemize
I would like to add some space before each \item in begin{itemize}
When i try doing something like this
\begin{itemize}
\item \hspace {5cm} Sweden
\item \hspace {5cm} Germany
\end{itemize}
The ...
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Itemize with a dash “-” intstead of a bullet
If I use
\begin{itemize}
\item asdasd
\item dsfsdf
\end{itemize}
the items are with a bullet, but how can I itemize these two with a "-" (a dash / a hyphen / a small line)?
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votes
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What are original itemize bullet definitions?
We are given a document with original bullet definitions overwritten:
\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{$\circ$}
\renewcommand{\labelitemii}{$\circ$}
\renewcommand{\labelitemiii}{$\circ$}
...
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votes
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Change bullet style / formatting in Beamer
I like the Boadilla layout for Beamer presentations, but I find its enumerate bullet points illegible, as illustrated below (from the Beamer Theme Matrix).
How can I change the formatting of the ...
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Setting the indention of unordered lists
I'd like to set the indention of an itemize-list. How can this be done?
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In beamer class, how do I remove the additional vertical space before an itemize environment?
On a beamer slide, I want to produce something like
I use the following LaTeX code, which works well in LaTeX with the article class.
\begin{minipage}[t]{1.4cm}
Questions:
\end{minipage}\nobreak
...
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Suppress bulleting in itemize environment
I have a nested list, and I wish to suppress any bullet/diamond/hyphen that appears only in the sub-list.
For example:
\begin{itemize}
\item blah
\begin{multicols}{2}
\begin{itemize}
\item a
...
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votes
1answer
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Preventing itemize environment to insert initial vertical space
I'm using itemize and tables like the following
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{>{\ttfamily}llX}
\toprule
\textbf{\rmfamily Operator} & \textbf{Typen} & \textbf{Regel} \\
\midrule
= & ...
11
votes
1answer
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How do I insert a full screen picture inside an itemized environment?
I'm using beamer to create slides and I would like to place a full screen picture with a black background inside an itemized environment.
What I tried so far is:
\documentclass[10pt]{beamer}
...
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votes
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Is there a standard way to title a list of bullets?
Is there a standard way to give a list of bullets a title in LaTeX? For instance, if I wanted something akin to this:
Pros:
Pro 1
Pro 2
Etc.
Cons:
Con 1
Con 2
Etc.
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votes
1answer
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TikZ in itemize
I want to make a frame transition as seen here. http://www.slideshare.net/thomasmach/hierarchical-matrices-concept-application-and-eigenvalues i.e. from
to
Move from slide 8/67 to 9/67. I am ...
10
votes
1answer
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itemize, removing natural indent
When you itemize items you usually have the entire list indented. This is expected when you have a title or description of what you are listing. I want to itemize but not have the natural indent. I ...
10
votes
2answers
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Is there a better formatting option for an alternated enumerated/itemized list?
I'm making a questions/answers page where answer follows the question. The questions are enumerated while the answers are not. Questions are using one color while answers using another one.
In order ...
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1answer
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beamer, how to explicitly call the “normal itemize icon”
I want to have beamer slides where the change between one slide and the next is that the standard itemize symbol is replaced by a tick or a cross. My first attempt:
\begin{itemize}
...
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How to represent cross and tick in itemize bullets?
I have a an itemize environment in LaTeX. How can I represent a tick and a cross symbol instead of a dot?
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Specifying bullet type when using itemize
Is there a way to get a specific type of bullet instead of the filled bullets when you first activate the itemize command in LaTeX? I am trying to get hollow bullets from the start instead of using ...
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votes
3answers
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Piecewise highlighting in beamer presentation
I would like to do the following with beamer: All items of an itemize environment should be displayed in gray. The current item should be highlighted in black while all others remain grayed out, but ...
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votes
3answers
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Defining an new itemize like environment where \item[foo] passes foo to a macro
I want to use enumitem or similar package to define a basic list with the following properties:
When \item has no optional argument, a small square (\rule{1em}{1em}) is used
When \item[foo] is ...
9
votes
2answers
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Automatically itemize a paragraph
I'd like to use LaTeX for lecture notes but I use bullet lists extensively, and the itemize macro in LaTeX is too time consuming for lecture notes. But if I could teach LaTeX how to do it for me ...
9
votes
1answer
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How do I set \itemsep to rubber length?
I know that I can set \itemsep to any length like this,
\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}
But if I want to set \itemsep to a rubber length (e.g. \bigskip), how do I do this?
\setlength{\itemsep}{\bigskip} ...
8
votes
4answers
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Change every first level item in document to bullet
How can I have bullets for every first level item in the document ?
Putting renewcommand{\labelitemi}{$\bullet$} in the itemize works well but just for this itemize. I tried putting it on top of the ...
8
votes
1answer
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Itemize without bullets
I want to use the itemize environment exactly as it works by default, but hide the bullets that would otherwise appear.
Is there an easy way to do this?
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votes
4answers
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How to put bullets in the margin?
I'm no typography expert, but I heard that the bullets and numbers in itemize/enumerate environments are better placed outside of the main body of text, i.e. in the margin. How can I do that in LaTeX?
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votes
1answer
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How to create Bullet-List with Fancy Bullet Shapes?
Can somebody please provide some hint on how to achieve the following 2 types of bullet-lists?
Type-1: [Diamond Shaped Bullets]
Type-2: [Round Shaped Bullets]
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votes
1answer
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How do I make a list start at the same level than the text surrounding it (Without extra left space)?
I want my list to begin straight at the left side of my page, without the usual space to the left (which is about the length of a paragraph tabulation). I tried setting parameters from inside the list ...
8
votes
2answers
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Beamer itemize with odd even variation
i would like to obtain the following effect automatically
\documentclass{beamer}
\definecolor{color1}{RGB}{255,0,0}
\definecolor{color2}{RGB}{0,255,0}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\begin{itemize}
...
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votes
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Justify text inside itemize environment with beamer class
I would like to justify text inside an itemize environment with the beamer class. Text appears to be justified by default with the article class, but not with the beamer class.
The following code ...
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customizing itemize in beamer
I have the following in the preamble :
\setbeamercolor{enumerate item}{fg=red}
\setbeamercolor{itemize item}{fg=red}
\setbeamertemplate{itemize item}[triangle]
...
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votes
1answer
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Adjust vertical space before enumerated list in Beamer
In Beamer, I can easily set the desired vertical space between items in an enumerated list with itemsep. But how do I set the vertical space between the line that introduces the enumerated list and ...
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Add bullet points to description lists
I'd like to add a bullet point to description lists.
\begin{description}
\item[Term] Description
\end{description}
Basically what I want looks like the following, when rendered:
\begin{itemize}
...
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change the itemize from bullet to square
I am trying to change the itemize symbols. Using
\begin{itemize}
\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{$\blacksquare$}
\item An extensively analysis
\end{itemize}
the problem is the dimension of the ...
7
votes
3answers
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labels for itemize in proposition
I have a Proposition which consists of an itemize with three claims, i.e.
\begin{prop}
\begin{itemize}
\item[(i)] ...
\item[(ii)] ...
\item[(iii)] ...
\end{itemize}
\end{prop}
I wish to insert ...
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votes
1answer
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How to change the space between the itemize “items” in LaTeX? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Vertical space in lists
How to change the space between the itemize "items" in LaTeX so that I can continue to use the "itemize" and "item" tag without needing to ...
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add a fake item in itemize as a placeholder
How to make phantom item in itemize environment? I want to 'animate' items in my beamer slides, so when I go from one slide to another new item pop up in a right place.
I have workaround for one item ...
7
votes
1answer
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How can I raise an item symbol?
I don't like the appearance of standard \textbullet. It's too big. I decided to shrink it using \footnotesize{}. Unfortunately, the bullet is not at the center of a line (It's a little lower). How can ...
7
votes
1answer
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Using the itemize environment inside a caption
The following code does not compile. However, if I remove the itemize environment it does. I googled for this problem, and found suggestions that using the caption package would solve the problem, ...
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Different colours for the bullets in itemize environment
In the following list, the colour of the bullet will be fixed:
\begin{itemize}
\item Good point 1
\item Good point 2
\item Poor statement 1
\item Poor Statement 2
\end{itemize}
Is there anyway to ...
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votes
1answer
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Beamer: Change color of items
I'm customising a Beamer theme for my own needs and I am wondering how I can efficiently work with parent templates. For example, I want to modify the color of all items (enumerate, itemize, table of ...
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Customize line-spacing and indentation of a list in LyX
I am currently using a list with bullet-points; however, I think the lines are spaces too far apart and they're indented way too much. I don't see any way to correct this in LyX, however.
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Define command for bold list-item
I have a set of commands for producing various kinds of specific list-items, such as
\newcommand{\staritem}{\item[$\star$]} % not really, but you get the gist
All the ones I currently have can be ...
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is it posible to make a multiline itemize justifying the text inside
I am writing technical specs of a programming API. I am using itemize to highlight the method signature as it follows:
\begin{itemize}
\item[\texttt{packeteer.send(message)}] \hfill \\
is ...
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votes
1answer
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Left-aligning all text in itemized list (beamer)
I'm trying to make an itemized list in beamer (using the beamerposter package). By default, the text of first-level bullet points is left-aligned at the same point as non-list text, and the bullet ...
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Choice among asparaitem, compactitem and itemize
I am writing a conference paper (in lncs), I see people use difference itemization styles: asparaitem, compactitem and itemize. Besides the space they occupy is a little bit different, I am wondering ...
