I would like to have in my LaTeX document an enumerated list, but with the numbers inserted manually rather than automatically and in a chosen order. For example, if I do the following:
\documentclass[12pt,letter]{article}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}[(1)]
\item This is an item on apples.
\item This is an item on oranges.
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}
then the output looks fine, except that I would now like to also be able to move the individual items around between different lists and keep the previous numbers.
Another way to ask my question is that rather than use the enumerate package, I need to begin each item with a number such as (3) or (12) that I insert myself, and the paragraph I type thereafter in this item should be indented the same way it would be indented if I had used the enumerate package.
\item[(7)]
(or whatever number you need) for the item you want to enumerate manually.