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Consider the following example:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[
  label = \arabic*),
  itemindent = *
]
  \item before
  \begin{equation*}
    A
  \end{equation*}
  after
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

output

Why are before and after not horizontically aligned and how do I get the alignment?

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  • Put itemindent = ! or remove that line totally.
    – user11232
    Nov 10, 2014 at 0:41
  • Why no use leftmargin=* instead of itemindent=*?
    – skpblack
    Nov 10, 2014 at 0:58
  • Or itemindent = 0pt.
    – cfr
    Nov 10, 2014 at 1:15
  • @cfr itemindent=0pt leaves the items a litte separated of the margin and keeps leftmargin. Use showframe package to see this.
    – skpblack
    Nov 10, 2014 at 1:52
  • @skpblack What is showframe supposed to demonstrate? Maybe I just didn't understand the question properly but I didn't think the issue was separation from the margin at all.
    – cfr
    Nov 10, 2014 at 1:59

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In your case it suffices to remove any specification of itemindent:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools,enumitem}
\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[label = {\arabic*)}]
  \item before
  \begin{equation*}
    A
  \end{equation*}
  after
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}
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  • Can you elaborate on why itemindent is not nessecary (and why you put curly brackets around \arabic*))?
    – Svend Tveskæg
    Nov 11, 2014 at 1:25
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    @SvendTveskæg: The curly braces is purely habit. Not setting itemindent means it retains it's default value, resulting in a non-hanging-indent or horizontally-flush view (since the label is set in a \llap-fashion. enumitem's use of * or ! is sometimes confusing for me too...
    – Werner ♦
    Nov 12, 2014 at 5:48

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