# Styling enumerate environment from the enumitem package

I am trying to style the enumerate environment from the enumitem package... I want basically that the enumeration is not too to the left, for example I don't want something like this:

I would like to be able also to increase the size of the items (the font size) and maybe insert a line break after Exercise 1.

Is that possible to do? Or are there any other easy alternatives?

Thanks for any help :)

• It is possible, but isn't it semantically better to use a theorem-like structure? – Bernard May 19 '15 at 23:13
• @Bernard Actually, it's not the theorem, it's an exercise where I mention the Taylor series... I just wanted a easy way to have an enumeration with words and that I can style, so that I do not have to always write by my own \section*{...}, etc, with an enumeration or something simliar... – nbro May 19 '15 at 23:43
• If you declare something like \newtheorem{Ex}{Exercise}you don't have to make the enumeration by yourself… – Bernard May 20 '15 at 0:03

Here are two possibilities with enumitem: I define two enumerate-like lists, exerciceseand otherexs\$, with different formattings. For the environment with a linebreak after the label, you can have some control on the vertical spacing between the label and the item, patching the \item command:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\setlength{\parindent}{0cm}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem}
\newlist{exercises}{enumerate}{1}
\setlist[exercises]{label =Exercise \arabic*, wide = 0pt, labelwidth = \linewidth, format = \apptocmd{\item}{\leavevmode\vskip\dimexpr-\baselineskip \relax}{}{}\bfseries}
\newlist{otherexs}{enumerate}{1}
\setlist[otherexs]{label =Exercise \arabic*. , wide = 0pt, font =\color{red}\Large\scshape}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\AtBeginEnvironment{exercises}{\apptocmd{\item}{\leavevmode\vskip\dimexpr-\baselineskip \relax}{}{}} \usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[2]
\begin{exercises}
\item Prove Fermat’s small theorem.
\item Prove Fermat’s last theorem.
\end{exercises}

\begin{otherexs}
\item Prove Fermat’s small theorem.
\item Prove Fermat’s last theorem.
\end{otherexs}
\end{document}
`

• Is there a way to increase the font size? – nbro May 20 '15 at 2:54
• If you mean increasing the label font size, yes. See my updated answer. – Bernard May 20 '15 at 8:54