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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I had the same issue, but I had a silly mistake. \end{itemize} was missing on one of the earlier pages.– Nilkanth JadhavCommented Jun 21, 2018 at 9:33
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6 Answers
One-at-a-time method:
\begin{itemize}
\item[--] asdasd
\item[--] dsfsdf
\end{itemize}
Set all first-level bullet-point to --:
At preamble, in plain-TeX
\def\labelitemi{--}
or in LaTeX
\renewcommand\labelitemi{---}
These have the same effect, but if you want all your definitions to look similar you can prefer one over the other.
Set the first-level bullet-point to -- only in one itemize environment:
\begin{itemize}
\renewcommand\labelitemi{--}
\item asdasd
\item dsfsdf
\end{itemize}
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Note that there's no reason that it would have to be two dashes instead of one; this would work equally well as
\item[-].– Tyler McHenryCommented Mar 13, 2010 at 15:35 -
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15@Tyler except that it is poorer typographical style, I believe.– Vasily KorolevCommented Mar 13, 2010 at 15:41
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10@Vasily I would not say "poorer"; it's a poor style (it's a thing you want to do when you want to look like MSWord).– yo'Commented Jul 7, 2012 at 11:53
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4@kennytm. Does the command
\renewcommand\labelitemi{---}available in beamer as well? I'm getting error for missing command.– CKMCommented Aug 17, 2019 at 17:32
For reference, here's a package-wise approach using the (de-facto) list manipulation package, enumitem:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}% http://ctan.org/pkg/enumitem
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}[label={--}]
\item asdasd
\item dsfsdf
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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1You can also set defaults with
\setlist[⟨names⟩,⟨levels⟩]{⟨keys/values⟩}. See the enumitem documentation. I have an answer here that gives some settings I like in a beamer presentation. Commented Apr 13, 2021 at 19:37
% before \begin{document}
\usepackage{enumerate}
% after \begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}[-]
\item asdasd
\item dsfdsf
\end{enumerate}
Ideally, the enumerate package is already in MiKTeX so you need not download it.
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1Welcome to TeX.sx! You can format code using the
{}button in the edit window or by indenting the code by four blank spaces. Commented Feb 28, 2013 at 11:14 -
@picco:
enumerateis a latex “required” package; a distribution that doesn't contain it is non-conforming. so idealism ought not to be required... Commented Feb 28, 2013 at 14:55 -
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The alternative solution for whole document/representation:
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setlist[itemize]{itemsep=10pt, label={--}}
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5Use
\setlist[itemize]{...}. The command\setitemizewas deprecated 8 years ago. Commented Mar 21, 2019 at 14:19 -
A much better looking results are obtained if one uses math minus symbol instead of en-dash:
\begin{itemize}
\item[$-$] asdasd
\item[$-$] dsfsdf
\end{itemize}
Use package enumitem with parameter shortlabels:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem}
\begin{document}
Remember use ``shortlabels'' parameter
\begin{itemize}[-]
\item aaa
\item bbb
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
To use bold dash, replace [-] by [\textbf{-}]; or longer dash, replace [-] by [--]. To use +, replace [-] by [+].
