General ⇒ too much indentation space in enumerate

[OA-Uwe]

Hi,

there's a formatting problem with the enumerate function for which I need some help.

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{german}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Chapter 1}
\section{Section 1}
\begin{enumerate}
    \item eins
    \begin{enumerate}
        \item eins punkt eins
        \item eins punkt zwei
    \end{enumerate}
    \item zwei
    \item drei: Hier ist auch der Verweis auf \ref{1K}
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}
 
 
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The second enumerate function doesn't stick to the virtual left orientation but puts some space on the left side of the "(a)" and "(b)" counter. Is there a way to correct that format?

Thanks for your help,
Uwe

[pumpkinegan]

The extra indentation in a nested list is correct behavior. You basically have a numbered list inside a numbered list---hence the indentation to clearly distinguish each numbered list.

You could override this by putting

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\setlength{\itemindent}{-2em}
 
 
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after the nested \begin{enumerate}, but I do not think that it looks good.

Patrick.

[Ted]

Also consider using the package enumitem. Check out page 4 of the documentation -- it details all of the horizontal spacing lengths and gives you easy ways to change them.

[OA-Uwe]

Hi and thanks for the input. I'm going to try that.

Regards and have a great week
Uwe