Text Formatting ⇒ Positioning text to left of (a)

[srengam]

Hi there,

I'm trying to do some course work with a question which has a three part solution, namely (a), (b), and (c).

What I want to do is type (a) so it appears on the left of the page, then use some sort of command so that the paragraph text then lines up to the right of the (a) throughout.

Then I want (b) to be on the left, and the answer to (b) to stay on the right of that (like it did for (a)) etc.

Any pointers would be really appreciated,

many thanks.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi srengam,

you could use an enumerate environment.

For example, define the labels in your document preamble:

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\renewcommand*{\theenumi}{\alph{enumi}}
\renewcommand*{\labelenumi}{(\theenumi)}

Later in the document write your text:

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\begin{enumerate}
\item text for (a)
\item text for (b)
\item ...
\end{enumerate}

Stefan

[srengam]

Stefan that's worked perfectly,

thank you so much.