Text Formatting ⇒ Spacing between Bullet and Text in itemized List

[CoolnessItself]

Hi all,

If I want

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\begin{itemize}
\item (Some lengthy text)
\end{itemize}

to put a larger-than-normal space between the bullet and the text, how would I do that?

I don't mean

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\setlength\itemindent{1in}

as that indents the bullet as well.

Thanks!

[localghost]

The enumitem package lets you customize lists in many ways. The important parameter in this case is \labelsep, which also needs an adaptation of \leftmargin.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{enumitem}

%\setlist{itemize}{leftmargin=4em,labelsep=2em}  % global adjustment

\begin{document}
  \noindent Text
  \begin{itemize}[leftmargin=4em,labelsep=2em]  % local adjustment
    \item First Item
    \item Second Item 
  \end{itemize}
\end{document}

You can choose the global solution for all itemize environments or the local one for selected lists. For details please refer to the package manual.


Thorsten