Text Formatting ⇒ Formatting Long Labels in Description List

[cazz_]

Consider the following minimal working example.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

\begin{document}
\begin{description}
\item[Very long header that extends well beyond the margins of the document which is really annoying] A somewhat long description that goes with the title.
\end{description}
\end{document}

The header of the sole item in the description list of the PDF document resulting from compiling the TeX code with PDFLaTeX, exceeds well beyond the right margin. Is there some way I can force the header to obey the margins? That is, retain the formatting of the header, but move the part of the header that exceeds the margin onto the next line?

[Juanjo]

Try the enumitem package:

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
\begin{description}[style=unboxed]
\item[Very long header that extends well beyond the margins of the document which is really annoying] A somewhat long description that goes with the title.
\end{description}
\end{document}

There other options you can use instead of "unboxed" which, perhaps, may suit your needs even better.

[cazz_]

Fantastic. Thanks a lot.