Page Layout ⇒ Start itemize at same line

[MatthiasN]

Hi everyone,

I was wonderin if it would be possible to start itemize at the same line that you have written your last line of text. This is not something I would like to do consequently through the document.
For example I would write:

There are causes for this: -Cause 1

And the other causes should appear indented so that they are aligned with "Cause 1".
I hope I've made my question clear.

Greetings,
Matthias

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Matthias,

you could use a {minipage} environment with the optional argument t for top alignment, for example:

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\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
text
\begin{minipage}[t]{.8\textwidth}
  \begin{itemize}
    \item item
    \item another item
  \end{itemize}
\end{minipage}
\end{document}

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Stefan

[MatthiasN]

Thanks Stefan, it works^^

[MatthiasN]

Is there a way of letting the minipage environment use the horizontal space left on the page in stead of having to specify the width?
I have tried:

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\begin{minipage}[t]{\hfill}
Text
\end{minipage}

But it gives errors...

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You could switch to a tabular structure and use tabularx with an X column for the itemize environment.

Stefan