General ⇒ how to insert tabs ?

[latex_guy]

what is the command for inserting tab characters ?
for ex. in the following case -

\begin{enumerate}
\item {Alt : \\}
\item {Pqree :\\}
\item {rmstseee :\\}
\end{enumerate}

I want all the colon's to be aligned. how do I do that ?

[localghost]

Your request lacks precision. It's a difference whether to insert tabs in the editor or to have them in the final output. You have to clarify what you want and give exact descriptions.

Supplement:
Since you added some information, I suggest to use an environment I provided in another topic [1]. The explanations in that topic should help you to get things work.

[1] LaTeX Community · View topic - vertically aligning text of an interview so it looks good


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[latex_guy]

I want it to be aligned in the ouput.

[localghost]

Follow the link in the supplement of my last post.

[latex_guy]

I went through it, but since I'm a newbie just wondering whether there is a command to do it. Would \= and \> work ?
Also, can't I use commands like \sum in the item like -

\item Summation : It is denoted by \sum \newline
\item blahblah :

The output I get is -
Summation : It is denoted by \sum blahblah

[localghost]

I went through it, but since I'm a newbie just wondering whether there is a command to do it. Would \= and \> work ? [...]

If there is a command, I don't know it. The provided list environment matches exactly your ideas. The tabbing environment only yields left alignment.

[...] Also, can't I use commands like \sum in the item [...]

Of course, you can. But the summation character can only be typeset in mathematical mode.

Code: Select all

\begin{xlist}{Summation:}
  \item[Summation:] It is denoted by $\sum$.
  \item[foobar:] Not known.
\end{xlist}

Since you are a beginner, I suggest to take a look at basic LaTeX documentation given by lshort and l2tabu.

[latex_guy]

yeah...thts right, will go through documentation ..