Text Formatting ⇒ Problem in vertical alignment : enumerate

[ANANTHA]

Hi,
I am new to Latex. I am using it to prepare a report in a particular format. When I use the enumerate environment, the second line begins vertically under the first alphabet of the first line. I have a requirement to make the second line to begin vertically underneath the opening bracket of the fist line.
Like example:
(a) This is a story........
and the mishap.......
This is what the enumerate command gives while what I want is ,
(a) This is a story.......
and the mishap......
Will someone be able to help me . Thanks in advance.
Ananth

[magicmoose]

I don't understand your problem - both your examples look identical to me...

Hi,
(a) This is a story........
and the mishap.......
...
(a) This is a story.......
and the mishap......

Please explain what you are trying to achieve as well as a complete compilable example of where you are up to.

[ANANTHA]

Dear Magicmoose,
Sorry for that incomplete querry. I am enclosing the tex file.

\title{\textbf{PERIODIC REPORT DEC 09: } }
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\newpage
\noindent \textbf{\underline{\begin{large}Task \end{large}}}\\
\vspace{5mm}
\noindent 1.\hspace{9mm}{\textbf{\underline{Training in .... School}}}:\\
He completed the ..................and he undertook classes on Aerodynamics.
\vspace{5mm}
\noindent 2.\hspace{9mm}{\textbf{\underline{Training in ...:}} }\\
The training at ceased due to.....

\vspace{5mm}
\noindent 3.\hspace{9mm}{\textbf{\underline{XYZ section:}} }The following activities were undertaken in the said period:-
\\
\begin{enumerate}
\item [(a)]The Engg section performed the repair of ......... spares and recovered the ..... and helped the organisation in saving
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}


Note: If you look at the para 3(a) the second line " the ... and helped the organisation in saving" begins vertically under the " The Engg section...". The format that is required is that I want the second line to begin under the opening bracket of (a).
Thank you for your quick reply.
Ananth

[magicmoose]

Hi there,

Try out the following code, I think it should work as you want. Instead of enumerate for the list, I used inparaenum as provided by the paralist package as it is for inline lists (see example) so that fixes the alignment of subsequent lines issue. Then the whole thing needed to be indented, so I used gmedina's code to define the new environment myindentpar.

Hope that helps

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{paralist}
\newenvironment{myindentpar}[1]%
{\begin{list}{}%
         {\setlength{\leftmargin}{#1}}%
         \item[]%
}
{\end{list}}
\begin{document}

\noindent 3.\hspace{9mm}{\textbf{\underline{XYZ section:}} }The following activities were undertaken in the said period:-
\\
\begin{myindentpar}{1em}
\begin{inparaenum}
\item [(a)]The Engg section performed the repair of ......... spares and recovered the ..... and helped the organisation in saving
\end{inparaenum}
\end{myindentpar}
\end{document}

[ANANTHA]

Dear Magicmoose,
Thank you very much for your reply. It worked and my job is done. Thanks a ton once again
Ananth

[localghost]

[...] I am enclosing the tex file. [...]

Looking at the code you provided I feel a shiver running down my spine and I wonder where you got it from. Let LaTeX do the formatting with the help of the enumitem package.

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\documentclass[12pt,titlepage]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\title{\textbf{PERIODIC REPORT DEC 09:}}
\author{ANANTHA}

\begin{document}
  \maketitle

  \section*{Task}
    \begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=*]
      \item \textbf{\underline{Training in .... School:}}\\ He completed the \ldots\ and he undertook classes on Aerodynamics.
      \item \textbf{\underline{Training in \ldots :}}\\ The training at ceased due to \ldots
      \item \textbf{\underline{XYZ section:}}\\ The following activities were undertaken in the said period
      \begin{enumerate}[label={(\alph*)},fullwidth]
        \item The Engg section performed the repair of \ldots\ spares and recovered the \ldots\ and helped the organisation in saving \ldots
      \end{enumerate}
    \end{enumerate}
\end{document}

Best regards
Thorsten