Text Formatting ⇒ memoir | Custom left Margin for enumerated Lists

[laurocesar]

Hello,

how can I set \leftmargin in a {enumerate} environment of memoir?

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\begin{enumerate}[a)]\leftmargin5cm 
  \item One
  \item Two
\end{enumerate}

In this case, \leftmargin5cm or \setlength{leftmargin}{5cm} has no effect.

Thanks!

[meho_r]

If you want an easy version, you can try enumitem package instead of memoir's way of dealing with lists. E.g.:

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\documentclass{memoir}

\usepackage{enumitem}% for customizing the lists

\usepackage{showframe}% just to show page geometry, not needed

\begin{document}

\noindent Some text.

\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=5cm,label={\alph*)}]
\item First first first first first first first first first first first first first first first
\item Second second second second second second second second second second second second second second second
\item Third third third third third third third third third third third third third third third
\end{enumerate}

Some text.

\end{document}

If you're going to reuse the same list more than once in your document, you can define your own list, e.g., for a list with two levels, you can do something like this:

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\documentclass{memoir}

\usepackage{enumitem}

\newlist{mylist}{enumerate}{2}% a new list named: mylist, of type: enumerate, with number of levels: 2

\setlist[mylist,1]{leftmargin=5cm,label={\alph*)}}% defining the first level
\setlist[mylist,2]{leftmargin=1cm,label={\roman*)}}% defining the second level

\begin{document}

\noindent Some text.

\begin{mylist}% this is the first level
\item Level 1
\item Level 1
\item Level 1
    \begin{mylist}% this is the second level
    \item Level 2
    \item Level 2
    \item Level 2
    \end{mylist}
\item Level 1
\item Level 1
\item Level 1
\end{mylist}

Some text.

\end{document}

For more infos, take a look at enumitem's documentation.