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The 0142 environment must have at least one <code>\item</code>; having none causes the 0143 LaTeX error ‘<samp>Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item</samp>’. 0144 </p> 0145 <p>This gives a two-item list. 0146 </p> 0147 <div class="example"> 0148 <pre class="example">\begin{itemize} 0149 \item Pencil and watercolor sketch by Cassandra 0150 \item Rice portrait 0151 \end{itemize} 0152 </pre></div> 0153 0154 <p>As a top-level list each label would come out as a bullet, •. 0155 The format of the labeling depends on the nesting level; see below. 0156 </p> 0157 <a name="index-_005citem-3"></a> 0158 <p>Start list items with the <code>\item</code> command (see <a href="_005citem.html#g_t_005citem">\item</a>). If you 0159 give <code>\item</code> an optional argument by following it with square 0160 brackets, as in <code>\item[Optional label]</code>, then by default it will 0161 appear in bold and be flush right, so it could extend into the left 0162 margin. For labels that are flush left see the <a href="description.html#description">description</a> 0163 environment. Following the <code>\item</code> is optional text, which may 0164 contain multiple paragraphs. 0165 </p> 0166 <a name="index-_005clabelitemi"></a> 0167 <a name="index-_005clabelitemii"></a> 0168 <a name="index-_005clabelitemiii"></a> 0169 <a name="index-_005clabelitemiv"></a> 0170 <a name="itemize-labelitemi"></a><a name="itemize-labelitemii"></a><a name="itemize-labelitemiii"></a><a name="itemize-labelitemiv"></a><p>Itemized lists can be nested within one another, up to four levels deep. 0171 They can also be nested within other paragraph-making environments, such 0172 as <code>enumerate</code> (see <a href="enumerate.html#enumerate">enumerate</a>). The <code>itemize</code> environment 0173 uses the commands <code>\labelitemi</code> through <code>\labelitemiv</code> to 0174 produce the default label (this also uses the convention of lowercase 0175 roman numerals at the end of the command names that signify the nesting 0176 level). These are the default marks at each level. 0177 </p> 0178 <ol> 0179 <li> • (bullet, from <code>\textbullet</code>) 0180 </li><li> <b>-<span class="nolinebreak">-</span><!-- /@w --></b> (bold en-dash, from <code>\normalfont\bfseries\textendash</code>) 0181 </li><li> * (asterisk, from <code>\textasteriskcentered</code>) 0182 </li><li> . (centered dot, rendered here as a period, from <code>\textperiodcentered</code>) 0183 </li></ol> 0184 0185 <p>Change the labels with <code>\renewcommand</code>. For instance, this makes 0186 the first level use diamonds. 0187 </p> 0188 <div class="example"> 0189 <pre class="example">\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{$\diamond$} 0190 </pre></div> 0191 0192 <a name="index-_005cleftmargin"></a> 0193 <a name="index-_005cleftmargini"></a> 0194 <a name="index-_005cleftmarginii"></a> 0195 <a name="index-_005cleftmarginiii"></a> 0196 <a name="index-_005cleftmarginiv"></a> 0197 <a name="index-_005cleftmarginv"></a> 0198 <a name="index-_005cleftmarginvi"></a> 0199 <a name="itemize-leftmargin"></a><a name="itemize-leftmargini"></a><a name="itemize-leftmarginii"></a><a name="itemize-leftmarginiii"></a><a name="itemize-leftmarginiv"></a><a name="itemize-leftmarginv"></a><a name="itemize-leftmarginvi"></a><p>The distance between the left margin of the enclosing environment and 0200 the left margin of the <code>itemize</code> list is determined by the 0201 parameters <code>\leftmargini</code> through <code>\leftmarginvi</code>. (Note the 0202 convention of using lowercase roman numerals a the end of the command 0203 name to denote the nesting level.) The defaults are: <code>2.5em</code> in 0204 level 1 (<code>2em</code> in two-column mode), <code>2.2em</code> in level 2, 0205 <code>1.87em</code> in level 3, and <code>1.7em</code> in level 4, with smaller 0206 values for more deeply nested levels. 0207 </p> 0208 <a name="index-package_002c-enumitem"></a> 0209 <a name="index-enumitem-package"></a> 0210 0211 <p>For other major LaTeX labeled list environments, see 0212 <a href="description.html#description">description</a> and <a href="enumerate.html#enumerate">enumerate</a>. For information about list 0213 layout parameters, including the default values, and for information 0214 about customizing list layout, see <a href="list.html#list">list</a>. The package 0215 <samp>enumitem</samp> is useful for customizing lists. 0216 </p> 0217 <p>This example greatly reduces the margin space for outermost itemized 0218 lists. 0219 </p> 0220 <div class="example"> 0221 <pre class="example">\setlength{\leftmargini}{1.25em} % default 2.5em 0222 </pre></div> 0223 0224 <a name="index-_005cparskip-example"></a> 0225 <p>Especially for lists with short items, it may be desirable to elide 0226 space between items. Here is an example defining an <code>itemize*</code> 0227 environment with no extra spacing between items, or between paragraphs 0228 within a single item (<code>\parskip</code> is not list-specific, 0229 see <a href="_005cparindent-_0026-_005cparskip.html#g_t_005cparindent-_0026-_005cparskip">\parindent & \parskip</a>): 0230 </p> 0231 <div class="example"> 0232 <pre class="example">\newenvironment{itemize*}% 0233 {\begin{itemize}% 0234 \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}% 0235 \setlength{\parsep}{0pt}}% 0236 \setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}% 0237 {\end{itemize}} 0238 </pre></div> 0239 0240 0241 0242 0243 <hr/><div class='referenceinfo'> <a href='https://latexref.xyz/'> <i>Unofficial LaTeX2e reference manual</i></a></div> 0244 </body> 0245 </html>