Horizontal spacing in itemize

Question

How can I shift the dots left and right?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\begin{document}
Horizontal space
\begin{itemize}
    \item Text
    \item Text
    \item Text
\end{itemize}

\end{document}

Answer 1

You can use the enumitem package for this. (Negative values for leftmargin are acceptable also.)

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\setlist[itemize]{leftmargin=8em}

\begin{document}
Horizontal space
\begin{itemize}
    \item Text
    \item Text
    \item Text
\end{itemize}

\end{document}

If you want to do this locally, you can use the following:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{document}
Horizontal space
\begin{itemize}[left=8em]
    \item Text
    \item Text
    \item Text
\end{itemize}

Horizontal space
\begin{itemize}[left=-4em]
    \item Text
    \item Text
    \item Text
\end{itemize}

\end{document}

which will produce