[Tex/LaTex] enumerate tag using the alphabet instead of numbers

#enumeratelistsnumbering

The default behaviour for the \begin{enumerate}tag is to sequentially list the items given by \item over the numbers {1, 2, 3, 4, …}.

  1. Is it possible to change this to the alphabet {a, b, c, d, …}
  2. How about Roman Numerals {i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, … }
  3. How is this done?

Note that I use emacs 24.3. Thanks for all the help.

Best Answer

If you use the enumitem package, you can easily change the style of the counters.

Here is an example using small letters, capital letters, and Roman numbers as counters: 

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
\item an apple
\item a banana
\item a carrot
\item a durian
\end{enumerate}

\begin{enumerate}[label=(\Alph*)]
\item an apple
\item a banana
\item a carrot
\item a durian
\end{enumerate}

\begin{enumerate}[label=(\roman*)]
\item an apple
\item a banana
\item a carrot
\item a durian
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

Which results in:

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