[Tex/LaTex] How to move an enumerate environment to the right?

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How can I horizontally align \begin{enumerate} more to the right? At the moment I'm using the code below:

\begin{enumerate}
\item sometext
\item sometext
\item sometext
\end{enumerate}

But it goes too left in my document. I would like to add some horizontal space to the left, so that the list would be more center on the page…any advices? =) Thank you for any help!

Answer 1

The enumitem package is a good one to load for all kinds of customisation of list environments:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=3cm]
\item sometext
\item sometext
\item sometext
\end{enumerate}

\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=1cm]
\item sometext
\item sometext
\item sometext
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}

You can also set the leftmargin value for all enumerate environments within the current scope by using \setlist:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\setlist[enumerate,1]{leftmargin=3cm}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}
\item sometext
\item sometext
\item sometext
\end{enumerate}

\begin{enumerate}
\item some other text
\item some other text
\item some other text
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}