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From: jochterski@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Changing LaTex item numbers in enumerate.
Message-ID: <1991Jan29.100000.38183@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 29 Jan 91 15:00:00 GMT
References: <1991Jan28.150917.38148@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Organization: Wesleyan University
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In article <1991Jan28.150917.38148@eagle.wesleyan.edu>, jochterski@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
> I want the enumerate in LaTeX to make item numbers like:
> 
> a.
> b.
> c.
> 
> instead of with numbers. The manual suggests that I might accomplish this using
> \renewcommand. So I tried:
> 
> \renewcommand{\labelitemi}{\alph{enumi}}
> 
> but got blanks instead of item numbers. I tired some other not-so-elegant stuff
> to, but to no avail. How can I get LaTeX to do this?

I figured it out. I should have put

\renewcommand{\labelenumi}{\alph{enumi}}
\begin{enumerate}
\item
..
\end{enumerate}

Thanks to everyone who replied.