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In article <1992Dec30.172458.5692@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> totran@glider.lerc.nasa.gov (le tran) writes:
> I need your help in Latex. I want to do
> 
> \begin{descrition}
> \item[ this]     Description of 'this'
> \item{ is]     Description of 'is'
> \item{ a]     Description of 'a'
> \item{ test]     Description of 'test'
> \end{descrition}
> 
> As you can see, the margins between the items and the descriptions vary.
> I want these margins to be fixed, like this 
> 
> \begin{descrition}
> \item[ this]     Description of 'this'
> \item{ is]       Description of 'is'
> \item{ a]        Description of 'a'
> \item{ test]     Description of 'test'
> \end{descrition}
> 
> This can be done if I used the tabular enviroment, but my description
> list is longer than one page, and the tabular enviroment does not allow
> the page breaking in a middle of the tabular enviroment.
> 
> Please send your suggestion to: totran@glider.lerc.nasa.gov
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Le


If you know a fixed width for all the items, you can use  \hbox:
\begin{description}
\item [\hbox to 2in {this}] Description
\item [\hbox to 2in {is}] Description
\item [\hbox to 2in {etc.}] Description
\end{description}


Liam Healy