How to indent enumerate at the left of its label

Question

When my label is too big, it leaves the page. How to indent with the left of label or simply increase left alignment.

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{enumerate} %package for enumerate
\usepackage{enumitem} %package for enumerate
\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}[label=Very big word that leaves the page \roman*]
\item item
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}

See this answer by Jesse in Indenting in enumerate (TeX/LaTeX) http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/168375/89976 — Runar, Jun 28 '16 at 16:53
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score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 28 '16 at 16:59

Don't use both enumerate and enumitem. Note optional arguments are between bracket ([ ]), not between \[ \] (which is for displayed equations).

The trick for your problem is to use left-aligned labels (default is right aligned):

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report}

\usepackage{enumitem} %package for enumerate

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[label=Very big word that leaves the page \roman*, align = left]
\item A first item.
\item A longer item. A longer item. A longer item. A longer item. A longer item. A longer item. A longer item. A longer item.
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 28 '16 at 16:56

Add leftmargin=*

  [![\documentclass\[11pt,a4paper\]{report}
    \usepackage{enumerate} 
    \usepackage{enumitem} 
    \begin{document}
    \begin{enumerate}\[label=Very big word that leaves the page \roman*,leftmargin=*\]
    \item item
    \end{enumerate}
    \end{document}][1]][1]

How to indent enumerate at the left of its label

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