Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Bruce Pourciau wrote:
>
> > Using the enumerate environment to number problems on an exam, I would
> > like to place [20] just to the left of the number of the problem to tell
> > the students that this is a 20 point problem. I tried in ERT
> > \marginpar[text] and \reversemarginpar{text}, with the text being [20],
> > but neither worked. Can one place text in the left margin within an
> > enumerate environment?
>
> You can do it with the small trick to use an empty \reversemarginpar{},
> see the attached example file.
For a better result, you may want to Insert->Special Character->Hfill
to the left of [20].
--
Enrico