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As you see above, the bullets are aligned by default to the left edge of the text of the parent list. However, I want LaTeX to automatically identify the right edges of the parent list bullets and use that edge as a starting reference for the bullets of nested itemize lists. I need this to prevent very short lines in second level or third level nested itemize environments.

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Here is my source code:

\documentclass[]{report} \usepackage{paralist} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{bbding} \newcommand{\bulletnoI}{\ding{55}} \newcommand{\bulletcircle}{\Large $\bullet$} \begin{document} \begin{itemize}[\bulletnoI] \item Main Level Item 1 \item Main Level Item 2 \item Main Level Item 3 \begin{itemize}[\bulletcircle] \item Second Level Item 1 \item Second Level Item 2 \item Second Level Item 3 \begin{itemize}[\footnotesize \ding{109}] \item Third Level Item 1 \item Third Level Item 2 \item Third Level Item 3 \end{itemize} \end{itemize} \end{itemize} \end{document} 
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The enumitem package provides finer control over the horizontal spacing, and you can set it globally for particular list types and levels.

\documentclass[]{report} \usepackage{enumitem} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{bbding} \newcommand{\bulletnoI}{\ding{55}} \newcommand{\bulletcircle}{\Large $\bullet$} \setlist[itemize,2,3]{leftmargin=.5em} \begin{document} \begin{itemize}[label=\bulletnoI] \item Main Level Item 1 \item Main Level Item 2 \item Main Level Item 3 \begin{itemize}[label=\bulletcircle] \item Second Level Item 1 \item Second Level Item 2 \item Second Level Item 3 \begin{itemize}[label=\footnotesize\ding{109}] \item Third Level Item 1 \item Third Level Item 2 \item Third Level Item 3 \end{itemize} \end{itemize} \end{itemize} \end{document} 

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