How to get three nested enumerations in LaTeX?
Is it this alignment you wish?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\newlength{\labelwd}
\settowidth{\labelwd}{9.9.9}
\setlist[enumerate]{label*=.\arabic*, wide = 0.5em, labelwidth=\labelwd}
\setlist[enumerate, 1]{label=\arabic*}
\setlist[enumerate, 2,3]{labelindent=-\dimexpr\labelwd+\labelsep}
\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=\dimexpr\labelwd+\labelsep + 0.5em,]
\item Top Level. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text.
\begin{enumerate}
\item Second Level. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text.
\begin{enumerate}%[labelindent = -\dimexpr1cm + \labelsep]
\item Third Level. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text. Some more text.
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}
You can use the enumitem package to produce:
Here's the code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setlist[enumerate,1]{label=\arabic*}
\setlist[enumerate,2]{label=\theenumi.\arabic*}
\setlist[enumerate,3]{label=\theenumii.\arabic*}
\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Top Levek
\begin{enumerate}
\item Second Level
\begin{enumerate}
\item Third Level
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}
The important bits are the lines
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setlist[enumerate,1]{label=\arabic*}
\setlist[enumerate,2]{label=\theenumi.\arabic*}
\setlist[enumerate,3]{label=\theenumii.\arabic*}
These specify what you want the labels to look like. I highly recommend reading the package manual if you need to tweak further. It's very to easy to read.
Edit TO get the indentation in the OP you can use:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setlist[enumerate]{
leftmargin=0pt, labelindent*=0pt, labelwidth=0pt,align=left
}
\setlist[enumerate,1]{label=\arabic*}
\setlist[enumerate,2]{label=\theenumi.\arabic*}
\setlist[enumerate,3]{label=\theenumii.\arabic*}
\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Top Level
\begin{enumerate}
\item Second Level
\begin{enumerate}
\item Third Level
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}
to give:
EDIT II As Mico says in the comments, for the required indentation it is easier to use \setlist[enumerate]{ wide=0pt }
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