Lists

Lists are fundamental for structuring content. LaTeX supports bulleted (itemize), numbered (enumerate), and description (description) lists.

Standard Lists

Bullet Points (itemize)

\begin{itemize}
    \item Apples
    \item Oranges
    \item Bananas
\end{itemize}

Numbered List (enumerate)

\begin{enumerate}
    \item Introduction
    \item Methods
    \item Results
\end{enumerate}

Descriptions (description)

\begin{description}
    \item[HTML] HyperText Markup Language
    \item[CSS] Cascading Style Sheets
\end{description}

Nested Lists

You can nest lists up to 4 levels deep.

\begin{enumerate}
    \item Fruit
    \begin{itemize}
        \item Apple
        \item Banana
    \end{itemize}
    \item Vegetables
    \begin{itemize}
        \item Carrot
        \item Potato
    \end{itemize}
\end{enumerate}

Customizing Lists (The enumitem Package)

To customize list styles (e.g., replace bullets with dashes, change numbering to a), b)), use the enumitem package.

Add to preamble: \usepackage{enumitem}.

Custom Bullets

\begin{itemize}[label=$\star$]
    \item Star item 1
    \item Star item 2
\end{itemize}

Custom Numbering

• label=\alph* -> a, b, c
• label=\Alph* -> A, B, C
• label=\roman* -> i, ii, iii
• label=\Roman* -> I, II, III
• label=\arabic* -> 1, 2, 3

\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
    \item First item (a)
    \item Second item (b)
\end{enumerate}

Spacing

Remove vertical space between items using nosep or adjust itemsep.

\begin{itemize}[nosep]
    \item Compact Item 1
    \item Compact Item 2
\end{itemize}