Building lists

We will start with unordered lists that are structured by bullet points. Later in this section, we will deal with ordered lists that are enumerated by numbers or characters, and then we will continue with lists of explained keywords and facts.

Creating a bulleted list

We shall start with the simplest kind of list. It contains just the items without numbers. Each item is marked by a bullet. That way, we can organize a list of key points in a much more readable way compared to a long sentence within text in a paragraph.

Let's create a list of packages that we got to know in the previous chapter. Follow these steps to build a bullet list:

1. Create a new document with some introduction text:

   \documentclass{article}
   \begin{document}
   \section*{Useful packages}
   LaTeX provides several packages for designing the
   layout:

2. Now write the list, using an itemize environment and \item commands:

   \begin{itemize}
     \item geometry
     \item typearea...