customize space between lines and space to the left in enumeration

Question

I would like to modify the enumeration in such a way that:

1. there is no margin on the left (in the default enumeration, the numbering is indented from the left)
2. there is a vertical space between two items.

Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

For all of your list spacing needs, you should use the enumitem package. For no indentation, and a blank line between items:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
\noindent This is some text.
\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=*,itemsep=\baselineskip]
\item Foo
\item Bar
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}

For some other questions involving list spacing see:

• Vertical space in lists

• Indentation in list environment