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lists is about list environments. If your question deals with a specific list environment such as itemize, enumerate, or description, add that tag along with this one. enumitem is a popular package for customizing lists. For registers like a "List of figures", use table-of-contents instead.

There are three common environments for list structures in LaTeX, available by default.

• The itemize environment is for bulleted lists and sublists.
• The enumerate environment is for numbered lists and sublists.
• The description environment is for "description lists," where each item is marked with a custom label.

Customizing Lists

Though it's possible to do some basic customization of these environments directly, there's a plethora of packages available to make list customization easier.

• The enumitem package (documentation) is probably the most flexible and comprehensive, allowing one to adjust the vertical and horizontal spacing of list items, define custom list environments, change the number/letter label of list items, and customize list numbering.
• The paralist package (documentation) provides commands for using lists compactly within paragraphs. The enumitem and shortlst (documentation) packages also offer lists within paragraphs.
• The mdwlist package (documentation), part of the mdwtools collection, defines itemize*, enumerate*, and description*, which are compact versions of the three types of lists.
• The enumerate package (documentation) offers a concise syntax for changing how the enumerate counter is printed (numbered, lettered, etc.).
• The easylist package (documentation) offers another syntax for outline-like, deeply nested lists.
• The memoir class offers a \tightlists command for making lists more compact.