For unordered lists, LaTeX provides the itemize environment and for ordered lists there is the enumerate environment. The elements within both environments have to be declared beginning with the \item command.
LaTeX line spacing FAQ: How can I control the line spacing in itemize and enumerate tags? What I did was to create my own LaTeX command, and then use that command instead of the traditional enumerate tag. (This works just as well for the itemize tag.) The LaTeX example below shows how...