The first item has a sublist.
When the sublist is done, the ordering starts from 1 again.

How to make the numberings go 1,2,3,4... and so on, not 1,1,2,3...?
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\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Blah blah:
\begin{itemize}
\item aaaa
\item bbbb
\end{itemize}
\item Foo bar
\item Woohoo!
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}
Next with "increase depth" button. Then you can also change default or user-default (see document settings) sub-enumerate to standard text, bullets or any kind of list. Don't know how to achieve normal left-alligned text.curiouslearn wrote:Look at package enumitem. That may solve your problem. On the other hand, you may not need it. Depends on what exactly you are trying to do. Post a minimal working example and you will get better help.
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