When producing content in a list - in Writer or in Impress - it is often the case that a single list item requires more than a single paragraph of text. And note: I mean multiple _paragraphs_, not just multiple lines. In Writer, this is significant w.r.t. justification and spacing; in Impress, important also w.r.t. animation effects, e.g. revealing one paragraph at a time. Unfortunately, this is not supported, AFAICT, today. If you introduce a paragraph break, you either get a new list item, or you have to leave the list and indent. That's no good: Semantically, you are warping the document structure by breaking a single list with intermittent paragraphs which are not part of the list; and DF-wise - getting the indentation right is possible, but tedious and may require "dummy styles". See also my recent bug 149307 about what happens in Impress; and there's the fact that intendation-with-Tab only works when bullets are on.
Oh, and: Markdown supports this; HTML supports this; and I would guess the ODT format probably supports it too, although that's for others to say.
That is already possible. Set the cursor at the start of the text of the paragraph (after the number or bullet) and press the backspace-key. That removes the number or bullet and the paragraph will belong to the same list-item as the previous paragraph. That works in Writer and in Impress as well. In case you are creating the list in Writer use the icon 'Insert unnumbered entry' at the end of the paragraph and do not press Enter.
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #2) > In case you are creating the list in Writer use the icon 'Insert unnumbered > entry' at the end of the paragraph and do not press Enter. I'm not sue I understand what you've written here. How do I "use an icon"? Where is that icon located exactly? Anyway, ok, I realize now this is possible - but it's a relatively "well-hidden" feature. Can I make this happen using the toolbar? The menu bar? Without first creating bulleted/numbered item?
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #3) > (In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #2) > > In case you are creating the list in Writer use the icon 'Insert unnumbered > > entry' at the end of the paragraph and do not press Enter. > > I'm not sue I understand what you've written here. How do I "use an icon"? > Where is that icon located exactly? In Writer, if you are inside a list, you should get the "Bullet and Numbering" toolbar above the status bar. If it is not there, you can open it via menu View > Toolbars. There you find the icon "Insert Unnumbered Entry". The command does not work in Impress. > > Anyway, ok, I realize now this is possible - but it's a relatively > "well-hidden" feature. Coming from other office suites you might not know it. But it exists in OOo/LO from the beginning. And in contrast to Word, if you press Enter at the end of such paragraph the numbering continues automatically in the next paragraph. Can I make this happen using the toolbar? The menu > bar? Without first creating bulleted/numbered item? For Impress it could be an enhancement to have this uno-command too. Currently you really need to first generate the next paragraph with enter and then remove its bullet/numbering with backspace-key. You might be able to combine these two steps in a macro, I have not tested it. The fact, that the uno-command does not work directly, I have tested. In Writer you can customize any menu or toolbar to contain the command or you can assign a short cut for it. When you use in the customize dialog the category "Numbering" you will easily find it.
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #4) Thanks, and shame on me for not knowing any of this.