Pages - new paragraph in the same list item?

Question

I create a numbered list:

1. Point 1
2. Point 2

and so on. Now I realised that the content of 2 requires two paragraphs

1. Point 1
2. Point 2, paragraph 1
   Point 2, paragraph 2

but pressing enter in a list just creates a new list entry.

Shift-Enter gives a new line but not the extra space you want to separate the paragraphs (c.f., this paragraph and the previous paragraph):

1. Point 1
2. Point 2, paragraph 1

   Point 2, paragraph 2

(There is too much space in this example but you hopefully get the point.)

How can this be achieved?

Answer 1

I solved it myself. Just duplicate the current list style and make the new style without a bullet in the appropriate section of the Format sidebar. Pages is smart enough to continue the numbering on the next paragraph where it left of in the previous paragraph.

Answer 2

You could use Ctrl-Return if you would like to use a line break (to write in a new line without starting a new paragraph). For example, if you want to start a new line within the same number in a numbered list, you can use this.

The introduction to the line break function can be found on this page.

And the keyboard shortcut for inserting a line break according to Apple is still Shift-Return which does not work for me. It seems that Apple made this change some time ago but I cannot find any guide from Apple saying that Ctrl-Return is now used for inserting line break.

Answer 3

You can press space-enter twice to create the visual line break between paragraphs, and then change the font size, ⌘- for the line separating the paragraphs to decrease the amount of space between the two paragraphs.

You can also press ⇧⌘I to Show Invisibles, or click Pages > View > Show Invisibles, which may makes it easier to select the line to decrease its font size