Determine if your list needs to convey a chronological order or an order of importance for your items. If so, follow proper formatting for a numbered list. All other lists should use the bullet formatting.
Start your first item on the list by moving to a new line in the text. Add a bullet or the number one, left-justified and without a indentation. Follow the number with a period and a space. Follow the bullet with a space.
Write the first item by capitalizing the first letter of the first word. Continue by adding a word, sentence or paragraph as the first item, using proper punctuation and spelling.
Write out the first item completely. Skip to next line and add a bullet or the number two and repeat the format for the first item. Repeat for all items on the list, adding one to the number for each item on a numbered list.