Deleting unwanted line spaces from Blogger lists

Currently, as of October 2014, Google Blogger adds an extra, unwanted line space both above and below each new ordered (numbered) or unordered (bulleted) list. These unwanted line spaces cause confusion because they are invisible, even in Blogger preview, until you close your post for the first time after adding one or more lists.

This document explains how to create lists in a Blogger post, and then delete the unwanted line spaces before they can cause confusion.

Creating an ordered list
To create an ordered list in a Blogger post, do the following:

1. Type the list items between two paragraphs.
2. As shown in Figure 1, select (highlight) the items in a list to which you wish to add numbers, and then click the Numbered list icon in the Compose toolbar.

   

   Figure 1 - Creating a numbered list

3. Either make additional edits, such as adding more lists, or go to the Deleting unwanted line spaces section below.

Creating an unordered list
To create an unordered list in a Blogger post, do the following:

1. Type the list items between two paragraphs.
2. As shown in Figure 2, select (highlight) the items in a list to which you wish to add bullets, and then click the Bullet list icon in the Compose toolbar.

   

   Figure 2 - Creating a bulleted list

3. Either make additional edits, such as adding more lists, or go to the Deleting unwanted line spaces section below.

Deleting unwanted line spaces
After writing a post in which you have created one or more lists according the sections above, you need to delete the unwanted line spaces from those lists.

Note: You cannot see the unwanted line spaces in your lists until after you have closed your post for the first time after creating your lists. Therefore, to avoid possible future confusion, you should immediately delete your unwanted line spaces.

To delete unwanted line spaces from your lists, do the following:

1. Create one or more lists according to the sections above.
2. Click Save and then Close. This initial closing makes the unwanted line spaces visible.
3. Reopen your post to edit it. You should now see unwanted line spaces similar to those in Figure 3. When there are no unwanted line spaces in each list, there is only one line space above, and one below.

   

   Figure 3 - Unwanted line spaces in two lists

4. Above each list, place your cursor immediately below the preceding paragraph, and then press Backspace.
5. Below each list, place your cursor immediately above the following paragraph, and then press Backspace.