Microsoft® Manual of Style, Fourth Edition

Lists

Depending on the type of content that you are writing, you can choose among several types of lists: bulleted, numbered, unnumbered single-column, unnumbered multicolumn, or “term list.” A list can incorporate a nested comment, an untitled table, or no more than one nested list.

A table is an arrangement of data with two or more columns in which the information in the first column in each row is related to the information in the other column or columns of the same row. A list of similar entries that is arranged in multiple columns is not a table but a multicolumn list. An example is a list of commands. A table usually has column headings and may have a title. For more information, see Tables.

How to punctuate lists

Introduce a list with a heading ...