An item on level 1 An item on level 2 Some normal text One more on 2 Down to 3 Text for 3 Back to 1 Again 2 In reST this is a list containing a list as first item This should merge with the previous list Constructs like this come from Powerpoint or Word They are legal even in ODF Although this is not possible really in reST And the element on level 1 should just be there, too