How to stop automatic numbering of paragraphs?

I have an existing Pages document with numbered paragraphs.  When I try to modify the document by adding or deleting numbered (or unnumbered) paragraphs, Pages automatically inserts new sequential paragraph numbers that I cannot undo, delete, or change.   I have NOT selected "auto detect lists" under Preferences, and I can find no tool to disable this nasty feature.  How can I simply make my own numbered or unnumbered paragraphs?

Here is the answer available in Pages User Guide.
On my machine, pressing Return twice doesn't do the trick.
I use shift + return.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mardi 2 août 2011 12:48:07
iMac 21”5, i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 Gbytes, 1 Tbytes, mac OS X 10.6.8 and 10.7.0
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