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Using Real Headings in Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word makes it very easy to create "real" headings and provides several tools which take advantage of those headings to speed creating and revising documents.

Heading styles as found in the "Styles" group on the "Home" tab of the Microsoft Word ribbon.

In Word, "real" headings are made by using the built-in heading styles ("Heading 1", "Heading 2", ... "Heading 9"). Microsoft Word and assistive technologies recognize these specific styles as headings and provide many features that take advantage of them.

Expand the sections below to read more about using Microsoft Word's heading styles:

Windows

Here's what you need to know for winows:

Do this.
And do this.
And this too.

MacOS

Here's what you need to know for MacOS:

Do this.
And do this.
And this too.

Online

Here's what you need to know for Word Online:

Do this.
And do this.
And this too.

Windows

Open the Navigation Pane (View > Show > Navigation Pane, or press Ctrl + F).
Make sure the "Headings" tab is selected to browse the headings.
Verify all the headings are listed and that their levels correctly indicate the relationships between sections and subsections.
You should be able to get the main ideas, or a list of topics covered, by reading only the headings.

Exceptions: The Navigation pane does not display headings contained in tables, text boxes, or page headers and footers.

Mac

Open the Navigation Pane (View > Show > Navigation Pane, or press Command (⌘) + F).
Make sure the "Headings" tab is selected to browse the headings.
Verify all the headings are listed and that their levels correctly indicate the relationships between sections and subsections.
You should be able to get the main ideas, or a list of topics covered, by reading only the headings.

Exceptions: The Navigation pane does not display headings contained in tables, text boxes, or page headers and footers.

Online

Open the Navigation Pane (View > Show > Navigation Pane, or press Ctrl + F).
Make sure the "Headings" tab is selected to browse the headings.
Verify all the headings are listed and that their levels correctly indicate the relationships between sections and subsections.
You should be able to get the main ideas, or a list of topics covered, by reading only the headings.

Exceptions: The Navigation pane does not display headings contained in tables, text boxes, or page headers and footers.

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Using Real Headings in Microsoft Word

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