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Importance of Headings<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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Headings provide an outlined structure to your content. They help guide people through your content by identifying the topic and sub-topics of the information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Headings start at heading level 1 and progress down to heading level 6. Heading level 2 is a subtopic of heading level 1. Each child heading is a subtopic of its previous parent heading. These heading levels display the hierarchy of content. This hierarchy allows people to understand the outline and structure of the content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Headings need to be appropriately formatted as heading styles for headings to be accessible within digital content and technology<\/a>. Programs and assistive technologies<\/a> can display the formatted headings to outline the content structure. Additionally, assistive technology allows people to navigate to, and scan through, the content by the headings.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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Two heading level 2s are a subtopic of heading level 1, four heading level 3s are subtopics of their previous heading level 2, and one heading level 4 is a subtopic of its previous heading level 3. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Common Errors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These common errors hinder the accessibility and usability of digital content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n