Headings

Headings help to present a page's organization and guides a user through its content. Properly tagging your headings allows screen readers and other assistive devices to navigate through a page and benefit from headings as well.

Headings are ranked by level. Make sure to use headings hierarchically. The Heading 1 should be the main title of your page. In i:Create, this will be automatically populated from the page name, so you will not have to use the Heading 1. Other main topic headings on your page will be ranked as Heading 2. Subheadings to your Heading 2s will be Heading 3, and so on. Proper heading use is required by accessibility guidelines and legislation.

Format headings in i:Create

To add a heading:

1. Highlight the desired heading text
2. Select the type of heading you would like from the dropdown

To remove a heading:

1. Place your cursor anywhere on the heading text
2. Select “Paragraph” from the font format dropdown

Never skip heading levels

Skipping a heading level should be avoided as it's confusing and disruptive to assistive technologies, e.g., make sure that Heading 2 is not directly followed by Heading 4.

You should only skip a heading level to close a subtopic or subsection. For example, a Heading 2 can begin a new section after a Heading 4, as it closes the previous section.