Clear, well-formatted headings can go a long way toward making sure your word documents
meet global accessibility standards.
Many people use screen readers to create a list of headings so they can skim the document to
find the content they want. Heading list dialogue. Heading list View. Report Scope colon one.
One of nine. But this type of navigation works only when the document's
author uses heading styles. Screen readers and text-to-speech tools
are programmed to recognize them.

To add a heading style to text in Word,
select the text,

choose the Home tab in the ribbon,

and in the Styles box, pick the heading style you want.

When you save your document
in another format for download, such as HTML or PDF, Word retains the
heading styles so everyone can still get the benefits of your headings.

And remember. When you're writing headings, keep them short,
specific to the information that follows them, and clear to someone new to the topic.


For more tips on creating accessible content,
visit aka.ms/accessible.