<div dir="ltr">Hello,<br><div><br></div><div>Headings should define the hierarchical structure of a document. In other words, major sections should be denoted by higher heading levels (such as heading level 1 or 2) and smaller sections should be nested under larger sections, using larger heading levels, such as heading levels 3 and 4. Commonly, I've seen heading level 1 used as a title, major sections as heading level 2 and smaller sections using heading levels 3 and onward. </div><div><br></div><div>Screen reader users find heading level designations useful because we can use the quick navigation key H to move forward and shift+H to move backwards through a document. The logical organization of these headings is important to us, too, because we can generate a list of headings in the document with our screen reader and move quickly to a specific section.</div><div><br></div><div>The main takeaway here is that the order of the headings is more important; if you skip one of the levels, such as going from heading level 2 to heading level 4, this does not impact screen reader navigation.</div><div><br>Hope this helps!</div><div><br></div><div>Robert</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 12:54 PM Swanson,Allison <<a href="mailto:Allison.R.Swanson@colostate.edu">Allison.R.Swanson@colostate.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)">Hello All,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)">We’re having some debate on our campus about whether it’s ok to skip heading levels or not. I’ve always understood that it was best not to, but WCAG doesn’t explicitly state this. What is the consensus from actual
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;color:rgb(30,77,43)">Allison Swanson </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,78,121)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(30,77,43)">308 Occupational Therapy Building </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,78,121)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(30,77,43)"><a href="mailto:allison.r.swanson@colostate.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">allison.r.swanson@colostate.edu</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,78,121)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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