When creating documents, please remember to use Headings to organize your content. Headings add structure and navigation, which makes reading the document much more efficient depending on how a student is accessing and reading it.

Remember to use Headings in the proper order, do not skip headings. For example:

Heading 1

(usually the title of the document / overall topic)

Heading 2

Content (subheading of Heading 1).

Heading 3

Content relating to Heading 2 topic (subheading of 2).

Heading 3

More content relating to Heading 2 topic (subheading of 2).

Heading 2

Content (subheading of Heading 1).

Once you apply a preset heading style you can change the look of the text. The important thing to remember is applying that style, not just making the text bigger, bold, or colored – that alone does not make something a heading.

To apply a heading in Word select the heading level from Styles.

To change the look of the heading, right-click on the heading level in the Styles menu and choose Modify.

You can now change font, size, color, spacing, etc. You can also choose whether this applies only to your current document or all future documents based off the same template.