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Welcome to an Accessible Word Document
mini-tutorial, "Adding Styles".
Headings and structure
improve the readability of a document.
If font size is increased,
and elements such as bold
are added to visually change the look of text,
it is only visual, and no real structure
is added to the page.
Incorporating the Styles Gallery adds context
in a way that enables all readers,
including those using assistive technology,
to easily navigate documents.
Select the Home Tab.
Click the appropriate heading
in the Styles Gallery.
As we move through this document,
we will add the designated styles.
Heading one is the title of a short document,
and/or describes the overall page content.
It should be brief and concise.
There is just generally one heading one per page.
Heading two is the sub-heading of heading one,
heading three is a sub sub-heading.
Headings should be selected in logical order
based on their hierarchy, or order of importance.
Do not skip any levels, and do not nest out of order.
It can be helpful to view the Navigation Pane
while applying structure to a document.
Select the View tab.
In the Show menu,
select the navigation pane checkbox.
As you structure your page,
the outline will take shape
in your navigation view pane.
This is also useful for navigating
through long or complex documents.
Use built-in list lists
to add numbering or bullets.
Use numbers if a sequential order
is important to the list.
Use bullets if all items
are of equal value.
Select the Home tab.
In the paragraph menu,
select the numbered or bulleted options.
Once you have added structure to your document,
you can easily change the look
without disturbing the hierarchy.
Let's change the document style.
Click the small down arrow
on the right side of the Styles Gallery,
by Change Styles
Under the Style Set menu,
select any of the default style elements.
This will visually change all of the elements
in the entire page
without effecting the built-in hierarchy
that you have established in any way.
This has been the mini-tutorial, "Adding Styles".