It is essential to break long documents into sections and to provide each section with a heading. Sections can be further broken down through the use of sub-headings.  The use of headings and sub-headings provide a structure to your document and help the reader navigate through a document or locate particular sections of interest.

It is highly recommended that headings and sub-headings are changed to a “heading style”. If using Microsoft Word, this can be achieved in one of three ways:

1. Select FORMAT on the menu and then STYLES, then select “HEADING 1” style

2. Look on the formatting toolbar for a box like the one on the right and click on down arrow to the right of this, and select the appropriate heading style.

3. Change any line to a heading style by depressing and holding down the ALT and SHIFT keys simultaneously, and then tapping the LEFT ARROW key ONCE. This is perhaps the easiest method.