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From: Rachel
Date: May 2, 2003 2:13AM

Two questions:

One:

Is it OK to have a Web page that has a H1 at the top,
then a H2, and then several H5s?

In other words, there's no H3 or H4 in use on the
page? Just H1, H2, H5?

Are there any negative effects for screen readers like
Jaws, that can scan headlines?

Two:

Is there general agreement on what the different
headings mean?

In this thread people have said that
H1 is the page title (mimics the <title>...</title>
element) ;
H2 is like a chapter title;
H3 is a section;
and H4 and H5 are like what?

I was not aware of these meanings. Is there an
official guideline about this somewhere?

Thanks,
Rachel Sengers

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