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From: Benjer
Date: May 2, 2003 2:28AM

On 2/5/03 1:05 am, "Rachel" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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
>


This is all I could find (apols if already posted)

http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#document-headers

ben



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