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From: Swift, Daniel P.
Date: Mar 8, 2018 12:40PM

Good stuff -- thanks to you and Phil for the clarification!

Dan Swift
Senior Web Specialist
Enterprise Services
West Chester University
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From: Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Heading Structure for Documents

Dan, you asked, "I'm curious as to why you would use the H1 for a title instead of the 'title' in Word?" I use the same approach as Phil. I only use the "Title" style when I'm creating a document that has a separate title page, such as in a formal report. This actually doesn't happen very often, but mapping the Title to Heading 1 is a good idea if you don't repeat the title on a subsequent page.

(By the way, marking a Title style does not have anything to do with creating a title in the metadata - you have to do that separately. Mentioning this because I've been asked about that.)

Sarah E. Bourne
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