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Document Structure and Tags
Before you can determine if the right tags have been applied to your document, you
need to know what each tag means and its proper use. Here is a list of the most
common tags:
Heading Tags
• <H1> = Heading 1. This is the title of your document. There should only be one
<H1> for the entire document.
• <H2> = Heading 2. This is the highest-level sub‐headings in a document.
• <H3> = Heading 3. This is a third level heading.
• <H4> = Heading 4. This is a fourth level heading.
• <H5> = Heading 5. This is a fifth level heading.
• <H6> = Heading 6. This is a sixth level heading.
Note: Like in an Outline, you should never skip heading levels. For example, an
incorrect heading structure would be: Heading 1 Heading 3 Heading 2
Heading 4. This tutorial is an example of a proper heading hierarchy!
General Tags
• <P> = Paragraph. This is used to tag paragraphs.
• <Figure> = A figure or image.
• <Caption> = Caption. When an image is tagged as a figure, the caption tag tags
the caption for it.
• <L> = A list. All tags within this tag are part of a list.
• <LI> = List item. This tag should always be embedded within an <L> tag.
• <Link> = A hyperlink.