{"id":36205,"date":"2026-04-06T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/?p=36205"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:49:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:49:03","slug":"digital-accessibility-tips-and-template-headings-in-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/06\/digital-accessibility-tips-and-template-headings-in-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Accessibility Tip and Template: Headings in Word"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Headings help organize content and allow users to quickly navigate a document. Use built-in header formatting in Word to make your headings accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--xsmall\">Learn how to easily make accessible headings in Word with MedTech&#8217;s five-minute tutorial and download the College of Medicine&#8217;s new accessible Word template.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta wsu-spacing-after--default\" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/tech.medicine.wsu.edu\/technology\/digital-accessibility\/word\/headings\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--size-small\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tView Tutorial and Download Template\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why can\u2019t I just use large bold text to mark a header?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While increasing font size and using bolding makes your text more visible, it doesn\u2019t change the structure of the document. Screen readers use the document\u2019s structure, including header styles, to help users navigate to different sections of the document. Also, if styles are used correctly, they\u2019re easier and faster to use than manually increasing font size and bolding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digital Accessibility Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital accessibility is everyone\u2019s responsibility. Visit the MedTech <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.medicine.wsu.edu\/technology\/digital-accessibility\/digital-accessibility-basics\/\">Digital Accessibility Basics<\/a> page to get started and stay tuned as the team develops more resources. For additional information, visit the WSU <a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/\">Digital Accessibility<\/a> hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headings help organize content and allow users to quickly navigate a document. Use built-in header formatting in Word to make your headings accessible to everyone. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25158,"featured_media":34357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[33],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36205"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36235,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36205\/revisions\/36235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36205"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=36205"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=36205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}