4.2 Section Headings
HTML allows for six levels of headings, marked
by the element names H1, H2... H6.
There is no forced hierarchy in these headings, but
for consistency you should use the top level
(H1) for main headings, and lower levels for progressively
less important ones. In general hypertext documents should
be broken up so that each page does not occupy much more than
a single screen. In these cases you can use the H1 heading
to mark the main document heading, and the others to mark
subheadings.
4.2.1 Heading Alignment: The ALIGN Attribute
HTML 3 proposed an ALIGN attribute to the heading element, which allows
an author to "hint" at the desired alignment of the heading on the
display.The possible values are ALIGN="left" (the default) to left-align
the heading, ALIGN="center" to center the heading, and ALIGN="right" to
right-align the heading. Several browsers understand left and center alignment,
while very few understand right-alignment. Some examples are shown below.
4.2.2 Examples of Headings
The following examples show the HTML coding for the six
heading types, along with the results (note that the
results will vary from viewer to viewer)
<H1 align="left"> Heading type H1 </H1>
Heading type H1
<H2 align="center"> Heading type H2 </H2>
Heading type H2
<H3 align="right"> Heading type H3 </H3>
Heading type H3
<H4> Heading type H4 </H4>
Heading type H4
<H5> Heading type H5 </H5>
Heading type H5
<H6> Heading type H6 </H6>
Heading type H6
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1996
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