How To Create Headings And Subsections On MS-Word

This article gives a detailed explanation of how to create professional headings and sub-headings on Microsoft Word. In academic writings, proper use of headings and sub-headings makes reading exciting and enhances ease of understanding.

A numbered academic heading lets a reader know each section’s beginning and end. Partitioning writing into Chapters, sections, and sub-sections is necessary for e-books, thesis, seminar writings, etc.

Headings on MS Word also help to enable easy navigation through the work’s content. One can easily point to a particular section when reading from any section of the page. They also enable the preparation of a table of contents for the writing.

Creating Academic Headings And Subsections

To create an academic heading and subsection on Microsoft Word, the following should be followed:

• Type the document and apply all needed line spacing.

• Select more styles from the heading bar on the menu and click manage styles.
• From the fly-out menu, select Recommend.

• Select Heading 2 and Heading 3 and click Show. This will make the new headings visible at the heading bar on the home menu.

• Click OK and close the style menu.

Setting Up Multilevel List

• From the menu bar, select Multilevel List and click Define New Multilevel List.

• Select “more” and proceed to set up the header multi-lists.
• Under the link level to style, Select Heading 1.
• Type in Chapter, and leave the number style in Figures (1, 2, 3…).
• Change the font to the desired type. I recommend Times New Roman, Bold with 14 Font Size.
• Under “following number with”, select space.

• Select Level 2 and proceed to the format for the sub-heading.
• Go to “include level number from” and select Level 1.
• Under number formatting, add a dot and set up the Number style to Figures. This will enable the second heading to indicate the chapter and section number.
• Link the level to Heading 2 and set up the font as desired.

• Select Level 3 and proceed to the format for sub-content.
• Go to “include level number from” and select Level 1. Add a dot and select Level 2.
• Add another dot and select the number for the figures.
• Repeat all other above steps.

• Press OK to complete the Heading setup.

As the headings set-up is complete, go to the document proper to indicate the different headings. At the beginning of every chapter, click heading 1. The heading will be automatically indicated.

For subheadings, click Heading 2. It will automatically number the subheadings. For the sub-section, select Heading 3. It will also be added automatically.

This article has saliently described how to add professional headings and subheadings to writing using MS Word.

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