How Do I Add A Subheadings (H2, H3) To My Story?
Highlight the words you want to use for a subheading
Hover over the H2 icon to uncover the different options
Select the relevant subheading
What Are Subheadings?
Subheadings are headings used to add structure to stories. They may be used to tell readers what a paragraph is about. If you think of it like creating an outline, subheadings act as titles for the different sections of a story. Subheadings are not required, but they may be helpful depending on the length of your story.
Why Use Subheadings?
Subheadings convey a hierarchy of information to readers, search engines and accessibility tools like screen readers.
For readers, there is a clear visual difference in the format of subheadings. H2s are bigger than H3s.
A search engine may consider text in H2s to be more important than text in H3s
Screen readers read subheadings aloud and offer shortcuts to jump from subheading to subheading
Hierarchy:
H2s add sections to the main idea of your story
H3s add subsections to the main idea of your H2
Note: Because of the hierarchical nature of subheadings, always use H3s as sub-sections of H2s within your story
Dos and Don’ts
Do:
Include keyword or key phrase (or variations)
Be concise
Use H2s before H3s
Use subheadings only if your story is deep enough to be broken down into sections
Don’t:
Don’t use a subheading directly after the headline
Don’t stuff with irrelevant terms
Don’t use subheadings for entire paragraphs
Don’t use H3s in the absence of H2s
Don’t use subheadings for image captions