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Re: Table of contents starting from h2

From: Irene Vatton <Irene.Vatton@inria.fr>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:11:58 +0200
To: Dominique Meeùs <dominique@meeus-d.be>
Cc: www-amaya@w3.org
Message-Id: <1224659519.7275.67.camel@vanuatu.inrialpes.fr>

Le samedi 18 octobre 2008 à 09:07 +0200, Dominique Meeùs a écrit :
> Word processors as OOo Writer or MS Word offer the possibility to make a 
> table of contents. Default table uses default title styles beginning 
> with Title 1. Thus I use Title 1 for chapters et cetera, and some other 
> Title or Title 0 for the main title.
> 
> Following the same logic in html, I tend to use h1 for first level 
> subdivisions of the page (and made a p.h0 in my css for the main title). 
> An editor as KompoZer creates a table of contents from h1 (by default, 
> or from any other level) up to the depth I choose (say: h1, h2, not h3).
> 
> One may say that I am too narrow logically-minded, but this is also the 
> way it goes practically, when you export from a word processor. Your 
> Title 1 chapters become h1 elements.
> 
> I am surprised to see Amaya (10.1-pre5) beginning from h2. I understand 
> that this is appropriate for most html pages, but how do I choose to 
> begin with h1? (By the way, how do I choose the depth of the table of 
> content?)
> 

h1 is often used as the document title. Perhaps a solution is to provide
an option?

Regards
-- 
Irene Vatton <Irene.Vatton@inria.fr>
INRIA
Received on Wednesday, 22 October 2008 07:12:35 UTC

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