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Help:How to use headings and paragraph numbers

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1 Introduction
2 Why use headings and paragraph numbers?
3 Setting up headings
4 Example Headings
5 This is a level 1 heading
- 5.1 This is a level 2 heading
  - 5.1.1 This is a level 3 heading

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Introduction

This short entry explains how to set up basic headings and the use of paragraph numbering in the Directory.

There are different levels of headings and each is associated with a type of paragraph number. This will be explained and followed with examples of how they appear on the screen.

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Why use headings and paragraph numbers?

Headings break up an entry and makes it more readable
There are levels of heading available with distinctive styles - basically the text gets smaller as the level increases
When there are four or more headings defined (at any level), the system will automatically insert a contents list at the top of the page
The contents list will include paragraph numbering based on the level of the headings as you can see from the top of this page

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Setting up headings

A varying number of "equals" signs = are used before and after the text of a heading to denote the type of heading and the associated paragraph numbering as shown in the table below:

Headings and paragraph numbers
Level	Example	Usage
One	==This is a level one heading==	Used for main headings. These will be numbered 1, 2, 3 etc. in the contents. )Level 1 headings have a white line under them to break the heading from the following text.)
Two	===This is a level two heading===	Used for second level headings - will be numbered 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc.
Three	====This is a level three heading====	Used for third level headings - they will be numbered 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3 etc. Use this sparingly - if an article is this complicated it may be worth breaking it into separate linked pages