A 2.1 heading should always be followed by subsequent 2.2. Per level you should have at least two headings. For technical publications or textbooks on the other hand that would be fine. On the whole avoid a too finely spun structure which might suggest an equally finespun logic in the social reality you are trying to describe. You needn’t necessarily include all levels in your table of contents (in the present introduction I only included the first level). In case you need a third or even fourth level, then leave these preferably without showing sublevels (in above example we opted for a), b) c)… style). I would recommend a maximum of two fully numbered levels. The desired spacings must be recorded in the header styles. the property of headings to always keep together with the next paragraph, and second it would lead to inconsistent spacings above and below the title. For one it would destroy the “sticking” effect, i.e. When in a hurry it’s tempting, instead of using this method, to simply add a couple of blank lines before a heading and another blank line following itin order to influence spacing. Table 2: Styles for first three levels of headings based on font Garamond (just a suggestion) Blank Lines? Here my formatting suggestions for the first three levels of headings: avoid several titles in succession with no text in between.Generally headings should meet following criteria:

Same goes of course for the other levels, indeed for any paragraph style. Any changes made here will apply to all other Level 1 Headings.

To control the appearance say of all your chapter headings ( Level 1), simply right click on any one of them and choose the option Edit Paragraph Style. It isn’t necessary to mark the whole paragraph – just place the cursor anywhere within the paragraph and apply one of the above shortcuts.

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