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Document on a Mac Accessible   Create Structure  The correct way
to provide structure within Word documents is to use Word
styles. Styles on Word for Mac are available in the Formatting
palette.  word 2004  styles   An advantage of having true
structure in Word documents is the structure will also be
retained if you export to PDF.  The added structure increases
the readability of the document for people using screen readers.
Most people use word processors incorrectly. Rather than use
true headings, they simply enlarge the font size and make it
bold. If you do this, the document has no real structure that
can be discerned by a screen reader.  Pages should be structured
in a hierarchical manner, with 1st degree headings (<h1>) being
the most important (usually page titles or heading), then 2nd
degree headings (<h2> - usually major secti