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"Everything's labelled, everything's got a heading and a sub-heading that tells you specifically what that actual part is about"

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Abstracts, keywords or tables of contents (linking to headings in the text) at the top of a page help readers to decide on the relevance of the contents of that page at a glance. By the same token, the inclusion of section headings, keywords or abstracts under chapter headings in the main table of contents (see Guideline 2) will inform the reader's understanding of the contents of the chapter at a glance.


9.1 Provide content summaries (in the form of abstracts, keywords or tables of contents) for each page
9.2 Position content summaries at the top of each page

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Figure 9. Content summary: Drugs, Brains and Behaviour by Robin Timmons and Leonard Hamilton

Drugs, Brains and Behaviour uses tables of contents at the top of each page. This provides clues about the content of the page and enables users to link directly to relevant sections.

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