The Navigation Pane

An easy way to check your heading hierarchy is to enable the Navigation Pane in Word. The Navigation Pane tracks your heading structure and can help you double check your heading hierarchy.

Steps to Enable the Navigation Pane

1. Click the View tab
2. Find the Show options
3. Check Navigation Pane

The Navigation Pane will open on the left side of your document and show you the hierarchy of your headings. It also allows you to change heading order if necessary.

Steps to Promote/Demote Heading Level

1. Open the navigation pane
2. Right click on the heading you want to change
3. Promote or demote the header depending on your needs

Mac Users

Promoting and demoting headings from the navigation pane is not a feature for Mac Word.