Section heading levels ====================== Level 1 ======= Nested sections Level 2 ------- reach at some level Level 3 ``````` (depending on the document class and output format) level 4 ^^^^^^^ a level level 5 +++++++ that is not supported by the output format. level 6 ::::::: Unsupported in LaTeX and HTML5 (HTML5 reserves the 1st level for the document title). level 7 ####### Unsupported in HTML4. level 8 <<<<<<< Unsupported in ODT. .. _references: Section titles with inline markup ================================== *emphasized*, H\ :sub:`2`\ O, :math:`x^2`, and references_ ---------------------------------------------------------- Substitutions |fail| -------------------- .. |fail| replace:: work Note, that the "reference name" for this section is derived from the content *before* substitution. This may be exploited to get intelligible IDs after `identifier normalization`_ of the section's reference name. .. _identifier normalization: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/ directives.html#identifier-normalization