Headlines (Org Mode Compact Guide)

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### 2.1 Headlines

Headlines define the structure of an outline tree. The headlines in Org start with one or more stars, on the left margin1. For example:

    * Top level headline
    ** Second level
    *** Third level
        some text
    *** Third level
        more text
    * Another top level headline

Note that a headline named after `org-footnote-section`, which defaults to ‘`Footnotes`’, is considered as special. A subtree with this headline will be silently ignored by exporting functions.

Some people find the many stars too noisy and would prefer an outline that has whitespace followed by a single star as headline starters. See Miscellaneous for a setup to realize this.

#### Footnotes

### (1)

See the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e` to configure special behavior of `C-a` and `C-e` in headlines.