Writing guide Formatting The more your text provides the scanning readers with immediate information, the more likely you are to hook them in for further reading. So, what makes a text scannable? Different ways of setting out information that attract the eye: bolded key words, meaningful titles and sub-headings, logically ordered ideas, bulleted lists, illustrations, graphs and diagrams. ArticlesChapter titles and headings Lists Visuals: tables, graphs, diagrams Table of contents Headings Quoted matter Bold and italics Footnotes Other tools