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For example, this list of headings is typical, but not very scannable:

• example
• example
• example
• example

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• Using your debit card
• How to apply for a credit card
  
• Understanding credit-card limits
  
• How you can budget for credit cards
  

Usability guru Jakob Nielsen calls this "Starting with blah-blah and deferring the information-carrying text to the end".

We can easily make this list more scannable by front-loading the phrasesheadings, like this:

• example
• example
• example
• exampleDebit cards - how to use
  
• Credit cards - apply online
  
• Credit-card limits - how they work
  
• Budgeting for credit cards
  

For more on front-loading headings and links, see Jakob Nielsen's well-known article.

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