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public:nnels:etext:text-breaks [2020/07/23 19:58] farrah.little [Context Breaks] |
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| ===== Context Breaks ===== | ===== Context Breaks ===== | ||
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| Context breaks denote a break in the continuity of the narrative. It represents a shift in thought, time, location, or similar in a work of fiction or non-fiction. These changes are typically represented by a large blank space between paragraphs, which sometimes including asterisms and other decorations (traditionally when the shift occurs immediately at the bottom of a print page where it might not be apparent). | Context breaks denote a break in the continuity of the narrative. It represents a shift in thought, time, location, or similar in a work of fiction or non-fiction. These changes are typically represented by a large blank space between paragraphs, which sometimes including asterisms and other decorations (traditionally when the shift occurs immediately at the bottom of a print page where it might not be apparent). | ||
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| Often images are used to represent context breaks. Images are a suboptimal way to indicate a context change because they carry no semantic information. | Often images are used to represent context breaks. Images are a suboptimal way to indicate a context change because they carry no semantic information. | ||
| - | Although not ideal, our solution is to replace context breaks with three asterisks | + | For all context breaks, remove decorative image or content break and insert horizontal line. |
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| + | * Go to the Home Section of the Ribbon Menu | ||
| + | * Select the dropdown menu for '' | ||
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| + | This will convert | ||
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| + | Here is [[https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYQTY4dyJm|a link to a video tutorial for Inserting Horizontal Lines in Word]]. | ||
| - | Sometimes decorative breaks come right before or after a new section (heading). In these cases, we do not need to replace it, rather we can just remove it entirely since the headings imply thematic changes themselves. | + | < |
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public/nnels/etext/text-breaks.txt · Last modified: 2024/05/09 05:04 (external edit)
