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===== Context Breaks ===== | ===== Context Breaks ===== | ||
- | 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 |
- | We replace | + | Often images are used to represent |
- | Sometimes decorative | + | For all context |
- | [[https:// | + | * Go to the Home Section |
+ | * Select the dropdown menu for '' | ||
+ | * Select '' | ||
- | [[https:// | + | This will convert to the <hr class=" |
- | [[https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/06/ | + | Here is [[https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYQTY4dyJm|a link to a video tutorial for Inserting Horizontal Lines in Word]]. |
- | ==== Q & A ==== | + | |
- | Q: I'm wondering about alignment and spacing. The poet in the book I'm editing (Silvija) makes use of left and right justification at some points in the book. Should I align the text as the poet did or stick to right justification only? Also, the book contains | + | < |
- | A: Poetry is a controversial area of ebook production :) NNELS takes the approach of using left justification for all our documents. For some people, text justification may present readability issues. Extended spaces between words and sometimes letters within words can create spaces of white that can visually dominate the text. If you use screen magnification then magnifying these spaces | + | [[https:// |
- | You can delete all empty pages as we don't have to worry about retaining the original page numbers in this work. We can still put each poem on a separate page. | + | [[https:// |
- | And yes, do use all the original punctuation. TTS is good at reading punctuation. | + | <note tip>If you have any questions, check the archive below, if still not clear, post your question on the [[public:nnels: |
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+ | ==== Q&A Archive ==== | ||
- | Q: If a book uses 2 different types of breaks, what should our approach be? The book I am working on uses extra space (aka non-decorative breaks) 90% of the time. When a break comes at the end of a page in the original book, a decorative break follows the text. Should I use both decorative and non-decorative breaks? | + | Q: Truth & Honour is using extra space between paragraphs in place of decorative breaks. Should I still treat it as a normal decorative break? |
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- | A: NNELS replaces all breaks with 3 asterisks. | + | |
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- | Q: Truth & Honour is using extra spaces | + | |
A: Yes. | A: Yes. | ||
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