===== 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 (double or triple paragraph breaks), 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). 

Often images are used to represent context breaks. Images are a suboptimal way to indicate a context change because they carry no semantic information.

For all context breaks, remove decorative image or content break and insert horizontal line.

  * Go to the Home Section of the Ribbon Menu
  * Select the dropdown menu for ''Borders''
  * Select ''Horizontal line''

This will convert to the <hr class="transition"> tag in EPUB.

Here is [[https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYQTY4dyJm|a link to a video tutorial for Inserting Horizontal Lines in Word]].

<note>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.</note>

[[https://99designs-blog.imgix.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Book-Inner-Pages-with-break.jpg?auto=format&q=60&fit=max&w=930|Example of a context break]]

[[https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/06/book-design-8-solutions-to-the-text-break-dilemma/|Types of context breaks]]

<note tip>If you have any questions, check the archive below, if still not clear, post your question on the [[public:nnels:etext:q_a|Production Q&A]]
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==== Q&A Archive ==== ​
	
Q: Truth & Honour is using extra space between paragraphs in place of decorative breaks. Should I still treat it as a normal decorative break?​
	
A: Yes.

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