Inserting scene separators

[babette]

I think I’m blind, I just can’t find anywhere how to insert a scene separator symbol. Checked all the menus, searched manual and forum.
Please enlighten me?
Thanks

[glucose]

Follow the instructions here:

Scene separators and ebook generation

You can easily create your own, preferably as a style: Place the text cursor in a blank line Select Paragraph > Styles Click on »New« to create a copy of the Standard style Change the name to »Scene Separator« Click on »Enumeration/Table of Contents« Change the Format Description to: »* * *« Click on »HTML« Change the HTML block element to »Main text < p >« Change the CSS class to »center« (this may only be available after you export the EPUB at least one time) Click »Apply« and close the…

[babette]

Oh I see, thank you.
Yes I saw this message before but I thought this is just for changing something that already exists to your own style. I found absolutely nothing on the subject of “scene separators” other than this message.
I am surprised they don’t have this in-built already! Should be insertable on right click for example.

Sounds complicated, I will try. So after I have set this up, how do I insert it where I need it?

[Sam]

@babette

I am surprised they don’t have this in-built already! Should be insertable on right click for example.

Thank you for the feedback! I will bring it up with the Development team, and create a section about Scene breaks into our instructions!

Another great way to have a consistent scene break throughout your document is to create a macro that you call every time you want to enter a scene break.

You can create a macro for scene breaks by following these steps:

1. Create a new text file by navigating to ‘File’ → ‘New’.
2. Add the scene break as you would like it to appear - e.g. empty line, 3 asterisks centered, followed by another blank line.
3. Save the document, e.g. ‘SceneBreak.pap’ to your computer.

Now you can create a macro, that will insert this scene break document’s contents to your document with a shortcut.

4. Navigate to ‘Options’ → ‘Text Macros’
5. Select the shortcut you want for the macro call, in this example I used ‘***’
6. Tick the ‘Macro Inserts File Contents’ box.

7. Click ‘Select a file’ button and navigate to the document you created in steps 1-3, e.g. ‘SceneBreak.pap’. Double-click on it to select it.
8. Click ‘Apply’

Now any time, in any document, when you want to insert a scene break, you can hit the macro shortcut keys (e.g ***) and it will appear.

[babette]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate your taking the time to show me all the steps. Very helpful!