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Ornamental Breaks

An Ornamental Break is a type of scene break that can be used between sections of a chapter. Use an Ornamental Break to introduce a change of location, time, or narrator with a graphical flourish.

Watch the Video

You can learn how to add and style an Ornamental Break in this video:

Adding an Ornamental Break

To add an Ornamental Break to your book, select where you’d like to insert the break and choose the Ornamental Break item from the Text Feature menu.

Vellum's Text Feature menu

Presentation in the Text Editor

Ornamental Breaks will appear in the Text Editor as a cluster of three asterisks:

An ornamental break in Vellum’s Text Editor

Styling

You can choose from built-in ornaments — or add your own, custom image — by configuring the Ornamental Break Style.