= An Introduction to Sophie =

In the current release of Sophie, saving and opening books doesn't work. However, Sophie can still do many things. This tutorial will walk you through starting Sophie and making a simple book. 

To get started with Sophie, you need to download it from the [wiki:Download download page]. You'll end up with a .zip file; you'll need to unzip that. If you're running on Windows, double-click the file ''build_run.bat'' to start Sophie. If you're running Linux, execute ''build_run.sh''. If you're running Mac, things are a bit more complicated: see the installation instructions [wiki:ITERATION_07/Release/UserDocumentation/01_PreReleaseSophie/01_InstallationInstructions here] for instructions on how to get Sophie running on a Mac. 

When you start up Sophie, it will look something like this:

  [[Image(source:/trunk/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_7/SophieTutorial1.png)]]

That red rectangle is the book desktop. The book desktop appears behind all books that are open in Sophie. 

First, let's make a new book. To make a new book, choose '''File > New Book'''. Now your Sophie will look something like this:

  [[Image(source:/trunk/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_7/SophieTutorial2.png)]]



  [[Image(source:/trunk/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_7/SophieLogo.jpg)]]