= 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_6/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_6/SophieTutorial2.png)]]

Now let's import an image. Right-click this Sophie logo to download it to your desktop - or you might just be able to drag it from your browser to your desktop:

  [[Image(source:/trunk/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_6/SophieLogo.jpg)]]

You should have a image on your desktop named ''SophieLogo.jpg''. Go back to Sophie and choose '''Insert > Image''' from the menu bars. You'll be asked to find an image; navigate to your desktop and select ''SophieLogo.jpg''.