An Introduction to Sophie

The current release of Sophie is missing much of the functionality that will be in the final release version of Sophie, but it 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 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 here for instructions on how to get Sophie running on a Mac.

Part 1: The Basics of the Sophie Interface

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This tutorial covers the basics of the Sophie interface: things you should know before you start making books. It covers the basics of flaps, tabs, and palettes, as well as the concepts of the book desktop, halos, and HUD. Also includes bug reporting.

Part 2: Making a New Book

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This tutorial covers making a new book, importing images, and using the basic frame and page halos.

Part 3: Using Pages and Preview Mode

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This tutorial covers using pages, preview mode, and using Sophie Reader.

Part 4: Using Audio and Video

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This tutorial covers using audio and video in Sophie.

Part 5: Using Text

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This tutorial covers text in Sophie

Part 6: Using Reader and Annotations

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This tutorial covers using books in Sophie Reader and the various styles of annotation.

Part 7: Using Embedded Books

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This tutorial covers the basics of using embedded books in Sophie.

Part 8: Exporting and Printing

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This tutorial covers exporting to PDF and HTML as well as printing.

Comments

This should become one big basic book with everything that can be made currently.

Things to include in the demo that I have not figured out how to show:

• Sophie server functionality (does this exist?)
• links: can these be made to work in a demonstrable way? I can't figure them out.
• browser frames (?)
• running as an applet (?)

Stopping points right now:

• text performance.

For More Help

You might look at the Sophie documentation, which goes through the functioning parts of Sophie.