= 2. Working with books =

This section of the documentation explains how books - the basic type of document in Sophie - work.

Sophie can have multiple books open at once. Books are listed by name under the '''Window''' menu; they are also listed in the books palette in the books tab in the left flap.

Behind all open books is the '''Book Desktop'''; the book desktop is a special book that functions as a workspace. Resources can be imported into the book desktop and manipulated. While it is currently not completely functional, in the future it will serve as a workspace where resources can be placed before they go into a real book. At the top of the book desktop is a tab bar with tabs that can be clicked to switch between open books; the first of these is always the book desktop itself. When a book is selected, all other books are minimized; when the book desktop is selected, other books are minimized. Only one book can be used at a time.

When you click on the '''Open Preview''' button in the status bar of every book, a new window with a preview of the book will appear. This preview will also appear in the tab bar; you can switch back and forth between a book and its preview, and changes made to the book will appear in the preview.

== Changing the size & title of a book ==

To change the size and title of a book, choose '''File > Book Properties''', which will open the '''Book Properties''' window (as does '''control-b'''). You'll be asked for the title, width, and height of your book:

  [[Image(source:/branches/private/danvisel/sophie2-platform/doc/userdoc-images/RELEASE_12/BookProperties.png)]]

(The '''Background Audio''' section of this window doesn't yet function.) Click '''OK''' to close this window and set the changes.

 2.1. [wiki:ITERATION_12/Release/UserDocumentation/SophieAuthor/02_WorkingWithBooks/01_MakingANewBook Making a new book][[BR]]
 2.2. [wiki:ITERATION_12/Release/UserDocumentation/SophieAuthor/02_WorkingWithBooks/02_UsingBookTemplates Using book templates][[BR]]
 2.3. [wiki:ITERATION_12/Release/UserDocumentation/SophieAuthor/02_WorkingWithBooks/03_MakingBookTemplates Making book templates][[BR]]