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3.3. Making Book Templates
To make a book template, go to the File menu and choose Save Book Template. By default you’ll be taken to the default book template directory; book templates that are saved in this directory appear in the book templates palette. When a book is saved as a book template, most content is deleted; essentially a book template is a collection of empty pages and frames ready for text insertion. Book templates can’t contain links or timelines in Sophie 1.0; if you try to save a book as a book template that contains links or timelines, a warning will appear and you will not be permitted to save the book template.
On the Mac, the default book template directory is /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Sophie/library/book-templates, where username is the username of the account you’re logged in under. On Windows, the default book template directory is C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Sophie\library\book-templates, where username is the username of the account you’re logged in under. On Linux, the default book template directory is TK.
You don’t have to save book templates from inside Sophie to make the templates appear in this directory. If you manually move book templates into the default book template directory, they will appear in the book templates palette the next time you restart Sophie.
You can’t delete book templates from inside Sophie; if you want to get rid of your book templates, you need to go to the default book template and delete the books from there. Some of the templates that appear in the book templates palette can’t be deleted because they come with Sophie.
