Welcome to XOWA

## Disclaimer

Please note that this program is alpha software, and that there are defects and unfinished features. Many items are works in progress, and are subject to change in future releases. Although it is my best hope that you find this program functional and useful, I make no assurances regarding stability or fitness of purpose. For more details, see Help:License/Program.

## Release notes

v0.2.2 features support for sortable and collapsible tables (generously provided by Schnark). It also includes a number of fixes to handle localization.

If you wish to view more details about this release, please see Help:Change log.

## Upgrade users

v0.2.1 users: If you are using a non-English wiki, you should click "Set up non-English languages" to get the latest changes.

v0.2.0 users: If you've enabled image download or math rendering, you will need to enable them again.

If you're uncertain about which version number applies to you, please see Help:Upgrade notes for more info.

## First time users

If this is the first time you've run XOWA, then you will need to do some further setup.

- Import Simple Wikipedia

  Simple Wikipedia is a small wiki that fits in 1 GB. It can be setup in about 3 minutes, depending on internet connectivity.
  When you are ready to start, click this link:
    Set up Simple Wikipedia
  Feel free to look around during the import process. You can start at Help:Contents. When the process completes, it will open Simple Wikipedia.
  If you encounter problems, please visit Help:Importing the first wiki for more information.

- Set up images

  Image support requires additional programs (ImageMagick and Inkscape). These programs will use another 500 MB and can be setup in about 5 minutes.
  When you are ready to start, click one of these links:
    Set up images (Windows) If the install fails, please visit Set up images (Windows)
    Set up images (Linux)
    Set up images (Mac OS X)

- Set up non-English languages

  Non-English language wikis will require extra files. These files will use 45 MB and can be setup in about 1 minute.
  When you are ready to start, click this link:
    Set up non-English languages If the install fails, please visit Help:Set up languages

## Other wikis

- If you are interested in other wikis, please visit the list of data dumps

## FAQs

Please see here for FAQs.

## Tips and tricks

- The "<" and ">" symbols in the upper left-hand corner represent the back and forward button. Click on them just like you would in a web browser. You can also use Alt+Left and Alt+Right.
- Press Ctrl+F on your keyboard. This will take you to the Find box (in the lower left-hand corner). Type "tips". Notice that the word "Tips" is highlighted above. See Help:Find box for more info.
- Press Alt+D on your keyboard. This will take you to the Address bar (at the top of the screen). Type "s.w:Earth" (no quotes) and press Enter. This will open the Simple Wikipedia page for Earth. See Help:Address bar/Shortcuts for more shortcuts.
- Copy and paste urls directly into the address bar with the middle mouse button to open the page. For example:
  - Highlight the following url: `http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World history`
  - Press Ctrl+C
  - Click the middle mouse button in the url bar above. The "World history" page in "Simple Wikipedia" will open.

    Now you can copy and paste any Wikipedia url directly into XOWA and its page will open (and all its images will download.) See Help:Address bar/URLs for more info

## Information

This is the Main Page. By default, it lists introductory notes above and available wikis below. You can change the Main Page by clicking Edit in the top right hand corner.

For more information, please visit the Help:Contents page.

## List of wikis

simple.wikipedia.org