7.3. Creating a notebook#
Open Zim by clicking on its icon in applications menu (Fig. 108). You can use the search bar to locate it quickly.

Fig. 108 Opening Zim from applications menu#
When you open the program for the first time, you will notice an Add Notebook dialog (Fig. 109).
Here, you can set a name for this notebook and select a directory to save notebooks.

Fig. 109 Add notebook#
You can accept the defaults.
Click on the OK button to proceed.
This will open the main window of the program (Fig. 110).

Fig. 110 Main window of Zim#