This stack was created especially for my wife, Amy. She is a wonderful friend, wife, mother, cook, and much more. Amy, I hope you enjoy this little program. I will try to learn to be a better cook myself, and this is kind of a scary thought since I messed up macaroni and cheese before.
Advantages To Using This Program
• Never loose a recipe again!
• Easy to browse through all your favorite recipes.
• Print out your recipes and take them to the store to use as a shopping list! Don't worry if you loose them, you always print out another copy.
• Oops, got spaghetti on that recipe? Don't worry, you can print out a clean copy later.
• So 65 of your friends are dying to have a copy of your "Meat Loaf & Yogurt" Surprise recipe. No problem, print out a few copies for them.
• Now what was that recipe named? No problem, just do a word search and find that recipe by a key ingredient.
Shareware = Send Me All Your Money
If you like this little HyperCard program, please send me $3. This money will be given to Amy as a bonus gift in addition to this program. Three dollars is not a lot, but if 100 or so people are honest enough to send $3 it will be great. (Actually if a million or so people send me $3 it would be even better.) If you include a blank floppy and a SASE, I will send you some of my other useful programs with the Shareware fee waved. (Font Library - great cataloger , Five Dice - fun game, Shapes - kid learning stack, probably an upgrade to this program, and more!)
Send Your Money To:
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Attention: Tim Bobo
6433 Starnes
Ft. Worth, TX 76148-1755
Basic Instructions
The operation of this program is very simple. Select the category you want to look at. This will take you to a Category Index. You can then select the recipe you want to see. You can browse through the recipes either by using the arrow buttons at the top right hand corner of the screen or using the arrow keys. Any time you want to see the Category Index for the category of the recipe you are viewing, press the "Category Index" tab you can see to the right. You can also go to any Category Index by selecting it from the "Go" menu.
Printing
If you want to print any recipe, just press the button that looks like a printer that is located at the bottom right of each Recipe card. (The printer looks like a HP Deskwriter.) Or you can choose "Print Recipe" from the "File" menu. You are always given the option of printing just one recipe, or all the recipes.
Note: You can also print these instructions by pressing the button seen below that looks like a HP Deskwriter.
Finding Recipe By a Word
Just click the little magnifying glass at the top right of each card to search for a recipe by a certain word. Or you can select "Find..." from the "Go" menu. This function is helpful when you want to browse through several recipes with a certain ingredient regardless of the category they are located in. Once the first occurrence of the word is found, simply press RETURN to go to the next occurrence of that same word.
Editing a Recipe
Editing Contents:
You can edit the contents of any recipe by pressing the button that looks like a lock in the top right hand corner of the of each recipe card. This "unlocks" the text so it can be edited. Recipes automatically lock again when you go to a different recipe.
Editing Name & Category:
You can edit the name of a recipe from the Category Index in which the recipe is listed. You can also change the category for any recipe. (This is helpful if you ever accidentally enter a Seafood recipe under the Dessert index.) Just press the edit button that looks like a pencil at the bottom right of the card. Then follow the directions given. You will have the option to change the name and the category for any recipe. The process is a little slow, but functional.
Deleting Recipes
There is no use keeping recipes you hate. You might forget and fix that awful Peanut Butter Bar-BQ Shrimp Yogurt Shake again by mistake. Don't take any chances! Under the Category Indexes there is a small button that looks like a cleaver at the bottom right hand corner of the card. (O.K, so it sort of looks like a cleaver.) Anyway, press this button and then choose your victim - err I mean recipe. By the way, be sure that when you click that last "OK" button that you have really chosen the right recipe. All deletions are final.
Entering New Recipes
Adding a new recipe is very simple.
1) Go to the appropriate Category Index for you new recipe.
2) Press the "Add New Recipe" button at the bottom of the Category Index.
3) You will be asked to enter a new recipe name. The computer will then make sure there is no other recipe by that same name already entered.
4) Then the program will present you with a blank card that you can add the recipe information to. (NOTE: If you have already typed the recipe in a word processing program you can "Paste" the recipe onto the card with the edit menu.)
5) If the recipe is too long for the card, press the button that looks like a scroll and you will be given a second card to use.
Updates
All future updates are free to registered users. I am planning to add the following features to new versions:
• import feature - this would allow you to import recipes from your friends with this same stack. There is no use retyping what they have already entered in.
• better sound
• importing text files - this would help you enter in recipes you have saved as text files.
Enjoy the program and send in your very affordable shareware fee of only $3!
