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Compu-Chef (tm) Version 1.5 The Ultimate Meal Manager Recipe Organizer, Shopping List Maker (At least we think so!!) User's Guide Copyright (C) 1990 by Micro System Design, Inc. and HillStepper All Rights Reserved Written and Designed by: Peter Sciacchetano and Mark Bacas HillStepper P.O. Box 774 Harvey, LA 70059 High Concepts BBS is the Home of Compu-Chef (504) 392-4080 Fidonet 1:396/16 page 1 (C) Copyright 1990 Micro System Design, Inc. and HillStepper All rights reserved worldwide. The Compu-Chef(tm) product is NOT in the "Public Domain" and it is NOT "Freeware." Compu-Chef is a copyrighted software product developed and owned by MSD and HillStepper. MSD and HillStepper grant you the right without charge to reproduce, distribute and use copies of this version of Compu-Chef, subject to receive any payment, commercial benefit, or other consideration for such reproduction or distribution, or change this license agreement or the above copyright notice that appears in the software, documentation, user interface, menus and magnetic media: The rights to receive any such financial or other benefit, and to modify the product or employ its components in any kind of derivative work, are reserved exclusively by MSD and HillStepper. Support from users enables us to develop additional features and future versions of the Compu-Chef product. Registered users benefit from enhanced technical support, notice of new products, and bulletin board access. Contact us at: HillStepper P.O. Box 774 Harvey, LA 70059 USA (504) 392-4080 THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, PERFORMANCE, OR OTHERWISE; ALL WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. BY USING THE Compu-Chef PRODUCT, YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER MSD, INC. NOR HILLSTEPPER NOR ANY OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, AFFILIATES, OWNERS, OR OTHER RELATED PARTIES WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE. EVEN IF WE ARE NOTIFIED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY IN ADVANCE. (SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.) You may not reverse-engineer, disassemble, modify, decompile or create derivative works of the product. You acknowledge that the product includes certain trade secrets and confidential information, all of which is the copyrighted intellectual property of MSD and HillStepper. page 2 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................. 3 2. System requirements ...................... 3 3. Features ................................. 4 4. Getting Started .......................... 5 5. Running the program ...................... 6 6. Adding a recipe .......................... 7 7. Editing a recipe ........................ 10 8. Deleting a recipe ....................... 12 9. Marking a recipe ........................ 12 10. Exporting a recipe ...................... 13 11. Printing a recipe ....................... 13 12. Finding a recipe ........................ 14 13. Let's go shopping ....................... 16 14. Printing recipes with the reports option 17 15. Helpful Information system .............. 17 16. Utilities ............................... 18 Importing recipes ....................... 19 Exporting recipe ........................ 20 Category Maintenance .................... 21 Ingredient Maintenance .................. 21 Deleting a group of recipes ............. 22 Clearing marked recipes ................. 22 Fixing Files ............................ 22 17. Acknowledgments ......................... 23 18. Appendix A .............................. 24 19. Registrations ........................... 27 page 3 Introduction Thanks for you interest in Compu-Chef. We had two things in mind when developing this program: First, it was to be the BEST cooking program available. Compu-Chef is loaded with powerful features that make cooking, meal planning and shopping, almost effortless. Second, it was to be the EASIEST TO USE. The program is laid out in a very intuitive, easily manageable format. Most of the comments we receive about Compu-Chef express the user's appreciation for the EASE OF USE for a program with so many powerful features. Because of Compu-Chef's ease of use, you may find this manual almost un-necessary, but it does describe some of the less obvious features of Compu-Chef. Feel free to contact us with any comments or suggestions to improve this program. We are constantly updating Compu-Chef to be better than before. HillStepper P.O. Box 774 Harvey, LA 70059 USA (504) 392-4080 (504) 391-2925 Bulletin Board Service System Requirements IBM or compatible computer with at least 384K RAM Monochrome or Color Monitor 1 Floppy Drive (Hard Disk Recommended) Printer Compu-Chef can be run from a floppy disk or a Hard disk system, although we recommend a Hard Disk for this program to really show its power and capacity. Floppy disks will work although at a much reduced speed and capacity. page 4 Features Up to 100,000 recipes can be stored and retrieved. Recipes can contain ANY number of ingredients. Recipes keep track of CALORIES, FAT, and CHOLESTEROL. Once Compu-Chef is started, you immediately see a list of your recipes. Simply pick one and view it, print it, change it, or whatever. Also, Compu-Chef shows you BOTH the ingredients and the directions on the SAME screen to let you get a good look at the recipe. Enter the number of people for dinner, and Compu-Chef automatically adjusts the ingredients for up to 999 servings. Whenever possible, Compu-Chef provides a pop-up list when you have to enter some piece of information. If for example, you are entering Worcestershire Sauce, simply hit W in the list, and press enter on Worcestershire Sauce, it will automatically be typed in for you! Pick which recipes you plan to make, and Compu-Chef automatically prints a complete shopping list for you. The program also keeps a separate shopping list in which you can enter other things you need from the store. No more math! - If a recipe calls for 1/2 pint of something, with a tap of a key, Compu-Chef automatically changes it to Cups, Tablespoons, Teaspoons, etc... Compu-Chef has ability to find recipes in many different ways. You can mark you favorite recipes with a check, allowing you to later view a handy list of your favorite recipes. Or, find recipes by any category: Italian, Desserts, Side dish, etc. Or, tell Compu-Chef that you have some chicken, and it will show all recipes that contain chicken! You could also find what side dish goes well with chicken! Compu-Chef accepts recipe files from other programs, so you can quickly and easily accumulate an entire library of recipes. Also you can EXPORT any recipes to a disk to give to your friends. Compu-Chef also has a complete INFORMATION SYSTEM which contains a handy calorie/fat/cholesterol guide, cooking glossary, food storage information, measurement/food equivalents, and a miscellaneous screen where you can put what ever you want. Plus ALL of these information guides can be changed or added to by the user! page 5 Getting Started Compu-Chef can be set up to run three different ways: 1) One Floppy disk. Stores about 40 recipes on a 360K disk. Stores about 130 recipes on a 720K disk. Stores about 250 recipes on a 1.2M disk. Stores about 320 recipes on a 1.44M disk. 2) Two (360k) Floppy disks. This method uses a DATA disk, and a PROGRAM disk. Stores about 80 recipes if used with 360K disks. Not much increase with larger disks. 3) Hard Disk. (* Recommended *) This allows for up to 100,000 recipes. To use Compu-Chef on one disk: Simply copy all of the files from the original disk to a formatted disk. Put the original disk in drive A: Type COPY A:*.* B: (see DOS manual for help) Put the original disk away, and use only the new copy. To use Compu-Chef on two disks: Prepare two formatted disks. Label one PROGRAM, and the other DATA. Insert the original Compu-Chef disk in drive A: Type FINSTALL B: The instructions on the screen will explain what to do. To use Compu-Chef on a Hard Disk: Insert the original Compu-Chef disk in drive A: Type A: Type HINSTALL C: The instructions on the screen will explain what to do. If you prefer to manually copy the Compu-Chef disk on to a 720k, 1.2M, 1.44M, or anywhere on your hard disk, you may do so. Simply copy all of the files. from the Compu-Chef disk. If you have a previous versions of Compu-Chef, be careful not to copy these files on top of your existing ones, or you will loose your existing recipes. Use the INSTALL program if you want to save your old recipes. page 6 Running the program If you are using floppy disks, put the program disk in drive a: Type CC (if you have a color monitor) Type CC M (if you have a monochrome monitor) If you are using a hard disk, change to the Compu-Chef directory: Type CD\CC Type CC (if you have a color monitor) Type CC M (if you have a monochrome monitor) After the program loads, Compu-Chef will set up your files for first time use. Press enter to continue with the set-up. This procedure only happens the first time you use the program. If all went well, you should see a screen similar to the following: ┌─── Main Menu ────┐ ┌Recipes ──────────────────────── Time Cals Mark┐ │ │ │ │ │ A Add R │ │Crawfish Pie 01:00 290 F │ │ E Edit e │ │Mark's Famous Po-Boy 00:30 350 FSEP│ │ D Delete c │ │Pecan Pie 01:30 250 S P│ │ M Mark i │ │ │ │ X Export p │ │ │ │ P Print e │ │ │ │ F Find s │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Q Quick Find │ │ │ │ S Shopping List │ │ │ │ R Reports │ │ │ │ I Information │ │ │ │ U Utilities │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └── ESC to quit ───┘ │ │ └──────────────── All Recipes ──────────────────┘ 3 recipes page 7 Adding a recipe Adding a recipe is very simple. Simply press [A] from the main menu. The following screen will appear. ┌───────────────────────────── Add Recipe ──────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Title │ │ │ │ Number of Servings 0 │ │ Categories 1 Approximate cook time │ │ 2 Fat (grams) per Serving │ │ 3 Cholesterol per Serving │ │ Calories per Serving │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This type of screen is an ENTRY SCREEN. You simply type the information into the shaded fields; press [ENTER] to advance to the next field. Use the ARROW keys to move around to different fields. Pressing [PgDn] anywhere in the screen, or pressing [ENTER] on the last field will save the information. Pressing [ESC] in this screen will abort your entry, and return you to the main screen. See appendix A for a list of available keys in an entry screen. Type in the recipe information. Enter the recipe title. Next, you may assign the recipe to up to 3 categories. To see a quick list of categories already entered, simply press enter in this blank field, and a pop up pick list will appear and let you make your selection. You can pick one of the ┌──[Select item]─┐ existing categories or │ - Add to list -│ you can press the up │ │ arrow to add a new category │ Dessert │ You can also jump to a │ Main Dish │ particular item by │ Sandwich │ pressing the first │ │ letter of your selection. │ │ └────────────────┘ If you enter a category that is not in the list it will ask you if you would like to add it. After entering the categories, you can enter the number of servings, the approximate cooking time, then three items for the health conscious, fat, cholesterol, and calories. That's it for the main recipe information. page 8 Adding a recipe Next, you will see the following screen: ┌─── Ingredients (F3-Zoom In) ──────┬───── Directions (F4-Zoom In) ─────┐ │ │ │ │ ──────── End ──────── │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────┘ Ingredients: F3-Zoom I/Ins-Insert D/Del-Delete Enter-Change U-Units F2-Edit Info F4-Directs F5-Servings P-Print X-Export M-Mark You are now ready to start entering ingredients. To start, just press the letter [I], [INS]ert, or [ENTER] on the End line. Using [ENTER] is easier when inserting many ingredients. Next, the following screen appears: ┌────────────────────────── Add Ingredients ───────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Quantity Unit Name │ │ │ │ │ │ When adding ingredients, you may enter the quantity using │ │ fractions or decimals. If you want to enter an ingredient │ │ like DICED ONIONS, enter it >> ONIONS - DICED << │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This is the screen where you enter the quantity, unit of measure and the name of the ingredient. QUANTITY Quantities can be displayed in two ways: using Fractions, or using Decimals. Depending on how you have your Quantity display set up from the Utility Menu, determines how your quantities will be displayed here. You can actually enter the quantity in fraction or decimal form, and it will be converted to whichever display Compu-Chef is setup for. So if you enter 1.5 and you are setup for fractions, it will convert it to 1 1/2 automatically. page 9 Adding a recipe UNIT Enter the unit of measure for this ingredient. If you just hit the enter key here, you will be presented with a pop up pick list. ┌────[Select item]───┐ │ = As required │ You can select any of the items │can = Can │ from the pick list or enter your │cup = Cup │ own. Compu-Chef has an extensive │ea = Each │ unit conversion system, so keep │gal = Gallon │ in mind that if you enter │g = Gram │ something other than from the │oz = Ounce │ pick list, CC won't be able to │pkg = package │ convert it to any other unit. So │pt = Pint │ try to use qt for Quart instead of │lb = Pound │ Qrt. There are 3 exceptions to │qt = Quart │ this, first, you can enter a capital │Tbsp = Tablespoon │ [T] for Tablespoon, a small [t] for │tsp = Teaspoon │ teaspoon, and [c] for Cup. └────────────────────┘ INGREDIENT Once you have selected the unit of measure, you can enter the name of the ingredient. We recommend that you enter the actual ingredient as the first word, then any specifications on how that item should be prepared, (i.e. Onions - Diced, instead of Diced Onions). This helps when searching for recipes by ingredient names. Also, to keep ingredient names consistent, you could simply press enter in the blank field, and another handy pick list will show all ingredients that have been entered into Compu-Chef. Simply pick one, or hit ESC if you want to type in your own. That's all to entering in an ingredient line. Just keep hitting [I], or [ENTER], until all of the ingredients have been entered. DIRECTIONS To enter the directions for the recipe, you can press the right arrow key or the [F4] key. Pressing the right arrow allows you to enter the directions while still viewing the ingredients. Pressing [F4] allows you to enter the directions in a zoom mode. After entering the directions, press [Esc] and you will be asked if you wish to save the changes. When entering the directions, you are actually using a mini word processor. See appendix A for a complete list of keys. that can be used in this word processor. You can use the [F3] and [F4] keys to zoom in and out between the ingredients and the directions. After entering all the required information for the recipe, you can just hit the [Esc] key, which will bring you back to the main menu. That is all it take to enter a recipe, very easy and intuitive. page 10 Editing a recipe To edit a recipe just press [E] from the main menu. You will be presented with the recipe to edit, and an instruction line like the following at the bottom of the screen: ┌─── Ingredients (F3-Zoom In) ──────┬───── Directions (F4-Zoom In) ─────┐ │ │ │ │ 1 1/2 lb Beef - Roast │ The roast should be slightly │ │ 1/2 ea Onion - Diced │ frozen for best results in │ │ 1/2 ea Bell Pepper - Dic │ cutting, as this allows you to │ │ 5 oz Hickory Smoked W │ slice the roast very thin. Place │ │ 2 Tbsp Peanut Oil │ sliced roast in bowl with │ │ 1 tsp Seasoning Salt │ worcestershire sauce for 15 to 20 │ │ 3 Tbsp Mayonaise │ minutes. While meat is marinating│ │ 8 ea Swiss Cheese - Sl │ Saute onions, bell pepppers and │ │ 2 ea Soft French Bread │ 1/2 tsp of seasoning salt in │ │ ─────────── End ───────────── │ peanut oil. Remove vegetables │ └───────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────┘ Ingredients: F3-Zoom I/Ins-Insert D/Del-Delete Enter-Change U-Units F2-Edit Info F4-Directs F5-Servings P-Print X-Export M-Mark There are many things you can do when editing a recipe: F3 Zooms in on the ingredients showing all of the ingredient information. I/Ins Adds ingredients, by placing the light bar where you wish to insert the ingredient and press the [I] or [INS]ert key. D/Del Deletes an ingredient by pressing [D] or the [DEL]ete key, upon which, you will be asked to confirm the deletion. Enter Lets you change or edit an ingredient to edit it. Simply highlight the ingredient to edit and press enter. U One of the major features is the Unit conversion feature. You can change from Tbsp to Cups simply by pressing the letter [U]. You can cycle through the different units of measure. F4/-> Edits the directions by pressing [F4] or the right arrow key. page 11 Editing a recipe F5 Changes the serving size of a recipe. You can change the number of servings to up to 999, and the ingredient quantities will automatically be adjusted. The quantities will by converted to the best unit of measurement, so you won't have 200 Tbsps of salt, you will have 3 1/8 quarts. P Prints your recipe right from this screen. You will be asked if you are sure that the printer is ready. After hitting enter, the recipe will print. X You can export your recipe by pressing the [X] key. You can export your recipe to the disk. This is handy if you wish to trade recipes with a friend or post one on a Bulletin Board System (BBS). You will be asked for the filename to export to, and if it already exists, you will be asked if you wish to append the recipe, or replace the file altogether. See you DOS manual for information on naming files. M You can mark the recipe for 4 different groups: FAVORITE, SHOPPING LIST, EXPORT and PRINTOUT. When you mark recipes for FAVORITE, you can quickly and easily pull up a list of your favorite recipes (See Finding Recipes). If you mark a recipe for the SHOPPING LIST, that recipe will be included on the next shopping list that you print (see SHOPPING LIST). If you mark recipes for EXPORT, then those recipes can be exported to a file (See Exporting Recipes). If you mark recipes for printout, then those recipes can be printed on the printer (See Printing Recipes). page 12 Deleting and Marking recipes Deleting a recipe Simply press the letter [D] from the main menu, and you will be shown the recipe you requested to delete, and asked to confirm the deletion. If you confirm the deletion by pressing enter, the recipe will be deleted. Use this with caution, once a recipe is deleted it can't be retrieved. When a recipe is deleted, disk space is not immediately freed-up. To recover disk space from deleted recipes, use the FIX FILES option from the UTILITY menu. (To delete a group of recipes, see DELETE GROUP OF RECIPES in the UTILITY option.) Marking a recipe You can mark any recipe from the main menu for your Favorite list, Shopping list, Exporting, or Print to be printed out. After selecting [M] from the main menu you will see a screen similar to the following: ┌─────────────── Mark Recipe ──────────────┐ Highlight the category │ │ you wish to mark. A │ √ Favorite List (F5) │ check mark appears to │Mark Recipe for: Shopping List (F6) │ show that it has been │ Export List (F7) │ selected. │ Printout (F8) │ │ │ The F5-F8 keys can be └─────────────── ESC to Quit ──────────────┘ used from the Main Menu. When you mark recipes for FAVORITE, you can quickly and easily pull up a list of your favorite recipes (See Finding Recipes). If you mark a recipe for the SHOPPING LIST, that recipe will be included on the next shopping list that you print (see SHOPPING LIST). If you mark recipes for EXPORT, then those recipes can be exported to a file (See Exporting Recipes). If you mark recipes for printout, then those recipes can be printed on the printer (See Printing Recipes). page 13 Exporting and Printing recipes Exporting a recipe Exporting recipes is useful if you would like to exchange Compu-Chef recipes with a friend. Simply export the recipes to a file, and your friend simply imports that file into their program. You can export any recipe from the main menu by highlighting the recipe of your choice and pressing [X]. You will be prompted for a filename to export to. The default is [EXPORT.CCF] but this can be changed by simply typing over it. If the file already exists, you will be asked if you wish to append the recipe to the file or replace the file all together with the recipe. Printing a recipe Any recipe can be printed directly from the main menu simply by pressing the letter [P]. You will be asked to press the enter key when you are ready to print. page 14 Finding Recipes This is by far one of the most important features of the program. After selecting this option, (with the [F] key from the main menu) you will be presented with a screen that looks like the following: ┌──────────────────────── Find Recipes ───────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Enter any or all of the following : │ │ │ │ Recipe Title │ │ │ │ Category │ │ │ │ Ingredient │ │ Use the singular form of the name for best search.│ │ │ │ Favorites Shopping Exports Printout? FSEP │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ You can search by any of the above criteria or any combination of them. If you wish to skip a certain area use the down arrow key, otherwise a pop up pick list will appear when you press enter on a blank field. The pick list will appear for the Category and the Ingredient fields. This is a very helpful feature, as you don't have to remember the way the ingredients or categories were entered. After entering the selection criteria, you will be presented with a list of recipes that match your request if any exist. A screen similar to the following will appear: Recipes Time Cals Mark ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║Crawfish Pie 1:00 290 F ║ ║Mark's Famous Po-Boy 0:30 350 FSEP║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Category=MAIN DISH page 15 Finding recipes A double box is placed around the recipes so you know you are viewing selected recipes. You are also shown the criteria that the selected recipes meet by the statements under the double box (i.e. Category=MAIN DISH in this case). When displaying selected recipes, functions such as Shopping List, and Exports, etc. only work on the currently selected recipes. This feature is a very handy way of performing an operation on selected recipes. For example, if you want to EXPORT all of you desserts, simply do a find for category=DESSERT, and then export from the utility menu. To return to viewing all of the recipes, press [Esc]. Finding recipes in a hurry. By pressing [Q] from the main menu you can perform a quick search. This allows you to "jump" to a particular recipe or at least get somewhere in the neighborhood of the recipe you are searching for. After pressing [Q] you are prompted to enter a string of letters to search for, so if you are looking for 'Eggplant casserole' you can hit [Q] and type eg and Compu-Chef will bring you to the first occurrence of 'eg'. This comes in handy if you have a several hundred recipes and want to find one quickly. page 16 Let's go Shopping Shopping list is the next option from the main menu. This allows you to generate a shopping list from recipes that have been 'marked' as such. Upon selecting [S] from the main menu, you will be presented with the following: ┌── Shopping List Menu ─────┐ │ │ │ N New shopping list │ │ E Edit shopping list │ │ M Misc shopping list │ │ P Print shopping list │ │ C Clear list/marks │ │ │ └────── Esc to return ──────┘ After selecting [N] from the above menu, a new shopping list will be generated. It will show you which recipes it is shopping for and then tell you that it is combining the ingredients. You can then use [E] to edit or view the generated shopping list. The shopping list shows you the ingredient name and the recipe name for each ingredient. There is also a miscellaneous shopping list for you to enter such things as tooth paste, paper towels, or any other thing not pertaining to the recipes. You can access this by pressing [M] from the print shop sub menu. Select P from this menu to print both shopping lists. After you have printed your shopping list, or the next time you choose to do so, you can clear the recipes marked with an 'S'. You can also clear the miscellaneous shipping list. To clear these you can use [C] from the sub menu. page 17 Printing recipes with the Reports option Helpful Information System Printing recipes with the Reports option By selecting [R] reports from the main menu, you can print out your complete recipes or just the titles of them. This function works in conjunction with the Find option. If all the recipes are shown you will be presented a screen like this: ┌──────────────────────── Report ──────────────────────────┐ │ │ │This will print the recipes currently selected. │ │ │ │All Recipes │ │ │ │Print Complete recipe or Title only C/T ? C │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This will print all the recipes. If you select [C], it will print the complete recipes, or if you select [T] just the title for each one will be printed. If you wish to print just the 'Main Dishes', you can use the find from the main menu and do a search by category for main dish after which you would be presented with a screen like the following: ┌──────────────────────── Report ──────────────────────────┐ │ │ │This will print the recipes currently selected. │ │ │ │Category = MAIN DISH │ │ │ │Print Complete recipe or Title only C/T ? C │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This would print out the Main Dishes, and again either the complete recipe or just the titles can be printed. Helpful Information system Compu-Chef has 5 information screens. These are editable information screens that you can enter any information you want. We have entered some helpful information in these for you, but feel free to modify them in anyway you see fit. The screens include the following information: Cooking Terms, Food Storage, Nutritional Guide, Food and Metric Equivalents, and a Miscellaneous Info Screen. page 18 Utilities The last option from the main menu is the utility menu. After selecting [U] from the main menu, you will be presented with the following choices: ┌───── Utilities Menu ───────┐ │ │ │ I Import Recipes │ │ E Export Recipes │ │ Q Quantity Display │ │ C Category Maintenance │ │ N Ingredient Maintenance │ │ M Clear Marks │ │ F Fix Files │ └────────────────────────────┘ This allows you to set up and perform various utility options of Compu-Chef. page 19 Utilities - Importing recipes Importing recipes allows you to load in recipes from other Compu-Chef users, and even from other programs. After selecting [I] from this menu, you will be presented with the following: ┌─────────────────────────── Import Recipes ─────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Import File Name import.ccf │ │ │ │ Approve each Recipe Y/N N │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This screen allows you to import recipes. If a friend is using Compu-Chef, Meal Master or any other program that can export recipes, you can use this to import them. Compu-Chef CURRENTLY recognizes Meal Master recipes automatically. Other types of recipes should be edited to match the EASY text format shown below. The title goes on ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────── the first line ----------->│Barbecue Pork Chops On the next three lines -->│Main Dish is where the categories -->│Beef are placed. -------------->│ Then the number of servings│4 Then you skip a line ----->│ The ingredients are next ->│1 c Brown Sugar The quantity starts on │1/2 c catsup the first column. │1 envelope dry onion soup mix Unit of measure starts on │2 T vinegar the ninth column. │3 T mustard The description starts on │8 pork chops the fourteenth column. ┌>│ Then skip another line ──┘ │Combine first 5 ingredients and pour over Then the directions ------>│Cook at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. Then 3 dashes to complete >│--- the recipe. │ This is easy to do if you set tab stops at column 9 & 14 . WE WILL BE REGULARLY ADDING OTHER RECIPE TYPES TO OUR AUTOMATIC IMPORTING, SO BE SURE TO SEND IN YOUR REGISTRATION FORM, OR CHECK WITH US TO RECEIVE THE LATEST VERSION. page 20 Utilities - Exporting recipes This option allows you to export your recipes in Compu-chef format. You can export All your recipes, your favorites, ones marked for shopping or ones marked for exporting. You can also selectively export each recipe by answering [Y] to approve each recipe. The following screen appears after selecting EXPORT from the utility sub menu. ┌────────────────────── Export Recipes ──────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Export Recipes │ │ │ │ All Favorites Shopping Exports ? AFSE E │ │ │ │ Approve each Recipe Y/N N │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ page 21 Utilities - Category maintenance and Ingredient maintenance Category maintenance You can perform category maintenance by selecting [C] from the utility sub menu. This allows you to delete, change or add categories. This is very handy if you have three different categories you wish to combine into one. (i.e. sweets, pies, and desserts). After selecting category maintenance, you will be presented with a screen similar to the following: ┌───────────── Category Maintenance ──────────────┐ │ │ │ Ins - Add ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ │ Enter - Edit │ │ │ │ Del - Delete │ Dessert │ │ │ │ Main Dish │ │ │ │ Sandwich │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └──────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ └───────────────── Esc to quit ───────────────────┘ By pressing the [INS]ert key you can add a category. If you press [Enter] on any particular category, you will be allowed to change it. It will also change any associated recipes. For example, if you wanted to change sweets, pies, and desserts, all to desserts, highlight sweets, press enter, and change it to desserts. Do the same for pies. To delete a category simply pressing the [DEL]ete key. That category will be removed from any associated recipes.. Ingredient Maintenance You can also perform ingredient maintenance in much of the same way as category maintenance. After selecting [N] from the utility sub menu you will be presented with a screen similar to the one above. This is handy if you have something like: Diced onions, onions chopped, and Onions minced, and you wish to change them all to Onions - Diced. You can also delete any ingredient from here, but use this with caution, as the ingredient will be removed from all of your recipes. page 22 Utilities - Deleting a group of recipes Clearing marked recipes and Fixing Files Deleting a group of recipes Use this option to delete a group of recipes. This option works in conjunction with the FIND option. Use the FIND option to select which recipes to delete, then select this option from the utility menu to delete the recipes. For example, to delete all DESSERT recipes, select the DESSERT category in the FIND option. Then use this delete option to delete all DESSERTS. WARNING!! This option can delete ALL OF YOUR RECIPES if you are not careful.. If you select this option without selecting any recipes from the FIND option, then this option will delete ALL RECIPES. Clearing marked recipes Using the clear marks function, you can clear any set of marks. If you wish to clear all recipes marked as your favorite, hit [M] from the utility sub menu and then [F] for favorite. This is an alternative to doing each one individually. Fixing files You shouldn't ordinarily need to use this option. If for some reason the index files get messed up either from a power outage or from a system lock up, you can choose [F] from the utility sub menu upon which time you will be asked to press any key. This function also recovers lost space from deleted recipes, so it is not a bad idea to use this option every couple of months, or after deleting many recipes. page 23 Acknowledgments As you can see by the many features of Compu-Chef, it is a very powerful program. We have worked very hard on this project and will continue to support it, if those who use it support it. We already have plans in the works to make Compu-Chef better, we even have ideas for other programs for household use. Any suggestions on making Compu-Chef better or ideas for another type of program would be greatly appreciated. You can reach us by contacting High Concepts BBS and leaving a message (504) 391-2925, or contact HillStepper at (504) 392-4080. Meal-Master is a trademark of Scott Welliver and Episoft Systems MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation PKZIP and PKUNZIP are trademarks of PKWARE, Inc. We would like to thank several people for there suggestions and support while working on this project: Sallie Austin (For recipes contained in shareware version) Dave Davis Ellen Cleary Rich Harper Michelle Bass The wives : Rebecca and Kristi page 24 Appendix A The following keys can be used in data entry screens. Enter For entering data into a field. Moves the cursor to the next field. Ctrl U Restores a field to the value before it was changed. PgDn or PgUp Saves the current changes and quits. Esc Quits without saving the current changes. Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current field. Ctrl Home Moves the cursor to the first field of the screen. End Moves the cursor to the last character of the current field Ctrl End Moves the cursor to the last field of the screen. Up Arrow Moves the cursor to the previous field. Dn Arrow Moves the cursor to the next field. Rt Arrow Moves the cursor one character to the right. Left Arrow Moves the cursor one character to the left. page 25 Appendix A The following keys can be used in the pick-list screens PgUp Scrolls the list up one page. PgDn Scrolls the list down one page. Home or Ctrl PgUp Moves to the top of the list. End or Ctrl PgDn Moves the cursor to bottom of the list. Up Arrow Moves the highlighted bar up one line. Dn Arrow Moves the highlighted bar down one line. A - Z Moves to the options starting with the letter. page 26 Appendix A The following keys can be used in the word processor Up arrow Moves up one line Dn arrow Moves down one line Left arrow Move left one character Right arrow Move right one character Ctrl-Left arrow Move left one word Ctrl-Right arrow Move right one word Home Beginning of current line End End of current line Ctrl Home Beginning of current window Ctrl End End of current window PgUp Previous edit window PgDn Next edit window Ctrl PgUp Beginning of directions Ctrl PgDn End of directions Ins Toggle Insert mode ON/OFF Del Delete character at cursor Ctrl Y Delete current line Ctrl T Delete word right Ctrl B Reform paragraph Esc Exit page 27 Registration: Please send this registration for Compu-Chef to: HillStepper P.O. 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