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Win Gourmet Help Contents

Recipes

Adding Recipes	- Adding your own recipes to the cookbook.

Editing Recipes	- Changing the content of recipes in the cookbook.

Deleting Recipes	- Removing recipes from the cookbook.

Finding Recipes	- Searching for a recipe in the cookbook.

Importing Recipes	- Importing recipes from an ASCII/Meal-Master format.

Exporting Recipes	- Exporting recipes into an ASCII/Meal-Master format.

Meals

What is a Meal?	- Detailed information on Win Gourmets Meals.

Setting Servings	- Changing serving information for Meals.

Creating a Meal	- Assembling a group of recipes to make a Meal.

Shopping List	- Generating a list of items needed for a Meal.

Other Information

Whats New	- New features and changes in Win Gourmet 1.2

Getting Help	- Win Gourmet customer support information.

Registration	- How to obtain the registered version of Win Gourmet.

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Adding Recipes

You may add your own recipes to the built in cookbook to build a more complete selection.

To Add a Recipe:

1.  Select New Recipe from the Recipe menu or press Ctrl+N.

2.  Fill in all of the appropriate blanks for the recipe you are creating. See Edit Recipe Dialog for details on specific options.

     Note: You must fill in the "Name" selection.

3. Click OK to save the recipe to the cookbook.


Editing Recipes

You may edit any recipe included with Win Gourmet, or recipes you have added to the cookbook to correct errors, or modify to your personal taste.

To Edit a Recipe:

1. Select the recipe you would like to edit using the Find Recipe option.

2. Select Edit Recipe from the Recipe menu or press Ctrl+E.

3. Make any changes necessary to the recipe on your screen. See Edit Recipe Dialog for details on specific options.

4. Click OK to save your changed, CANCEL to return to the original settings for this recipe.


Deleting Recipes

Should you decide that a recipe is not to your liking, or is a similar to another recipe in your cookbook, you may delete it from the cookbook.

To Delete a Recipe:

1. Select the recipe you would like to edit using the Find Recipe(Ctrl+F) option on the Recipe menu.

2. Select Delete Recipe from the Recipe menu or press Ctrl+D.

3. Click YES to delete the recipe, NO to return to the main screen without deleting recipe.


Finding Recipes

You may list individual recipes according to what category of recipe they belong to or you may list all recipes in the cookbook in alphabetical order.

To Find a Recipe:

1. Select Find Recipe from the Recipe menu or press Ctrl+F.

2. Click on the type of recipe you would like to display, or click on All to obtain a listing of all recipes.

3. You will be presented with a list of all recipes in the cookbook that fall under the category you have specified.  Click on the recipe on the list which you would like to display.

4. Click OK to display the selected recipe.

If you already have a recipe displayed on the screen, you can quickly "flip" through the rest of the recipes in alphabetical order by pressing your right and left arrow keys.

Hint: You may also double-click on any recipe to select it without having to click OK.


Importing Recipes

Win Gourmet can read recipes that have been exported from Win Gourmet 1.2 or Meal Master 8.00 and above. Recipes from Win Gourmet should import with no alteration and appear exactly as they would have on the computer that they were exported from. Because of differences in the way that Meal Master stores information, there may be some minor changes in the recipes imported from a Meal Master file.

To Import Recipes:

1. Select Import from the File menu, or press Ctrl+I.

2. Click on Browse and select the file you wish to import from, then click OK.

3. Choose the option under Import for the recipes that you wish to import. All will import all available recipes. Range allows you to import a specific range of recipes. (For instance 1 to 25 would import the first 25 recipes). Select allows you to select the recipes you wish to import from the Available Recipes box


Exporting Recipes

Win Gourmet has the ability to export recipes into a Win Gourmet ASCII or Meal Master format. You can export the currently selected recipe, all recipes in the cookbook, or just the recipes currently selected in your meal.

To Export Recipes:

1. Select Export from the File menu, or press Ctrl+E.

2. Click Standard ASCII or Meal Master to determine what format you wish to export to.

3. Choose which recipes you wish to export (Current Recipe, Recipes in Meal, or All Recipes.)

4. Click OK and enter a name for the export file.


Getting Help

If you are have problems or questions using Win Gourmet and the manual and online help do not seem to be any help, please contact us and we'll see what we can do for you.  Below is a listing of ways we may be contacted.  We will respond to every inquiry received within 48 hours.

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Registration

Win Gourmet is shareware, it is not free.  Please use and evaluate this program for a month to determine if it will be useful for you.  If it is and you wish to continue using the program, you must register.  Registration provides you with the following benefits:

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To register, simply fill out the order form and mail it, with your check or money order, to the address at the bottom.  To print out the order form, click on Order Form below, then select Print from the help File menu.

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What is a Meal?

A meal, as far as Win Gourmet is concerned, is a collection of recipes.  These recipes may be marked to include in the meal by selecting the "include in meal" check box at the bottom of the Edit Recipe dialog box, or by selecting Add from the Meal Recipes dialog box.

 When a recipe is included in a meal, its ingredient portions are adjusted to account for the number of servings you have specified for the meal.  Also, using the Meal Shopping List feature, you may create a quick grocery list including items from all of the selected recipes, also reflecting the number of servings you have selected for the meal.

A meal only stays in effect until you exit Win Gourmet.  If you exit the program before you have printed your shopping list and recipes etc. you will have to recreate your meal upon re-entering the program.


Setting Servings

By setting the servings for a meal, you instruct Window Gourmet to adjust the size of the selected recipes for the number of people you wish to serve.

To change the number of servings, or reset the servings to the defaults for each individual recipe, you must select Servings from the Meal menu. See Servings Dialog for details.


Creating a Meal

To create a meal, you must first select the number of servings you wish to prepare the meal for.  This value is entered by selecting the Servings option from the Meal menu.

After your servings are established, select Recipes from the Meal menu. See Meal Recipes Dialog for details.


Shopping List

Once you have selected the Servings and created your Meal, you may generate a shopping list of the quantities of ingredients to be included in your meal.  You may also add extra items to the list that you may wish to include with the meal (wine, cheese, etc.) or you may delete items from the shopping list that you may not need to get from the store (e.g. 2 cups warm water.)

To create a shopping list, select Shopping List from the Meal menu. See Shopping List Dialog for details.


Preferences Dialog

The preferences dialog box is used to set defaults for various values in Win Gourmet.

Default Category

The recipe category that will be automatically selected when you crate a new recipe.

Default Servings

The number of servings that will be selected when you create a new recipe.  It also defines the number of servings to calculate recipes for when creating a meal.

Save Bookmark on Exit

If this option is selected, whatever recipe is being displayed when you exit will again be displayed when Win Gourmet restarts. Turning this option off will cause Win Gourmet to display the message No Recipe Selected until you select a recipe.


Edit Recipe Dialog

The Edit Recipe dialog box allows you to enter information to create a new recipe or change the information in an existing recipe.  Below are listed the various controls in this dialog box and their functions.

Name

In this box, you may enter the name of your recipe.  This *must* be entered in order to save a recipe.

Source

Here, you enter where the recipe originated. (e.g. "Aunt Sue" or "Company Picnic")

Category

Just as it says, the "group" of foods to which this recipe belongs.  You can obtain a complete list by clicking your mouse on the box.  To set a default category for all new recipes, select Preferences from the File menu.

Servings

Into this box you may enter the number of people that this recipe serves.  This number will be used to calculate the quantity of each ingredient when you select a different number of servings from the Meal menu.

Ingredients

This is a listing of all of the ingredients currently in this recipe.

Add

This button adds an ingredient to this recipe to the end of your ingredient list.

Edit

This button allows you to edit the currently highlighted ingredient.  You can also edit an ingredient by double-clicking on it in the Ingredients list.

Delete

This button will delete the currently highlighted ingredient.

Instructions

This box is for entering the directions to complete the recipe.

Include in Meal

If you check this box, the current recipe will be included in your meal.  Recipes that are included in a meal will have their ingredients listed in the shopping list.  The ingredients  will also be adjusted for the number of servings selected for the meal.


Find Recipe Dialog

The Find Recipe dialog box allows you to select a recipe from the list of available recipes by category in an easily navigated alphabetical listing.

The Categories box at the top of this dialog box contains a listing of all of the available recipe types.  To list the recipes of a specific category, click your mouse in the radio button to the left of that category.  To obtain a listing of all recipes, select the radio button next to All.  To select a specific recipe to display or edit, click once on that recipe, then OK.  You may also double-click on a recipe to quickly select it.


Servings Dialog

The Servings dialog box lets you specify the number of people which you will be serving.  Win Gourmet then calculates to proper portions of ingredients to use for each recipe in the meal.

By default, the meal will be based on the number of recipes selected for each individual recipe with no alterations made to the quantities of the ingredients.  If you uncheck the box entitled "Use Individual Recipe Servings" then each recipe's ingredients will be calculated to reflect the quantity necessary to match the servings listed in this dialog box.


Meal Recipes Dialog

The Meal Recipes dialog box allows you to select the recipes to include in your meal.

Add

This button brings up the Find Recipe dialog box so you can select a recipe to be included in your meal.

View

Clicking on this button will display the highlighted recipe on the screen.  The recipe will not reflect any quantity changes to match the number of servings selected for the meal.

Delete

Removes the highlighted recipe from the meal.  This does not delete it from your cookbook.


Shopping List Dialog

The Shopping List dialog box will generate a listing of ingredients based upon the recipes you and number of servings you have selected for your meal.  You may also add, edit, and delete items from the shopping list as you desire.

Add

This option allows you to add a new item to the current shopping list.

Edit

This option will let you edit the currently selected item in the shopping list.  You may also edit an item by double-clicking on it.

Delete

This option will remove an item from the shopping list.  This will not delete the item from your recipe.

Print

Clicking on this button will print the current shopping list.

Restore

Clears the shopping list and regenerates it from the recipes selected in your meal.  It is a good idea to restore the list whenever you make changes to your meal.

Clear

Clears all items from the shopping list.  The shopping list will be regenerated the next time you select it from the Meal menu.


Import Recipes Dialog

The Import Recipes dialog box allows you to import recipes from Win Gourmet version 1.2 or Meal-Master version 8.00 and above.

Browse

This button allows you to select the file containing the recipes you would like to import.

Import

The radio buttons in this group let you choose which recipes to import. You can select all of the recipes, a specific range of recipes, or any number of recipes that you wish to select from the list on the bottom of this dialog.


Export Recipes Dialog

The Export Recipes dialog box allows you to export recipes from Win Gourmet into a Win Gourmet 1.2 or Meal-Master 8.00 export file.

Format

These radio buttons determine what format your recipes will be saved in. Select Meal Master to save to a Meal Master 8.00 file format. Select Standard ASCII to save into a more human-readable format to upload to computer bulletin board systems or give to other Win Gourmet users.

Export

The radio buttons in this group allow you to select which recipes to export. Current Recipe will export the current recipe. Recipes in Meal will save the recipes that are currently selected for your meal. All will save all recipes in your cookbook.


Whats New in Win Gourmet 1.2

Import/Export Capability

Win Gourmet can now export to text files in either Win Gourmet or Meal-Master 8.0x format. Win Gourmet can also import these files allowing you to easily exchange recipes with other users of Win Gourmet as well as other recipe programs.

Headings

There is now an option, when editing an ingredient, to designate it as a Heading. These are lines in the ingredient list that will display without a quantity or unit of measure, and are not included in the shopping list. They also display against the left margin to clearly highlight logical groupings of ingredients such as Crust and Filling for a recipe for pie.

Bookmark

If you select Save Bookmark on Exit under File|Preferences, Win Gourmet will save your current recipe on exit so the next time you start Win Gourmet, youre looking at the same recipe.

Shopping Lists

Your shopping list is now saved when you exit so you do not need to reelect the recipes for your meal every time you start Win Gourmet. Also, as you add recipes to your meal, the ingredients are automatically appended to your shopping list.

Meals

In conjunction with your shopping list, Win Gourmet now saves the recipes in your meal, as well as the current number of servings. When you start Win Gourmet, the meal recipes and servings will be the same as when you exited. To make the option of resetting your meal easy, an additional button has been added to the Meal|Recipes screen to clear your recipes and start anew.

More Recipes

Win Gourmet now comes with over 60 built-in recipes, up from the 20 or so that the original version contained. Also, there were many spelling errors in the first batch of recipes that went out, this version's collection has been run through a more thorough spell check.

Memory

For those with limited system resources, the method of storing recipes in RAM has been optimized to take only about 1/3 as much memory as previous versions.  In other words, what may have only been enough room for 100 recipes before can now fit 300.

Shopping List Bug

The last version contained a nasty little bug could cause general protection faults when creating a shopping list. This bug has been squashed.

Help File

The Help File (you're looking at it) has been updated with information on all new features. It has also been dressed up a little bit for a more attractive display.


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