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                                   │   Utilities  │
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       The UTILITIES area has 4 important features that will aid you in using
       PERSONAL RECIPE COOKBOOK.

       MEASUREMENT CHART: This area contains information on Equivalent
       Measures. The MEASUREMENT CHART can be accessed from EDIT/DELETE, ADD
       RECIPE and from the MAIN MENU.

       COMPACT THE DATABASE: When you make changes to the recipe records
       through editing and/or deletion the information that is stored on the
       disk is not arranged in an orderly manor. Records that you used the
       delete function on are not erased from the disk. They are just tagged
       so that they can not be accessed. That means that even though a record
       does not exist for use in this program it still remains and uses
       valuable disk space. When the function "COMPACT THE DATABASE" is used
       the tagged records are totally removed from the disk and the existing
       records are rearranged in an orderly fashion for faster access.
       It is recommended that this function be used often when editing and
       deleting records are a common occurrence. Remember that if you have
       limited disk space using this function will be of considerable benefit.

       IMPORT/EXPORT RECIPE: From this function 2 choices are listed.
       We'll discuss Export first.


                                   ════ Export ════

       The export feature is to exchange recipes with others using the same 
       format or to utilize this program on another computer and swap recipes 
       between machines without having to enter them manually a second time.

        The following number of recipes will fit on each of the following 
        disk types:
        
                  Disk Size          Format     No. of Recipes
                  ────────────────────────────────────────────
                    5 1/4            360k            75
                    5 1/4            1.2m           250
                    3 1/2            720k           150
                    3 1/2            1.44m          291


                                    "PLEASE NOTE"
         ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
         │ This format is used only by PERSONAL RECIPE COOKBOOK so imports │
         │ will be limited to recipes from others using this program.      │
         └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

       Lets export some recipes. Press the <2> key to bring up the Search
       Criteria window.  Notice the Start Recipe & Finish Recipe No.. If you
       want to Start at recipe no. 5 and export all the recipes to and
       including recipe no. 55, posting the no. (2) and (55) tell the program
       these recipes are to be exported to a different area using the file
       name REC_TRAN.DBF.  This is not a mandatory function, just an option.




       The other choices for selecting recipes for export using the file name
       REC_TRAN.DBF are:


       Category: Use the <F3> key and a Search window will list the available
       categories. Use the up/down arrow keys and move the bar to the category
       for export. Press the <ENTER> key to exit and write the category to the
       Search Criteria window.

       Recipe Name: The <F4> key will bring up a search window listing all the
       recipes and an abbreviation of the category. Look at the commands
       listed at the base of the search screen. These are the options
       available for selecting recipes  for export. Use the  up/down arrow
       keys and move the bar to recipes for tagging. Press the <ENTER> key to
       tag individual recipes. If you choose to export all the recipes press
       <F7> than <ENTER>. Now you are back in the Search Criteria window and
       the recipes that are selected are ready for export. Press the <F10> key
       to export.

       Ingredient: Use the <F5> key to bring up a search window to list the
       ingredient to search for. After selection is made the program will ask
       you for a drive to export the recipe file to. List the drive then press
       the <PgDn> key to export the file.


                                   ════ Import ════

       Choose IMPORT. Notice you have to give a drive letter for were the
       REC_TRAN.DBF file is stored. <PgDn> to continue importing the file.
       The recipe file is copied to the PERSONAL RECIPE COOKBOOK directory.
       The next procedure brings up a window much like the one used to select
       recipes for export. Use the <F4> key to view and tag your recipes.
       Recipes can be sorted by ingredient for import using the <F5> key.
       Be sure and press <ENTER> after the ingredient is chosen.
       ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ When the recipes that are being imported have different categories │
       │ and abbreviations, make note of them. After you have brought them  │
       │ in, go to Category Add/Edit/Delete and add the new categories to   │
       │ your program. If this is not done you will not be able to search   │
       │ for these recipes using <F3>=Category in any of the search menus.  │
       │ The only way to find these recipes is to then use the <F4> key to  │
       │ search directly for the recipe.                                    │
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