The Personal Recipe Filer (C) 1989-91 USA MEDIA, INC. All Rights Reserved. Version 3.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you should have any questions in reading and understanding these in- structions don't hesitate to call us at (301) 868-9060. This program re- quires a minimum of 1 meg of memory to operate. By pressing the Esc key you can return to the Filer menu. Use the PRINT option of the menu and the Print File option to print a copy of these instructions. IMPORTANT: Make sure that your printer is attached and on before printing. SCROLLING USING YOUR CURSOR (ARROW) KEYS: Or click on UP Down Arrows The Cursor keys are the keys with the arrows on them. If you hold down the Down Arrow key, the cursor will move rapidly downward and new screen text will appear. By pressing the Up Arrow Key, the cursor moves upward. Pressing the ALT and 1 Keys one time will move the cursor to the top of your screen. If you press the ALT and 1 Keys two times in a row, you can move the cursor to the beginning of your recipe file(s). Pressing the ALT and 9 Keys one time will move the cursor to the bottom of your screen. If you press the ALT and 9 Keys two times in a row, you can move the cursor to the end of your recipe file(s). Use your mouse pointer and left mouse button to position the Cursor "|" anywhere on the screen you desire. Also, by clicking both mouse buttons once, you can lift the cursor for repositioning anywhere on your screen. USING THE (ALT) Key AND THE (U) OR (O) Keys: Or Click on UP Down Arrows By pressing your (ALT) Key and the (O) Key you can move the cursor one screen downward at one time. Pressing the (ALT) Key and (U) Key will move the cursor a full screen upward at one time. THE FILER MENU CONTAINS FOUR MAIN OPTIONS. THESE ARE: FILE -------- EDIT -------- PRINT ---- SELECT To access these options, you must use the top menu bar which appears over the picture menu and your mouse. Simply position your mouse pointer over the option you desire and click your right mouse button. A subset of options will appear over the picture/text. These options are explained in detail in this file. You can also access these options while typing your recipes by holding down the right mouse button and positioning your arrow pointer over the top menu bar. Options such as saving a recipe, renaming a recipe, etc. can be accessed without first pressing the ESC key and returning to the picture menu. THE FILER MAIN MENU: EDIT TYPE A NEW RECIPE (Or type a letter)-Please Type a Recipe/File Name. To type a new recipe: With the right mouse button held down, move your mouse pointer over this option and release the mouse button. The Filer will always name your recipe Untitled, if you do not type a name when requested. You may click on the word Untitled and rename the file within the filer's editor at anytime. You can now begin typing your recipe. You can press the (HELP) key at any time while you are using this option for a handy list of editing options, or select "Other" for "Measures", "Substitutions", and "Herbs" help. To return to your recipe file from the HELP screen, simply press any key and the Filer will return to the line of text on which you were typing. If you press the ESC key, you will return you to the main picture menu. The Center Editor Line (Information Line) indicates the recipe name, line number on which you are typing, the page number and the cookbook directory you have chosen. The information line also indicates whether you are using the INSERT or OVERTYPE modes. The bottom dotted line, displays tab markers (5 spaces apart), the "Cutln" button cuts text lines which can be pasted using the "Paste" button. The "Search" button engages the text search option, the "Replace" button searches for requested text and replaces the text with other typed text, the "Resize" button resizes recipes from 1 to 999 servings, the "Projects" button resizes multiple recipes, the "Convert" button converts recipes from American to Metric or from Metric to American measures, the "Erase" button erases the file from memory, the "HideMk:" button when "On" is displayed hides all data base markers, i.e. [ ], { }, [D ,[R ,[#. When "Off" is displayed these markers print to your screen. The < symbol on the ^----^ line enables right margin changes from 1/2" , 2", and 4 1/2" settings. The Up and Down arrow keys move screen text up and down one page at a time within the editor. VIEW CURRENT RECIPE To view or edit a recipe, you must first have started typing a recipe or have loaded a recipe stored on your recipe disk. This option permits you to move freely within the Filer and select other options, returning to the top line of your recipe file without erasing the file. USING THE OVERTYPE AND THE INSERT MODES (ALT) and E Keys Or Click on the Word "Overtype" or "Insert" When you begin typing or editing a recipe, the Filer is set for the Overtype mode. This mode permits you to type over existing text. While using this mode you can delete text with the (Delete) Key and (Backspace) Key. The Backspace Key will erase the text to the left of the cursor, leaving spaces left by the cursor. The Delete key deletes text under and to the right of the cursor. THE INSERT MODE (ALT) E Keys or Click on the words "Overtype" or "Insert" While typing in this mode you can insert text anywhere in your recipe text. To access this mode, Hold down the ALT and E keys. The Backspace key erases text to the left of the cursor. The Delete Key erases text under and to the right of your cursor. In both cases, using these keys will change the text on your screen. However, the Backspace Key will effect the line on which you are typing unless you have reached the end of the line. Use the Delete key (while using the insert mode) to change line positioning of your text. You may find it easier to type in this mode. By using the insert mode, you can add or delete text or lines as you are typing. At times you may find that when deleting words or phrases, the Filer splits a sentence in two parts on two separate lines. To correct this, simply place the cursor at the end of the first line and press the DELETE key. The two lines will then be joined together. Remember, that your files will print on your printer exactly the way they appear on your computer screen. Make certain that you are pleased with the way your files appear when using the editor prior to printing a file with your printer. The Cursor, Control, Tab, ALT, etc. keys are summarized in the Table which follows. You may also access this list with the (Help) key while typing your recipes. Upper Case letters are not required to use these functions. Cursor Control Key Action ------------------ ------ TAB Moves cursor to next tab stop (5 spaces) CTRL-T Moves cursor to previous tab stop (Backwards 5 spaces) Recipe Name Use to rename Recipe File within Editor (Simply click on the recipe name) ALT-1 1st puts cursor at top of your screen 2nd puts you at the beginning of a file ALT-9 1st puts cursor at bottom of your screen 2nd puts cursor to bottom of a file UP ARROW Moves cursor up one line DOWN ARROW Moves cursor down one line LEFT ARROW Moves cursor to the left one character RIGHT ARROW Moves cursor to the right one character ALT-U Moves cursor up one screen (23 lines) ALT-O Moves cursor down one screen (23 lines) ALT-E Toggle between INSERT and OVERTYPE modes DELETE Deletes the character under the cursor BACKSPACE Erase/Delete character to the left of cursor and moves one character to the left if you're in the insert mode ALT-D Autoprints (centered) word: Directions ALT-I Autoprints (centered) word: Ingredients ALT-L Moves text to leftmost column (L) ALT-N Used to change recipe serving sizes ALT-C Centers text on current line (C) ALT-R Moves text line to rightmost column (R) ALT-P Show page numbers, until a non-cursor key or position key is pressed CTRL-D Deletes a line of text at one time CTRL-P Paste/Insert deleted lines back on your screen (used with Ctrl-D) CTRL-G Go to a page specified page # CTRL-F Find text occurrances CTRL-R Find and replace text occurrances CTRL-W Erases Recipes Text (not name) RETURN In Overtype mode, goes to the next line; In Insert mode, inserts a blank line Editor Mouse Spots: (Use Left Mouse Button) Recipe Name: Click on the Recipe or File name to access the "Change Recipe" name function; Page: Click on Page to jump between pages; Insert/Overtype Modes: Click on the words Overtype or Insert to toggle between these two editor modes; CutLn: Cuts text lines; Paste: Pastes text lines cut using CutLn; Search: Finds text occurrances; Replace: Replaces text occurrances with new text; Resize: Resizes individual recipes; Projects: Click on the Projects Button to alter recipe serving sizes for all recipes which are in memory; Convert: Converts recipe measures from Amercian to Metric or Metric to American; L-R-C: Left/Right/Centers text line; Erase: Erases the file in memory; HideMk: Hides or shows data field markers; UP and DOWN Arrows: Click on the Up Arrow to move screen text up one whole screen and the Down Arrow to move screen text Down one screen; <: Alters right margin setting. Editor Mouse Spots: (Use Right Mouse Button) Hold down the Right Mouse button to access all main menu functions. Release the right mouse button over the desired function to access this part of the Filer program. Special Functions: ------------------ USING THE TAB KEY, SPACE BAR OR MOUSE BUTTON TO SET YOUR LEFT MARGIN With the Filer you can preset your left margin anywhere on the screen. You can preset the left margin by using your space bar. Simply position your cursor with the tab, space bar or left mouse button on your screen. Then begin typing (do not press RETURN). This setting will remain the same until you press the RETURN key, at which point the Filer will reset the left margin to the far left side of your screen. Control D AND Control P (Cutln and Paste Buttons) By holding down the (Control) Key and pressing the (D) Key, you can delete an entire line of text at one time. By repeating this process you can delete an entire screen of text at one time. The Filer will continue to delete lines of text as long as you press these two keys together and until one whole screen or 23 lines of text has been deleted. At this point, you can use the PASTE feature of the Filer and reposition the deleted line or lines or screen anywhere in the recipe. Simply position your cursor on your screen and press Control P. Your deleted lines of text will reappear at this new location. Remember, you must paste your deleted text prior to using Control D again or pressing the Esc Key. Otherwise, the Filer will erase the deleted text permanently. This function does not work with single words or phrases, only lines. When deleting lines of text it is not necessary to position your cursor at the beginning of the line. Your cursor can be anywhere on the line that you want to delete. Control G: Go to a Page # (Click on Page 2nd line above) (This applies to printed pages of 62 lines) By pressing the Control Key and the G Key at the same time and typing a page number when prompted, you can go immediately to any page in the editor. By simply pressing Return in this option, you can exit this feature. The following special functions are also available when typing by holding down the (ALT) or (CTRL) key and the corresponding letter. ALT N: Rescaler (Resizing Recipes) This option customizes changes in recipe ingredient sizes from 1 to 999. To use this feature, you MUST have the number of servings that the recipe currently serves in { }'s (the serving size MUST be at the end of the recipe) and ingredient amounts in [ ]'s. i.e. [1 cup], {6} Servings. As the example above demonstrates, you must also place your measure- ments inside [ ]'s for resizing from cups to pints to quarts, etc. (i.e. [1 cup] can be resized to [2 cups]). The following is a list of accepted measures you MUST use within the bracket keys [ ] when typ- ing your personal recipes for the resizing feature to work properly. Also, always indent one or more spaces to the right and start typing all of your ingredients on the second line of the editor for the program to work properly. The top line is reserved. Required Entry ------------------ dsh or dshs = dash(es) pnt or pnts = pint(s) tsp = teaspoon(s) qrt or qrts = quarts(s) Tbs = tablespoon(s) gal or gals = gallon(s) cup or cups = cup(s) The Filer will also round off an ingredient size if you place an R in front of the ingredient amount. Rounding off ingredients can be very useful when your recipes uses eggs, for example, 3/4 of an egg is hard to measure. The Filer will round off these measurements to the closest number if you use the following format: (i.e. [R1] egg white) would be restricted to a whole number and no fractions would be allowed during resizing; by using this feature you would never get 3/4 or 5 1/4, etc. egg(s). You can also use this feature for pricing recipes i.e. $[R12].00 Serves {1} would re- size to $[R24].00 Serves {2} if resized to 2 servings. You can also restrict resizing to dry measures by placing a D in front of the ingredient; i.e. [D1/2 cups] would not go beyond cups when resizing. You will find an example recipe on this disk under "Get A Recipe" which demonstrate how to correctly enter recipes for resizing. NOTE: As every cook knows, the preparation of a great meal depends upon the ability of the cook to round off odd ingredient amounts in a manner which enhances the recipe. the Filer is designed to do this for you. This is particularly important when spices are used with a recipe. It is always advisable to save your recipes using their original serving size when using the program. Using Non-American Standard Measures and Metrics: The Filer provides full metric measure support using an established metric field within your file. A metric field is established by typing a # sign within the field brackets, [# 1.5 ltrs]. The following are accept- ed metric measures used by the Filer: ltr or ltrs - mil or mils - grm or grms - kgm or kgms The Filer also supports other calculations within your recipe files. If you set a bracketed field using the $ sign within the brackets, the Filer will return prices. Example: [#1.25 ltrs] water -or- [#.25 ltr] milk [$1.25] -or- [$.25] MULTIPLE RECIPES: (Resizing and Converting) When resizing or converting files containing multiple recipes the filer will request which recipe you desire to resize or convert. Recipes are numbered in the order they appear in the editor. Enter the corresponding number. i.e. if you have one fish recipe and one vegetable recipe in memory and they appear in the order of fish first and vegetable second, to resize vegetable enter a 2 when requested. (You may also hold down the up and down arrow keys to advance the numbers and press the left mouse button to enter.) The program will resize or convert vegetable, leave fish alone and return you to the resized recipe. To resize both recipes to a single serving size use the PROJECTS button and enter a new serving size. Unlike resizing, you must convert each recipe separately. Control F Find Text (Search Button) This option allows you to find text anywhere in the recipe. Simply PRESS THE CONTROL Key AND the F Key at the same time, then enter the text you want to find when prompted. The Filer will search for the text entered from the cursor to the end of the file. If the text is present, the cursor will position itself on the word or phrase you requested. If the text isn't present, then the Filer will state "Sorry, requested text not found...". Remember, that the Filer searches from the cursor position to the bottom of your file. This feature will not work properly if you are at the end of a file. Use the Cursor Keys or other available options to reposition your cursor first. Control R Find and Replace Text (Replace Button) This option allows you to find and replace text anywhere in the Filer. Simply press the CONTROL KEY AND THE R KEY at the same time, enter the text that you want to find, then press Return. When prompted, type the replacement text and press Return. The Filer will find the requested text and ask you if you are sure that you want to replace the text with the new text, yes/no. Clicking on yes will replace the text, clicking no will abort the command. By pressing CONTROL R again and the Return Key, you will have the option of searching and replacing the next occurance of the identified text, etc. ALT P Show Page Numbers This option will display page numbers on the right side of the screen. The page numbers will stay on your screen while you use the cursor and movement keys. Should you use any other keys the page numbers will disappear. This option permits you to format your recipes or letters to the actual size of a printed page. However, the Filer will automatically break text according to the number of pages in memory for you when printing. Function Keys The function keys will allow you to organize your recipes according to color. The 10 function keys are defined as ten different colors. You can use these colors when storing your recipes on disk for easy file recognition. For example, salad recipes can be stored on your disk in the color "Green" by pressing the F7 key and meats can be stored on your disk in "Red" by pressing the "F4" key, fish and fowl can be stored in "Pale Yellow" by pressing the "F1" key, etc. **NOTE: This function can only be used if you have a Color Monitor. This concludes the instructions for using the editor section. The following pertains to using the disk & printer commands. FILE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To access this part of the Filer press the Right mouse button and move your pointer to the top line above the text/cookbook picture labeled "FILE". You will see a list of options appear over the text/picture. If you do not release the right mouse button, you can scroll through the various options. Releasing the right mouse button over an option which has been highlighted by the bounce bar will cause that option to execute. By moving your mouse pointer outside of an option window you can easily exit this feature and return to your file. You can also press ESC and return to the picture menu for the same options. The following is a discription of each option and the ram: disk supports these features. Before we begin to explain this section, it is important that you under- stand the AMIGA system. If you are going to use another disk drive or disk, other that the one you used to load the Filer program, to save and/or store, rename or delete recipes then you must first go to the SELECT section of the Filer's top line menu. Hold down your right mouse button, and release it when your bounce bar is over the Change Drive option. Then click on drive DF1:, DH0:, etc. Remember, drive df0: is the disk drive contained within the AMIGA computer. You can then save this new con- figuration to your cookbook or recipe data disk. If you do this, you must use the disk drive you selected for saving, loading, renaming and delet- ing your recipes. You can change this configuration at anytime by follow- ing the above steps and resaving the configuration. It isn't necessary to save this configuration for the Filer to use the newly selected drive. This program is preset to drive : or the drive used to load the program. Get A Recipe When prompted, you can select any recipe stored on your recipe disk by pressing the letter which appears to the left of the file or recipe name or by moving the Mouse pointer over the recipe name and releasing the right mouse button. If you want to exit this selection, simply double click on the EXIT button. A recipe file may contain one or more recipes. If you have been typing or editing a recipe or letter, and choose Get a Recipe,the Filer will ask if you want to append the selected file (on disk) to the file in memory. If you answer "YES" then the file (as much of it as will fit in memory) will be added to the end of the of the file in memory. Otherwise, the loaded file will replace the one in memory. The program will always display the newly loaded file. To see the prior file, use the Up arrow key or click on the Up Arrow icon. NOTE: The Filer holds a maximum of 12 full pages of text. If you require more pages, contact us for information about ACE Catering for the Amiga (Automated Catering Environment). Save A Recipe: If you attempt to save a recipe with the write protect tab on, you will be instructed to remove the write protect tab and to click on RETRY. Your recipe will then be saved. If you do find yourself back at the desktop, to return to the Filer press the "Amiga M" keys and click your left mouse button one time. You may return to the Amiga desktop at any time by holding down the "Amiga and N" keys and return to the program by holding down the "Amiga and M" keys. DO NOT USE YOUR COOKBOOK DISK TO SAVE YOUR RECIPES. ALWAYS USE A PRE FORMATTED RECIPE DISK. WHEN CHANGING DISKS, ALWAYS RESET THE AMIGA BY CLICKING ON THE DISK DRIVE YOU ARE USING FOR THE NEW DISK. THIS IS FOUND UNDER `SELECT' CHANGE DRIVES. To save a recipe on disk, use your mouse to select this function. The Filer will ask you if you want to Replace or Save A Recipe. If you want to Save a Recipe, then click on Save and the recipe will be saved under its Recipe name. If you are going to Replace a Recipe, you need to click on the recipe name that you are replacing. Doing this will replace the old recipe with the new recipe. If you do not have a Recipe Data Disk in your disk drive, then the Filer will ask you if you would like to Create a Recipe Disk. The disk must be preformatted using your desktop. You also have the option of changing disks while in this section by clicking on open. This option will appear only if you do not have a recipe disk in your disk drive. You can also click on Abort to exit the save feature. To create a recipe disk simply click on the Setup window your recipe will be saved and your data disk will become a recipe disk. SaveAs Mode: Turn on the saveas mode to save files or recipes outside of the recipe filer's directories. Files are saved under the name you typed while creating the file from within the filer's editor. A duplicate copy of the file is also saved within the filer's directory. Use this feature to export your files to other word processing or data base programs. Delete A Recipe This option allows you to remove unwanted recipes from your Recipe Disk. To Delete a Recipe, click on the recipe name that you want to delete. The Filer will remain in the Delete option until you double click on the EXIT frame located at the bottom left corner of your screen. Rename A Recipe This option allows you the option of Renaming a Recipe that is on your Recipe Disk. To rename a recipe, click on the recipe name that you want to change. The Filer will then request that you type (enter) a new recipe name. If you press return without entering text, the name will not be changed. Double click on EXIT to return to the main menu. List Recipes Stored On A Disk This option is a convenient way to view the contents any recipe or file on disk without loading the recipe into memory. You can use this option while editing a recipe in the Filer. Simply click on the recipe name you want to view and the Filer will display your recipe (formatted) on your screen. While the recipe is displaying, you may Pause the recipe by holding down the left Mouse button or the Space bar. If you press P (when prompted) the recipe will print on your Printer. Click on the EXIT button to return to the main menu. Import File: Use this feature to import files saved (non-formatted) to disk by other word processing or data base programs into the filer's editor, i.e. other recipes, etc. To obtain a disk directory of files, simply press "Return". To pause the screen text press the Ctrl and s keys together, to resume press the Return key. To import files stored within use the change drives option and type in the actual directory name, then go to the Import File option and press the return key to obtain a list of files stored within the selected or, type the file name of the file you desire to import. COOKBOOK OPTIONS: This option will allow you to return to Quit the program and return to the Amiga desktop, change to the Cookbook mode or Filer mode. Click on the Filer option to return to the Filer program. PRINT -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Print File The print file option will print everything contained in memory. The Filer will tell you how many pages of text are in memory. You then tell the Filer how many (and which) pages you want to print. You can press the Esc key, at any time, while your recipe files are printing to stop printing. If you have more than one page in the Filer and want to print just one page, enter the page number you want to print twice: i.e Starting Page 2 (etc.) Ending Page 2. This will print only page 2. Print Recipe This option will allow you to print one or more recipes. If you happen to have more than one recipe in the Filer at one time, the Filer will ask you which recipe you want to print. The Filer numbers recipes from the first to the last recipe. i.e There are 4 Recipes. Which one do you want to print? Simply select the recipe to be printed and the Filer will print only this recipe. If you happen to be typing a report or a personal letter, the Filer will tell you how many printed pages you have in memory and ask you which pages you would like to print. If you want to print all of the pages, simply press Return and enter the page number of the last page the Filer indicated is in memory and press return again, or simply press Return twice. To print other pages, simply choose the page numbers you want to print. Print Ingredients This option will allow you to print ingredients from one of the recipes in the memory. To print your recipe ingredients be sure that you have first entered your recipe so that the Filer will understand where the starting and ending points of the ingredients are. The Filer first checks for the word "Ingredients" or "INGREDIENTS" to mark the beginning of the recipe ingredients. The Filer then looks for "Directions" or "DIRECTIONS" to set the end of the recipe ingredients. The Filer will then print the Ingredients of the recipe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- View Recipe/View Ingredients/View File This option will allow you to preview recipe(s) or recipe ingredients that are in the memory of the Filer prior to printing the recipe(s). SELECT -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Cookbook: See Change Drives. The Great Recipes of Italy cookbook includes 14 food categories, which may be accessed by using the Change Drives or Select A Cookbook option. A Wine List: See Change Drives. The Great Recipes of Italy cookbook includes 6 wine guides which may be accessed by using the Change Drives or Select Wine Guide option. Read Instructions This option will allow you to load the Filer instructions into the editor. You can then view, edit or print the instructions to your printer. You can also add to the instructions by simply typing the information. This special feature can be use to create a recipe index for each cookbook and/or recipe disk. Save Instructions: This option will allow you to save instructions on your recipe disk(s). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change Drives: Using Folders and Directories: CREATING FOLDERS and DIRECTORIES: FOLDERS: To use a folder you must first create it using the SELECT section of the main menu. From the Filer's picture menu, Click on Select, then click on the Change Drive option. You will have the option of using ram: or drives DF1:-DH1: and using up to 6 folders on one disk. You must change one of the existing folders using the appropiate disk drive address or no drive for a one drive system. To do so, turn on the "Change Mode" by pressing c or C then move your mouse pointer to the "Folder" name that you want to change, and press the left mouse button. Type in the drive name (path) followed by the folder name and then a trailing backslash \ and press . Press the c key again to turn off the change mode. Below are correct format examples using the Filer to create folders without using AMIGA's 's created in CLI: DF0:MYRECIPES\ DF1:CAKES\ :FISH\ After creating your folders, select drives DF0:-DH1: & save configuration; and, your tables will be saved to your recipe or Filer disk. Exit this feature by clicking on OK. If you type a recipe and select the Save option, you must click on Setup for the Filer to use your folder select- ion. As long as you save recipes in this format they will appear under the folder you created. Click on any available disk drive in Change Drives to exit your folder(s) and store recipes or files directly to the data disk. Also, when reusing a folder you must load the folder configuration from your Recipe or Filer disk before using the editor to type a new recipe within the folder. DIRECTORIES: Directories must first be created using the MakeDir command from with- in CLI. On the program disk you will see the directory wine shown in white letters when the disk directory is displayed. We created the wine directory by typing MakeDir wine from within CLI. Created directories can be accessed from within the Cookbook and Recipe Filer by listing the directory under the "Change Drives" option in the same manner in which a folder is listed, only use the foreward backslash / instead of the the training backslash \ used for folders. i.e. :Italy/ is a directory or DF0:Italy/ or DF1:Italy/. DF0:, :, and DF1: are disk drive addresses. You may then use the Filer to create folders within this . SELECTIONS: Once you have selected a drive, folder or directory from the "Change Drives" option all disk access will be confined to the selected drive, folder or directory until a new drive, folder or directory is selected from within this option. You can also follow these steps for creating new wines and cookbooks from the SELECT A Wine List or SELECT A Cookbook options. ACCESSING The Wine List: Select A Wine List Choose this option to reset the Filer to find wines stored in the six Filer wine directories. Use your arrow pointer and click on the wine category, with your left mouse button, click on the OK box. The Filer will then be set to find/save, etc. the wines stored in the selected wine list. You can also turn on the Change Mode by pressing C, click your left mouse button on the Selection line and type in a wine list name. Turn off the Change Mode by pressing C again and then click on OK. The Filer will now be set for the wine list you typed. To reset the Filer, click on DF0:, DF1:, etc. and OK. SELECT A Cookbook: To use this feature you must first have selected a disk drive or drive and directory from the "Change Drives" option discussed above. In this program you will use DF1:Italy/ or DF0:Italy/ to access the recipes stored in the directory Italy. Once the correct drive, directory (path) is selected, move directly to the SELECT A Cookbook option and simply click on the food category you desire to access, i.e. Appetizers, Seafood, Meats, Fowl, etc. To obtain a new list containing Vegetables, EGGDISHES, etc., click on the LOAD box. Clicking on the LOAD box again causes the program to request from which disk to load the tables, click on ITALY to return to the initial list. You will find two cookbook tables on this program. To select a Cookbook simply click on any one of the cookbook names: Appetizers, Fowl, Meats, Seafood, Pastas, etc. The name and selected drive or directory will appear in the Current Selection window. To change to another cookbook, click on another cookbook name. Example: We have selected DF1:Italy/ as our path from the "Change Drives" option and now desire to select the Appetizers cookbook from the Select A Cookbook option. Our "Current Selection" should appears as: DF1:Italy/Appetizers\ if we decide to change cookbooks to Meats our current selection would appear as: DF1:Italy/Meats\ To exit from the DF1:Italy/ directory, simply click on any of the drive addresses listed on the top line. i.e. DF0: DF1: DH0: RAM: and the filer will exit the directory DF1:Italy/ to return to this directory you must use the "Change Drives" option and re-select the directory DF1:Italy/ CREATING CUSTOMIZED COOKBOOKS: (Always use a data disk) If you desire to customize cookbooks from the ones which are stored on the program you are free to do so. Use the SELECT A Cookbook option and turn on the Change Mode by pressing c or C. Click on a Cookbook name and type in a new name when the line becomes blank. Repeat this process for all six lines (if you desire) i.e. Pastas can be altered to read Pastries, etc. Click on the Save box to save your new cookbook folders to disk. To access the other six food groups click on the LOAD box, and repeat the above steps for changing these selections and also save your new cookbook folders to disk. Access your new cookbook folders in the same manner as you accessed ours. You may do the same thing for wines, only you are limited to six categories in wines. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEARCH RECIPES: (Search Recipes Option) The filer will also find ingredients or text within disk stored files and create a separate "Search Directory". To begin a search, select which disk you desire to search, i.e "Yours" or "Italy" (ours), making certain that the disk is in the proper disk drive, then click on the "Skip Line" frames and type in the text you desire the filer to find. You may also view the search by clicking on VIEW. You can exit from any search by pressing the ESC key twice. When the filer finds the requested text in a disk file, the program creates a separate "Search Directory" which can be accessed from the "Get A Recipe" option. To load a file, simply click on the file name which appears in the "Search Directory". To exit the "Search Directory" select YES when requested by the program and erase the search directory. End. USA MEDIA, Inc. (301) 868-9060 7810 Malcolm Road Clinton, MD 20735