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Recipe capture tutorial

This tutorial leads the new user through the steps to capture a recipe from the Internet or a text file.

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  1. Select the Recipe Navigator tab.

    2. How?

  2. Open the new recipe window.
    1. On the Action menu, point to New, and then click Recipe.
    2. Click the Recipe tab.
    3. Click the Cookbook Chapter ellipsis button and select My Chapter (the chapter we created in the Recipe Data Entry Tutorial) from the Select Chapter dialog.
  3. Copy a recipe from the Internet.
    1. Open a web browser window (e.g. Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.) and navigate to a recipe web site such as www.allrecipes.com.
    2. Find a recipe you want to import.
    3. Click before the recipe title.
    4. Press shift and click after the end of the recipe.
    5. Press shift+C to copy the recipe text.

    Tip  The procedure is essentially if you want to copy a recipe from a text file, spreadsheet, etc. Just select and copy the recipe text.

  4. Paste the recipe into the capture box.
    1. Click the Living Cookbook application to give it focus.
    2. Click the Capture tab.
    3. Click on the Capture box and press CTRL+V to paste the recipe text.
  5. Capture the recipe.
    1. Select the recipe name.
    2. Click the Recipe Name button.
    3. Repeat step 2 for each of the capture types (recipe author, preparation time, ingredients, etc.).
    4. Click Next.
  6. Click OK to close the dialog.
  7. Your captured recipe will be displayed.

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