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getting recipes into Mastercook - chef_Tab - 01-01-2009
I got Mastercook for Christmas and just started to play with it. Is there a way to import Word documents into a cookbook without a lot of copying and pasting?
Re: getting recipes into Mastercook - HomeCulinarian - 01-01-2009
I think you're stuck with copying and pasting. There is the import assistant that can guess pretty well where each section goes in MC.
Re: getting recipes into Mastercook - chef_Tab - 01-01-2009
Have you used the import assistant? It seems it will only import from the web, not my word documents.
Re: getting recipes into Mastercook - cjs - 01-01-2009
Read this over and see if it makes sense to you Theresa - it's what I do. "without a lot of copying and pasting?" - uhhhh, it's copying and pasting, but not 'a lot of'
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\/ <---- this will stand for ‘click on’
Open M.C. and \/ ‘cookbooks’
\/ file
\/ New Cookbook – set up new cookbook per instructions, then when you’re ready to import from word, in your word document (that you have in recipe form and this is important –
Recipe name
1 line space
Recipe ingredients (no line breaks in this list)
1 line space
Recipe directions (in this section you can break up paragraphs and add whatever notes you want)
when the above is all set to go in your word program – hit control button and ‘A’ at the same time to ‘select all.’
Right \/ and select copy.
Go to your mastercook cookbook you want to import the recipe to and…
Right \/ envelope icon which is the “import/export/email” and \/ on ‘import assistant’ (this icon is on the right 2nd from the bottom)
A little box will show up – paste your recipe in it and
\/ ‘auto-fill’
That’s it. At least that’s how I do it – the computer whizzes around here will probably come up with better language and/or skills, but at least I get my recipes in there.
Re: getting recipes into Mastercook - iBcookin - 01-01-2009
I'm curious about this as well. I haven't tried importing from the word document that I had created for all those terrific recipes you guys have shared over the last six months.
However, I have been laboriously trying to type in my stack of miscellaneous recipes that I have accumulated over the years. I am hoping that this is worth it. So far, it just seems kind of tedious. I am still not convinced that this is the best way for me to store my recipes, since I don't have a laptop and will have to print out a recipe every time I want to use it. But at least I can have the recipes in one spot and can search for one when I need it.
Now I just need to keep my fingers crossed that the hard drive doesn't crash! I am so NOT of this techie generation!
Re: getting recipes into Mastercook - chef_Tab - 01-01-2009
Jean, thanks so much! I have been madly putting all of my recipes into word files for the last several months in hopes of receiving Mastercook for Christmas. My ASSumption was that I could just hit a button and they would "float" over to Mastercook. Silly me. Your method seems much easier than copying and pasting each line item. I will give it a whirl.
Jean, I know I have told you before, but you are a genius!
Re: getting recipes into Mastercook - cjs - 01-01-2009
genius? no, just darn old.
Re: getting recipes into Mastercook - Gourmet_Mom - 01-01-2009
Um....I don't put a line between the title and the ingredients. Other than that, the directions are just how I do it. It takes a while, but I have found it well worth the effort. I imported a couple hundred just like that. Another important note, Word has a habit of making 1/2 and other fractions into a single key(?) when you hit the space bar after. Just change that by backspacing over it and retyping it without hitting the space bar after.
Re: getting recipes into Mastercook - pjcooks - 01-01-2009
I've had MC for over a year now and just can't find the time to learn it-every now and then I check out a recipe they have but have gone no further.
Billy, I need a tutorial, are you available for hire?
PJ
Re: getting recipes into Mastercook - Roxanne 21 - 01-02-2009
PJ---I was thinking the same thing----WHERE IS BILLY?????
He is the MASTER of this program...I'm surprised he didn't jump right into the deep end on this one
Maybe he is busy with his new toy....
