| I've always loved saving and trying new recipes from | | | | should show black highlight over white text when |
| magazines and books. When we got Internet | | | | you're finished. |
| services, a whole new recipe world opened up! I | | | | 4. Right click any part of the text you highlighted. An |
| found e-mail lists where people share recipes, ezines | | | | options box should pop up and you need to select |
| that have recipes published and I do searches on the | | | | 'copy' from it. Now you have copied the text onto |
| Internet for specific recipes when I need them. | | | | the clipboard of your computer. |
| Obviously, I needed a way to save these recipes. | | | | 5. Go back to the blank word processing document |
| I found a quick, organized and easy solution, and you | | | | and right click your mouse in it. From the options box, |
| don't need a recipe program to do it. I have found it | | | | select 'paste'. This will paste your recipe into the |
| time consuming to save recipes from the Internet | | | | document. |
| into recipe programs because they require you to | | | | 5. Save your recipe by clicking 'save' in the word |
| type in each separate ingredient into the program's | | | | processing document. Double click the 'Recipe' folder |
| recipe format. This is too time-consuming especially | | | | you created in step 1 to go into this folder. Now you |
| when you're scanning lots of recipes. | | | | will want to make a new folder for this type of |
| What you need to save recipes my way is a word | | | | recipe. Click the 'New Folder' icon at the top of the |
| processing program such as 'Wordpad', 'Notepad' or | | | | 'save' box. The new folder will pop up in the save |
| 'Microsoft Works'. Most new computers come with a | | | | box where you can give it a name. If your recipe is a |
| word processing program already installed on it, so if | | | | spaghetti recipe for example, you can make the new |
| you have a fairly new computer, you probably have | | | | folder a 'ground beef', 'Italian' or 'main dish' folder. |
| a word processing program too. I'm using Windows | | | | After you have named the new folder, double click it |
| operating system. Here's a step-by-step process of | | | | so you will be saving the new recipe inside of it. Now |
| making your own computer cookbook. | | | | name the recipe accordingly and click 'save'. |
| 1. The first thing you will want to do is make a new | | | | Follow this simple procedure for all your Internet |
| folder somewhere in your computer such as in 'My | | | | recipes and soon you will have your very own |
| Documents' called 'Recipes', or whatever you want to | | | | organized computer cookbook. You can take this a |
| name your cookbook. You can create a new folder | | | | step further and type in your recipes to try or |
| by selecting 'New' under 'File', then select 'Folder'. A | | | | favorite recipes from cookbooks or magazines; this |
| new folder will show up and the computer will | | | | will save space and money by eliminating the need |
| prompt you to name it. | | | | for cookbooks or recipe storage systems. |
| 2. Open a new document in the word processing | | | | I find it very handy and I can find recipes easily. |
| program. | | | | When I want to try one, I print it out. Since it is in a |
| 3. Highlight the recipe you want to save by left | | | | word processing program, you can change the font |
| clicking your mouse, holding it down and dragging the | | | | or the colors to jazz it up. |
| cursor over the entire recipe you want to save. This | | | | |