Chapter Operations

Selecting Chapters

Home Cookin organizes recipes into a series of chapters. Every recipe is assigned to one (and only one) of these chapters to allow for easy organization. When you want to browse for recipes, you begin by selecting the desired chapter, then scrolling through the list of recipes in that chapter.

1. Click the Index tab.
2. Scroll through the list of chapters using the on-screen slider, or place the mouse pointer over the chapter list and rotate the scroll wheel on your mouse.
3. Click on the desired chapter. All recipes in that chapter will be listed on the right side of the Index screen.

In addition to the regular chapters, there are four reserved items at the top of the chapter list:

• All Recipes - This item will show ALL recipes in your collection, regardless of which chapter they may be in. This is an easy way to determine how many recipes you have, by looking at the recipe count at the bottom of the Index screen.
• Search Results - This item will show the recipes that were found in the last Find operation.
• Recipes Selected For Meals - This item will show the recipes you have selected on the Meals screen. Recipes must be in Home Cookin's database to appear in this list.
• Recipes With Photos - This item will show the recipes that have attached photo's. This can be handy when you aren't sure what you feel like making and just want to look at some pictures for ideas.

Adding Chapters

1. Click the Index tab.
2. Click the Chapter button.
3. Select Add New Chapter from the popup list.
4. Type in a title for the new chapter.
5. Click the OK button to save your new chapter.

You can also access the popup list by Right clicking anywhere in the chapter list.

Editing Chapters

1. Click the Index tab.
2. Select the chapter in the chapter list.
3. Click the Chapter button.
4. Select Edit Current Chapter from the popup list.
5. Edit the chapter title as you wish.
6. Click the OK button to save the chapter.

You can also edit a chapter by Right clicking the desired chapter in the chapter list.

Deleting Chapters

1. Click the Index tab.
2. Select the desired chapter from the chapter list.
3. Click the Chapter button.
4. Select Delete Current Chapter from the popup list.
5. Click OK when asked to verify the delete operation.

You can also delete a chapter by Right clicking the desired chapter in the chapter list.

NOTE: When you delete a chapter, ALL recipes in that chapter will also be deleted!

Remove Empty Chapters

Occasionally, when you delete recipes from your collection, you may be left with chapters that do not contain any recipes. This may also occur if you have added extra chapters in preparation for other operations such as importing. In either case, you can delete the empty chapters individually, or you can use the Purge Empty Chapters function to perform this task automatically.

1. Click the Index tab.
2. Click the Chapter button.
3. Select Purge Empty Chapters from the popup list.
4. Click OK when asked to verify the purge operation.

You can also access the popup list by Right clicking anywhere in the chapter list.

Find Chapters

The Find Chapters feature lets you locate recipes that exist in multiple chapters that share a similar name. For example, searching chapters for cake will display recipes from both the Cake and Cheesecake chapters.

1. Click the Index tab.
2. Click the Chapter button.
3. Select Find Chapters from the popup list.
4. Enter the text you want to search for.
5. Click OK.

You can also access the popup list by Right clicking anywhere in the chapter list.