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Main Menu and Toolbar
The main menu provides access to many functions that are not available inside the main program area. The toolbar provides quick access to some of these menu functions. If a menu choice or toolbar button is greyed out, this means that the function is unnecessary and, therefore, unavailable. If a key combination is given in parentheses (e.g. Alt+N), this means that you can hold down the 'Alt' key and press the 'n' key to cause that action to take place. Below is a screenshot of the main menu and toolbar:
File Menu (Alt+F)
- New Meal (Ctrl+N): If you are not currently editing a meal, then you can create a new meal by choosing this option. When you select this, you will be prompted for the name of your new meal.
- Delete Meal (Ctrl+D): Choose this to delete the meal you currently have selected in the Meal Control tab. You will be asked to confirm this action as it cannot be undone after you do so. This option is only available if the Meal Control tab is selected and if you are not editing a meal.
- Print Meal (Ctrl+P): By clicking this, you can print out the meal you have selected in the Meal Control tab. You can only print the selected meal if you are not currently editing it. This is to ensure that you print out the latest saved version of your meal. This option is only available if the Meal Control tab is selected and if you are not editing a meal.
- Check Ingredients (Ctrl+K): This will do a clean-up of your ingredients. It reports if you have ingredients which are not used in any meals or if you have ingredients which are specified in a meal, but aren't in your Ingredients List. You will have the option to correct these problems. You should run this periodically to make sure your ingredients are up-to-date with your meals.
- Import Meals (Ctrl+F1): Choose this if you would like to import meals from one or more Discover-a-Dish (.ddf) files and incorporate them into your meals list. If the meal you are importing is in a category which is not in your list on the Category Control tab, you will be prompted to file it in another location or to add the category. If an imported meal has ingredients not in your Ingredients List, they will be added.
- Export Meals (Ctrl+F2): This will prompt you to select which meals you would like to export and which file you would like to export them to. You can export meals in Discover-a-Dish (.ddf) format or in HTML. Disocver-a-Dish (.ddf) files produced from this can then be saved to disk for backup purposes or sent to a friend where it can then be imported. HTML files can be used to create your own web page of recipes.
- Quit (Ctrl+Q): This saves your categories and ingredients and exits Discover-a-Dish. If you are currently editing a meal, you will be asked if you would like to save the meal before exiting.
Edit Menu (Alt+E)
- Undo (Ctrl+Z): Select this to undo the last changes you made to any text entry or text box. If you keep selecting this, it will continue to undo changes in the reverse order that the changes originally happened.
- Redo (Ctrl+Y): Select this to redo any accidentally undone changes to text entries or text boxes. If you keep selecting this, it will continue to redo changes in the reverse order that the changes were originally undone.
- Cut (Ctrl+X): Removes the currently selected text in a text entry or text box and copies it into the clipboard.
- Copy (Ctrl+C): Copies the currently selected text in a text entry or text box into the clipboard.
- Paste (Ctrl+V): Pastes the text in the clipboard to the text entry or text box that is being edited.
- Edit Meal (Ctrl+E): Allows you to edit the currently selected meal in the Meal Control tab. This is only available if the Meal Control tab is selected and if you are not currently editing another meal.
- Save Meal (Ctrl+S): Saves the changes you have made to the meal you are currently editing. This is only available if the Meal Control tab is selected and you are editing a meal.
- Cancel Changes (Ctrl+A): Cancels the changes you have made to the meal you are currently editing. If it is a new meal, it deletes the meal. This is only available if the Meal Control tab is selected and you are editing a meal.
Format Menu (Alt+O)
All options under the Format Menu are only available while editing a meal and typing in the Cooking Instructions text box.
- Bold (Ctrl+B): If the currently selected text is not bolded, it becomes bolded. Otherwise it is unbolded.
- Italic (Ctrl+I): If the currently selected text is not italicized, it becomes italicized. Otherwise, it is unitalicized.
- Underline (Ctrl+U): If the currently selected text is not underlined, it becomes underlined. Otherwise, it becomes not underlined.
- Left (Ctrl+L): Left-aligns the current paragraph.
- Center (Ctrl+C): Centers the current paragraph.
- Right (Ctrl+R): Right-aligns the current paragraph.
- Justify (Ctrl+J): Justifies the current paragraph.
- Color (Ctrl+O): Opens a color selection dialog so that you can either select the color you want to type with or select the color you wish to change the currently highlighted text to.
Help Menu (Alt+H)
- Documentation (F1): Opens up the viewer for the Discover-a-Dish Help Documentation.
- Getting Started (F2): Opens up a dialog window which explains how to begin using Discover-a-Dish. This appears automatically the first time you start Discover-a-Dish. This continues to appear each time you start the program until you uncheck the window's option box.
- What's This? (Shift+F1) Changes your cursor into an arrow with a question mark beside it. Then, if you click on an item in the main window, you will be given some information about that item. This must be re-selected each time you want to click on another item and receive information about it.
- About... (Shift+F2) Opens a dialog window with version, copyright, and license information for Discover-a-Dish.
Toolbar
The Main Toolbar contains buttons for frequently used actions so that you don't have to go through the menus each time you wish to use the option. Simply click on the corresponding button on the toolbar to cause the action to happen. The dotted vertical bar on the left is called the Control Bar. Click on this to minimize the toolbar so it is not visible. You can get it back by clicking on the Control Bar again. If you click the Control Bar and drag the mouse around, you can place the toolbar at the bottom or sides of the Discover-a-Dish screen. Also, if you pull it outside the Discover-a-Dish screen or double-click the Control Bar, the toolbar will act as a separate window. Double-click the title of the separated toolbar or drag it back to the main screen to have it reattach.
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