Getting Started

Recipe Director Pro. is very easy to use.

When you load Recipe Director Pro. for the first time, you are presented with a blank canvas. This gives you the freedom to alter the software to suit your needs.

Quick Start Guide:- Open, Recipe Director Pro. In the yellow text box in the middle, enter the name of your first Main Category (e.g. Lunch). Then click on that Main Category (Lunch) on the yelow menu box to the left. Enter a name for a Sub Category in the green text box in the middle (e.g. Fish). Click that Sub Category (Fish) in the green menu box to the left. Enter a name for a Recipe in the blue text box in the middle (e.g. Tuna). Click that Recipe (Tuna) in the blue menu box to the left. Click the red "Recipe Admin" button in the middle. Click the red "Edit Recipe Text" button in the middle. Enter the text of your recipe and click save. You have now created your first recipe. Repeat from number 6 to 10 for each Fish Lunch recipe you want to save.

The above Quick Start guide is designed to give you all the information you need to get started experimenting with the software.

The following is a more indepth guide, but is essentially just explaining the Quick Start guide in more detail. If you completed and fully understood the Quick Start guide then there is little benefit in reading on.

Getting Started:-
Before you create your first recipe you need to create some Main and Sub Categories.

Example of one Main Category with several Sub Categories and several Recipes:-

Main Category :- Lunch Sub Categories :- Fish Steak Salad Egg Recipes:- Lemon Haddock Beef Wellington Scampi Salad Egg and Cheese Dover Sole1 Steak Curry Spinach Peppered Egg Dover Sole2 Steak Fruit Carrot and Cheese . Dover Sole Parsley . Honey and Mustard .

Example:-
Lets take a look a David, one of the first to ever use our software. He is head chef of a busy restaurant in Melbourne Australia.
One of his Main Categories is "Lunch". From Lunch he has several Sub Categories including Fish and Steak.

David has decided to split his Main Categories into the 3 main meals of the day (Breakfast, Lunch and Evening Meal). In addition, his other Main Categories include Entrees, Snacks, Desserts and so on.

You can create whatever Main Categories you like. e.g. If you run a sandwich making business, you could have Main Categories like Fish, Vegetarian, Brown Bread, Bread Rolls, Hot, Cold... It is up to you.

After you create a Main Category, the next job is to create Sub Categories. So taking David's example again, in his Main Category Lunch he has Sub Categories Fish, Beef, Salad, Egg and so on.

In each of the Sub Categories you can add your recipes.

OK, so you are now ready to give it a go. If you are still a little unsure, please just give it a go and all will become clear. Use the quick start guide above.

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