Computer geniuses HELP please.

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I've asked this question on other forums and asked other people, and I'm either not asking rght or it doesn't exist or it's impossible. I got one close answer but I couldn't connect. I don't want a recipe program with other recipes on it.

Anyway, I was looking for a program to index at least a thousand recipe titles. I do not want to type the recipe out. I'd also like to cross-reference the titles, such as: Chocolate cake, under chocolate and cake, etc. Easily.

My neice suggested a spread sheet, and I tried it, butit's a little bit long doing it that way, I've written out quite a bit of it,I've indexed all my magazine articles that way, but I'd like to know can I make my own program, how, I know nothing about that. Can I put this on a disc? I would need basic hold my hand instructions.

Thanks for your help.

-- Cindy (S.E.IN) (atilrthehony_1@yahoo.com), April 25, 2002

Answers

The search engine on your word processor should do the trick.

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), April 25, 2002.

Cindy.......I am wondering what operating system you are using. Like is it Windows by Microsoft?? I organized my recipes in "My Documents" in Windows 98. You can create a file for recipes and then individual folders within that one for all the different categories. Another way would be to cut and paste them all into a "Word" document and create you index at the beginning of it like a book. In "Word" you can number pages etc. and set it up that if you add something into a page the page numbers with automatically change. Either of these can be downloaded onto a disk for safe keeping. I could give you more clear directions if this is the operating system you are using.

-- diane (gardiacaprines@yahoo.com), April 26, 2002.

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