Master Cook Help

BB in MN · 07-11-2006, 06:29 PM

Can you change the way the recipe looks when you print it out? When I print a recipe the ingredients are on the left in light green tiny print and the nutrients are on the right in black print all bunched together.

Thanks for any help
Beth

LindaSue · 07-12-2006, 04:26 AM

Which recipe design are you using? I have MasterCook 6 and I just printed out a recipe to see what it would look like and it didn't print anything like you describe. I used the Basic design. It sounds like you may have used the International Classics Design but mine prints the ingredients in a sort of pink color.

You can change the text colors and fonts by clicking on the part of the recipe you want to change then opening the Palette (the button is at the bottom of the screen in my version). However, I just discovered that MasterCook has some problems with printing recipes (I'd never printed any before this morning). I successfully printed a couple of samples but now it keeps printing to the wrong printer and is ignoring my settings. I have two printers hooked up to my computer and it printed from the wrong one. I also unchecked the option to print embedded recipes and it printed them anyway. Things seemed to start going wrong after I changed the text sizes and colors for parts of the recipe. I just tried to get it to print to my other printer again and it just ignores my settings. Hopefully you won't have the same problems I'm having. It was printing just fine until I decided to try changing the text.

BB in MN · 07-12-2006, 04:42 AM

Thanks Linda Sue,
I have Master Cook 7 and I find it hard to use but maybe I need to just take some time and play around with it. I tend to be very impatience and don't wnat to take the time to figure things out.

I am sorry you are having problems now that you tried to help me out. See if you can restore to factroy settings. Goog luck and again I am sorry.

Beth

LindaSue · 07-12-2006, 08:16 AM

It's probably just a computer glitch. It doesn't really matter since I don't have any reason to print recipes from MasterCook anyway. Did you figure out how to change the font settings?

Zib · 07-12-2006, 08:22 AM

Hi, BB. I have MC 7 - if you do File/Edit Print Design you will see the palette button that LindaSue mentions (thanks LindaSue, I've never noticed this). You can change color there. You can also move things around on the page in this mode. I usually use it to delete pictures or segments if I'm trying to keep the recipe to one page.

In the palette section you can change the color on the TEXT tab and can go to PAGE tab and change it to one column. Sounds like your MC is at 2 columns.

Zib

SNuGGiE · 07-12-2006, 10:07 AM

um......what is master cook?? A program you can load your recipes into to keep track? or a program full of various recipes??

Zib · 07-12-2006, 11:00 AM

It's both. They come with a couple thousand recipes organized in books and one book ready to go for your own recipes. And you can create additional books of your own recipes easily so I have an LC cookbook and a regular cookbook and a family recipes cookbook, among others.

You can sort recipes by nutritional info so have it show only those of less than 5 carbs or 10 carbs or you can search for a recipe less than 10 carbs made with chicken thighs or whatever is on sale this week. It has a database of ingredients and nutritional info and you can add your lc ingredients to that to keep your nutrition info accurate.

It's easy to import recipes you find on the net into your cookbooks.

LindaSue is the expert around here, I'd say. Her recipe site uses MC.

BB in MN · 07-12-2006, 12:20 PM

I hope to get a chance to work with it tonight when I get home. Thanks for all your help.

Beth

07-11-2006, 06:29 PM	#1
BB in MN Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 342 Gallery: BB in MN	Master Cook Help Can you change the way the recipe looks when you print it out? When I print a recipe the ingredients are on the left in light green tiny print and the nutrients are on the right in black print all bunched together. Thanks for any help Beth

07-12-2006, 12:20 PM	#8
BB in MN Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 342 Gallery: BB in MN	Thanks Everyone I hope to get a chance to work with it tonight when I get home. Thanks for all your help. Beth

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07-12-2006, 04:26 AM	#2
LindaSue Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 10,437 Gallery: LindaSue Stats: 167/117/120 - 5'7" WOE: Atkins Maintenance Start Date: July 2002	Which recipe design are you using? I have MasterCook 6 and I just printed out a recipe to see what it would look like and it didn't print anything like you describe. I used the Basic design. It sounds like you may have used the International Classics Design but mine prints the ingredients in a sort of pink color. You can change the text colors and fonts by clicking on the part of the recipe you want to change then opening the Palette (the button is at the bottom of the screen in my version). However, I just discovered that MasterCook has some problems with printing recipes (I'd never printed any before this morning). I successfully printed a couple of samples but now it keeps printing to the wrong printer and is ignoring my settings. I have two printers hooked up to my computer and it printed from the wrong one. I also unchecked the option to print embedded recipes and it printed them anyway. Things seemed to start going wrong after I changed the text sizes and colors for parts of the recipe. I just tried to get it to print to my other printer again and it just ignores my settings. Hopefully you won't have the same problems I'm having. It was printing just fine until I decided to try changing the text.

07-12-2006, 04:42 AM	#3
BB in MN Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 342 Gallery: BB in MN	Thanks Linda Sue, I have Master Cook 7 and I find it hard to use but maybe I need to just take some time and play around with it. I tend to be very impatience and don't wnat to take the time to figure things out. I am sorry you are having problems now that you tried to help me out. See if you can restore to factroy settings. Goog luck and again I am sorry. Beth

07-12-2006, 08:16 AM	#4
LindaSue Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 10,437 Gallery: LindaSue Stats: 167/117/120 - 5'7" WOE: Atkins Maintenance Start Date: July 2002	It's probably just a computer glitch. It doesn't really matter since I don't have any reason to print recipes from MasterCook anyway. Did you figure out how to change the font settings?

07-12-2006, 08:22 AM	#5
Zib Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: usually at home Posts: 2,552 Gallery: Zib WOE: JUDDD Start Date: August 2012 - Cholesterol down 70 points!	Hi, BB. I have MC 7 - if you do File/Edit Print Design you will see the palette button that LindaSue mentions (thanks LindaSue, I've never noticed this). You can change color there. You can also move things around on the page in this mode. I usually use it to delete pictures or segments if I'm trying to keep the recipe to one page. In the palette section you can change the color on the TEXT tab and can go to PAGE tab and change it to one column. Sounds like your MC is at 2 columns. Zib

07-12-2006, 10:07 AM	#6
SNuGGiE Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 397 Gallery: SNuGGiE	um......what is master cook?? A program you can load your recipes into to keep track? or a program full of various recipes??

07-12-2006, 11:00 AM	#7
Zib Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: usually at home Posts: 2,552 Gallery: Zib WOE: JUDDD Start Date: August 2012 - Cholesterol down 70 points!	It's both. They come with a couple thousand recipes organized in books and one book ready to go for your own recipes. And you can create additional books of your own recipes easily so I have an LC cookbook and a regular cookbook and a family recipes cookbook, among others. You can sort recipes by nutritional info so have it show only those of less than 5 carbs or 10 carbs or you can search for a recipe less than 10 carbs made with chicken thighs or whatever is on sale this week. It has a database of ingredients and nutritional info and you can add your lc ingredients to that to keep your nutrition info accurate. It's easy to import recipes you find on the net into your cookbooks. LindaSue is the expert around here, I'd say. Her recipe site uses MC.