A Step-by-Step Getting Started Guide from DVO
									Version 9.0

Welcome to the large family of Cook'n users. Thank you for selecting Cook'n - we hope our products and service will earn your trust.

Now that Cook’n is running on your computer, let's walk through some basic steps to get you started. 

We will cover the following topics in this guide:

A.	Where to go for Help
1.	Video Tutorials
2.	Using the On-line Help System

B.	Icons and Functions

C.	Using the Cook’n Bookshelf
1.	Opening a Recipe
2.	Searching the Recipe Database
3.	Creating a Cookbook
4.	Entering a Recipe
5.	Browsing Recipe Photos

D.	Advanced Features
1.	Making a Shopping List & Analyzing Nutritional Values
2.	Creating Meals
3.	Creating a Menu
4.	Back Up/Restore
5.	Importing & Exporting Cookbooks

E.	Technical Support

Where to go for Help

1. Video Tutorials

The easiest and quickest way to learn how to enter your own recipes, make menus, print a family cookbook, and take advantage of Cook’ns’ many powerful features is to visit http://www.dvo.com/video-demos.php  and watch the online video demonstrations. 

2. Using the On-line Help System

In the following sections you’ll learn a little bit about the basic features of Cook’n. To learn more about these and other features, click the Help button on the tool bar. The Help window will describe the screen you’re currently viewing, and allow you to find information about all of the Cook’n features in g detail.

Icons and Functions

	FUNCTIONS	
	Opens a new recipe editor.  You can have several recipe editor tabs opened at the same time. (Ctrl+N)	
	Opens the menu editor.  Uses this icon to create new menus (Ctrl+M)	
	Generates a shopping list when a recipe or menu is open in an editor (Ctrl+L)	
	Generates a nutritional analysis when a recipe or menu is open in an editor (Ctrl+L)	
	Opens the ingredients editor (Ctrl+F)	
	Opens the units editor (Ctrl+U)	
	Opens the food groups editor (Ctrl+G)	
	Opens the print preview for the printing of cookbooks, chapters, recipes, menus, or shopping lists (Ctrl+P)	
	Saves changes (Ctrl+S)	
	Close window(Ctrl+F4)	

	Opens the help system (F1)	

	Opens your Cookbook library. This gives you access to a list of cookbooks you own and cookbooks you can download.	

Using the Cook’n Bookshelf

1. Opening a Recipe
1.	Click on Cookbook Library     
2.	Click on a Cookbook
3.	Click on a Chapter
4.	Click on a recipe

2. Searching the Recipe Database
Cook'n provides a powerful “recipe browser” that allows you to organize your recipes, and find recipes that use the ingredients you have on hand.

1.	Click the Search icon on the Cook’n Bookshelf.   
2.	Click in the text box by “All these words” and type “chicken and rice” or any ingredient(s) you have on hand.
3.	Click the Search button and Cook'n will list the recipes that have all of those ingredients.
4.	You may also use the other features such as: only searching recipes with photos, searching recipes with a certain rank, or by prep time and cook time.

3. Creating a Cookbook
You can use Cook'n to organize your entire recipe collection. To create your own cookbook:

1.	Click on Cookbook Library in your Bookself.  A “New Cookbook” editor will appear.
2.	Click the text box “Book Name” and type your cookbook name and click Save.
3.	Click on the New Chapter button and enter a chapter name into the “Chapter Name” field and click Save.
4.	Click the New Recipe button, and enter the name of your recipe and click Save. 
5.	Congratulations! You have successfully made your first cookbooks.  

4. Entering a Recipe
You can enter as many recipes into Cook’n as you would like. 

Follow these steps to enter a recipe in Cook’n:
1.	From the bookshelf click a chapter that you would like to add a recipe to.
2.	Click the New Recipe button
3.	Type in the name of the recipe and click Save.
4.	Change the serving size and fill in the Yield, Prep Time, and Cook Time. (If applicable)

Entering the Recipe is simple.  Use the recipe above as an example.
1.	Type “2” in the Qty field.
2.	Type “cup” into the Units fields.   You will notice that after you type the letter “c” that Cook’n will automatically choose cups for you.  Note: Never pluralize a Unit or an Ingredient. Cook’n will do it for you automatically.
3.	Type butter into the Ingredient field.  You will notice that when you type in the letter “b” that Cook’n will automatically fill in butter for you.  Note: Never pluralize a Unit or an Ingredient. Cook’n will do it for you automatically.
NOTE: The ingredient info boxes are only used if your ingredient requires a specific instruction.  For example “½ Cup packed brown sugar”. The word packed is a description of the ingredient.  You may put it either in front of the ingredient or behind it.
4.	Continue typing in the rest of your ingredients.  
5.	After you are done entering all of your ingredients; type any directions in the instruction text box.
6.	Click Save and then you are all done!  Check out your recipe in the view tab 
NOTE:  To add the degree symbol (°), Click Edit|Insert Degree Symbol in the top tool bar of Cook’n.

5. Browsing Recipe Photos
Sometimes choosing a meal for dinner is a matter of flipping through a cookbook to find something that looks good.  You can do the same with Cook'n. 
NOTE: Because the sources for our recipes vary, not all Cook’n Titles have photos.

1.	Click Search inside the Cook’n Bookshelf window
2.	Check the box next to Photos and click search.
3.	A list of recipes will drop down at the bottom of the Advanced Search page as well as on the left hand side of the screen under the Search icon.
4.	Click on the first recipe under the Search icon in the Cook’n Bookshelf window. 
5.	Change it from Edit to View.  

Advanced Features

1. Making a Shopping List & Nutritional Analysis
Cook'n will automatically add up all the ingredients in your menu and convert them from recipe units (teaspoons, tablespoons, cups) to package units you buy at the store (ounces, pounds).  It then organizes them into groups to simplify your grocery shopping.

In addition, Cook’n also analyzes the nutritional information for all of the ingredients and produces a nutritional analysis of the menu.

1.	Open a recipe or menu.

2.	Click the List button on the toolbar.

3.	Make any adjustments you want in the Settings Window that appears, then click 

OK.

4.	Click the different tabs at the top to change between the Shopping List and Nutritional Facts

Cook’n will make a shopping list and analyze the nutritional value for the recipe or menu. Use the scroll bars to see all the information.

2. Creating a Menu
You can combine recipes in Cook’n to make a custom menu.  
To create a menu:

1.	Click Menus on the tool bar.  Two windows will appear, the left window is your menu editor, and the right window is for viewing recipes.

2.	Start by creating labels that will help you organize your menu. See my example on the right.  I have added breakfast, lunch, and dinner to my menu label section.

3.	Drag and drop labels to the Menu Editor to help organize your menu. 

4.	In the example, Sunday is a main label and breakfast, lunch, and dinner are sub-labels.  To accomplish this, drag the label breakfast from the menu label section and dropped it on top of the label “Monday”, repeat for lunch and dinner labels. 

5.	To add recipes to your menu click and drag recipes from the Cook’n Bookshelf and drop them directly onto the label that you would like that specific recipe to fall under.

6.	Once you have finished adding recipes click the save button and the menu is created.

3. Back Up/Restore
It is a good practice to backup your database when it changes to protect your valuable recipe collection from corruption. It takes less than a minute to perform this task, and Cook’n will backup the entire database for you. 

To perform a backup:

1.	Click the File menu and choose Backup.
2.	Choose a location for the backup file (preferably a removable flash drive). 
3.	Type in a name for the file and click Save. 

If a problem occurs that requires you to reinstall the Cook’n program, you can Restore the program using the backup file you created. 

To Restore your Cook’n data from a backup:

1.	Click the File menu and choose Restore.
2.	Navigate to your backup file (it will have a ‘.ckn’ file extension), select it and click Open. Cook’n will be restored to the way it was when the backup file was created.
NOTE: When you perform a Restore, Cook’n replaces ALL your existing data with the information saved in the backup file, so use caution! 

4.  Importing & Exporting Cookbooks
Cook’n allows you to export single cookbooks to share with other Cook’n users and as a backup for that particular cook book.

To export a Cook’n Recipe File:
1.	Select the cookbook you want to export from the bookshelf.
2.	With the cookbook selected, click File>Export>Cook’n Recipe File. 
3.	Choose a location to save the file and give the file a name.
4.	Click Save. 

The cookbook is now exported.

To import a Cook’n Recipe File:
1.	Click File>Import>Cook’n Recipe File.
2.	Navigate to the .dvo file and select it.
3.	Click Open

Cook’n will import the cookbook and all its recipes from that file.

Tech Support

1. Technical Support
If you’re unable to find the answers to your problems in this guide or on our website, please email.

  Email:	support@dvo.com
  Web:		www.dvo.com

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