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The following is an extract from the “QuickStart” section near the beginning of the manual.
Individual sections of the documentation may be viewed by selecting the appropriate link on the Updates page.

Screen images are used extensively throughout the 24 page manual, as we are great believers in the saying that “a picture says a thousand words”.

N.B. It must be appreciated that there is a specific order of doing things. Starting without reference to these notes may involve much extra work or even complete re-entry of your data.

1. After logging in as an Administrator (password can be entered or left blank) go to Utilities and then Edit common ingredient names. Enter all of the names that are to be used to represent inappropriate inventory ingredient names on the generated ingredient label. When adding to the inventory later you may select from the list of CommonNames or leave the CommonName field blank. When the CommonNames field is left blank, the product name used in the inventory will be used. Sugar for example would need no CommonName but Calcium Propionate may be called Preservative (282). This would need to have been previously entered in the Edit common ingredient names screen.
   
   
2. From the Data button on the main (first) screen click on the Recipes and Stock button, select the Inventory Stock tab then enter your ingredients and nutrients including appropriate CommonNames, for every ingredient (including costs if required). The more ingredients entered prior to entering recipes the less switching between screens and tabs, and the more efficient the job will be.
   
   
3. Move to the Select or Create Recipe Names tab and begin entering recipes. This screen is only used to specify the name of the recipe, how big the batch is, and what the batch is capable of producing (including individual unit weights before and after processing to take account of water loss or uptake). No recipe contents may be entered until all of this mandatory information has been entered and the green save button has lit and been selected.
   
   
4. Once the recipe name has been accepted, ingredients may be entered from the Inventory page and viewed from the Recipe Content tab (page).
   
   
5. When ingredients have been added, the nutrient and ingredient panels can be generated from the Utilities button and will be stored as a graphics file called “YourProductName.bmp” in the folders named Nutrient and Ingredient under the main dRecipe folder in the Program Files folder of your hard disk. It is highly recommended that if using the ingredient weight input option instead of the ingredient percentage option, you enter a complete recipe at a “sitting”. (YourProductName should be read as the name that you have given to your recipe).