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How can I create my own cookbook template?
I would like a place for the title, space for notes, 2 columns of
ingredients, directions across the full page. I would like the recipes to be in blocks so that I can move entire recipe to another place or page without disturbing the layout. I'd also like to be able to group recipes into categories and alphabetize the titles . |
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How can I create my own cookbook template?
I would suggest Publisher for that task. (Surprised?)
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Mom to 2, MIL 2 two" Mom to 2, MIL 2 two @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... I would like a place for the title, space for notes, 2 columns of ingredients, directions across the full page. I would like the recipes to be in blocks so that I can move entire recipe to another place or page without disturbing the layout. I'd also like to be able to group recipes into categories and alphabetize the titles . |
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How can I create my own cookbook template?
For this type of project I actually think Word is better than Publisher
because of its ability to create sections, table of contents, index, etc. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... I would suggest Publisher for that task. (Surprised?) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Mom to 2, MIL 2 two" Mom to 2, MIL 2 two @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... I would like a place for the title, space for notes, 2 columns of ingredients, directions across the full page. I would like the recipes to be in blocks so that I can move entire recipe to another place or page without disturbing the layout. I'd also like to be able to group recipes into categories and alphabetize the titles . |
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How can I create my own cookbook template?
I'll give you that. I'm thinking of the small cookbooks I've seen and they
tend to be rather creative and that leads me to think of Publisher. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... For this type of project I actually think Word is better than Publisher because of its ability to create sections, table of contents, index, etc. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... I would suggest Publisher for that task. (Surprised?) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Mom to 2, MIL 2 two" Mom to 2, MIL 2 two @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... I would like a place for the title, space for notes, 2 columns of ingredients, directions across the full page. I would like the recipes to be in blocks so that I can move entire recipe to another place or page without disturbing the layout. I'd also like to be able to group recipes into categories and alphabetize the titles . |
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How can I create my own cookbook template?
For this type of project I would highly recommend that you lean heavily on
styles. Define a style for the recipe title, a style for the ingredients, a style for the directions, and one for the notes (at minimum). Use Heading 1 for the titles unless you have part titles; in that case use Heading 1 for the part titles and Heading 2 for the recipe titles. The reason for this is that, by using heading styles for the titles, you make it easier to arrange your recipes. Using Outline view (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm), you can display just the headings; you can then select the headings and alphabetize them or drag them around as desired, and all the body text that follows each heading will go with it when you move the heading. Another good reason for using the built-in heading styles is that this makes it easier to create a TOC. You can do it with any style, but Word is set up to do it using the headings by default. You can't do it automatically at all unless you've used a specific style for the headings and only the headings. As a practical matter, I would suggest that you enter all the text (including the ingredients) in a single column. Once you've got it in the order you want (not necessarily based on page layout, which you may tweak later to better fill pages), then select each block of ingredients and select two columns from the Columns palette; Word will take care of inserting the necessary Continuous section breaks (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm). Recipes will likely include fractions that Word doesn't provide via AutoFormat As You Type, but the font you use will almost certainly include fractions for thirds and eighths to match the ones for halves and quarters. Find these in the Number Forms character subset of the Insert | Symbol dialog (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eFraction.htm). You may want to assign keyboard shortcuts or create AutoCorrect entries for this project. You'll probably want an index in your cookbook, too. Before you start working on this, be sure you read http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/Createindex.htm. It's tempting to try to use a concordance (and it might work for a cookbook), but creating a *useful* index is usually a largely manual job. Finally, if you've never created a template before, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart1.htm for the most basic of basics. Just keep in mind that if you use styles consistently, you don't have to make all your formatting decisions before you start. If you change your mind about font or paragraph formatting for specific elements after you get involved, you can just modify the style, and all the paragraphs in that style will update automatically. You seem to have a pretty good idea of how you want to lay out the book, but I always find it helpful to look at several books of the type I'm designing to get design ideas. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Mom to 2, MIL 2 two" Mom to 2, MIL 2 two @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... I would like a place for the title, space for notes, 2 columns of ingredients, directions across the full page. I would like the recipes to be in blocks so that I can move entire recipe to another place or page without disturbing the layout. I'd also like to be able to group recipes into categories and alphabetize the titles . |
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