Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get recommendations
from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them.

Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of art to
keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package? We're
happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with commercial
is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here.

TIA, & apologies again for going o/t.
Dave Gillingham
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Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our
kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them
sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where
they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and
Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. If you
find something I'd be interested in hearing about it.

Diana

"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get
recommendations
from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them.

Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of
art to
keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package?
We're
happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with
commercial
is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here.

TIA, & apologies again for going o/t.
Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To email me remove the .private from my email address.

Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a
program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes that
contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but knows it
had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to be typed
into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm going to do
that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles.

K

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
...
Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our
kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them
sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where
they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and
Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned. If
you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it.

Diana

"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get
recommendations
from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them.

Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of
art to
keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package?
We're
happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with
commercial
is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here.

TIA, & apologies again for going o/t.
Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Really. You'd need to have ten million ways to search, LOL!

Diana

"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a
program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes that
contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but knows it
had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to be typed
into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm going to
do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles.

K

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
...
Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our
kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them
sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where
they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine
and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned.
If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it.

Diana

"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get
recommendations
from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them.

Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of
art to
keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package?
We're
happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with
commercial
is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here.

TIA, & apologies again for going o/t.
Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To email me remove the .private from my email address.

It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc and out
it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient.
--
D. Wain Garrison
If you can read you can learn anything
For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are
However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are.
"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a
program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes that
contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but knows it
had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to be typed
into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm going to
do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles.

K

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
...
Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our
kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them
sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where
they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine
and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned.
If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it.

Diana

"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get
recommendations
from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them.

Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of
art to
keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package?
We're
happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with
commercial
is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here.

TIA, & apologies again for going o/t.
Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To email me remove the .private from my email address.

I just posted this on RGO because I forgot which ng the thrread started
on... but anyway, the mystery newsgroup came up withthis one:
http://www.livingcookbook.com/

OmniPage, eh? Can even an idiot learn to use it? Is there freeware?

K Barrett

"D. Wain Garrison" wrote in message
. ..
It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc and
out it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient.
--
D. Wain Garrison
If you can read you can learn anything
For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are
However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are.
"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a
program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes
that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but
knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to
be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm
going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles.

K

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
...
Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our
kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps them
sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know where
they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine
and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned.
If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it.

Diana

"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get
recommendations
from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them.

Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work of
art to
keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package?
We're
happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with
commercial
is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here.

TIA, & apologies again for going o/t.
Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To email me remove the .private from my email address.

Yikes, Omnipage costs $499! gulp!

K
"K Barrett" wrote in message
. ..
I just posted this on RGO because I forgot which ng the thrread started
on... but anyway, the mystery newsgroup came up withthis one:
http://www.livingcookbook.com/

OmniPage, eh? Can even an idiot learn to use it? Is there freeware?

K Barrett

"D. Wain Garrison" wrote in message
. ..
It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc and
out it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient.
--
D. Wain Garrison
If you can read you can learn anything
For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are
However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are.
"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a
program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes
that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but
knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to
be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm
going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles.

K

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
...
Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our
kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps
them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know
where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of
Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet
scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it.

Diana

"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get
recommendations
from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them.

Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work
of art to
keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package?
We're
happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with
commercial
is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here.

TIA, & apologies again for going o/t.
Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To email me remove the .private from my email address.

$499? There goes that idea. Know how many orchids I could eat for $499?

Diana

"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
Yikes, Omnipage costs $499! gulp!

K
"K Barrett" wrote in message
. ..
I just posted this on RGO because I forgot which ng the thrread started
on... but anyway, the mystery newsgroup came up withthis one:
http://www.livingcookbook.com/

OmniPage, eh? Can even an idiot learn to use it? Is there freeware?

K Barrett

"D. Wain Garrison" wrote in message
. ..
It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc and
out it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient.
--
D. Wain Garrison
If you can read you can learn anything
For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are
However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are.
"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a
program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes
that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but
knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe
to be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades
I'm going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles.

K

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
...
Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our
kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps
them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we
know where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton
of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't
yet scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about
it.

Diana

"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get
recommendations
from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them.

Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work
of art to
keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package?
We're
happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with
commercial
is whether one that's available to you is readily available over
here.

TIA, & apologies again for going o/t.
Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To email me remove the .private from my email address.

The goolge search I did also came up with the idea of merely using Google
desktop search on the keyword (like 'peanuts') in order to find recipes lost
on your harddrive...

K Barrett
"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
news:Jb1Fh.18829$z6.15870@bigfe9...
$499? There goes that idea. Know how many orchids I could eat for $499?

Diana

"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
Yikes, Omnipage costs $499! gulp!

K
"K Barrett" wrote in message
. ..
I just posted this on RGO because I forgot which ng the thrread started
on... but anyway, the mystery newsgroup came up withthis one:
http://www.livingcookbook.com/

OmniPage, eh? Can even an idiot learn to use it? Is there freeware?

K Barrett

"D. Wain Garrison" wrote in message
. ..
It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc
and out it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient.
--
D. Wain Garrison
If you can read you can learn anything
For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are
However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are.
"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a
program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes
that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but
knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe
to be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in
hades I'm going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe
piles.

K

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
...
Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our
kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps
them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we
know where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a
ton of Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but
haven't yet scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in
hearing about it.

Diana

"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get
recommendations
from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them.

Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work
of art to
keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current
package? We're
happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with
commercial
is whether one that's available to you is readily available over
here.

TIA, & apologies again for going o/t.
Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To email me remove the .private from my email address.

Diana Kulaga wrote:
The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and
Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned.

Di,you can search all the Bon Appetit recipes and others using
ingredients and keywords at www.epicurious.com! I use it all the time.

Reka, lurking for a bit

A cut down version of Omnipage comes with many scanners (including my Canon
scanner). Your own scanner package may have that or another ocr package that
would work as well. Usually the cut down versions only lack all the fancy bells
& whistles over & above basic ocr.

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:55:26 -0800, "K Barrett" wrote:

Yikes, Omnipage costs $499! gulp!

K
"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
I just posted this on RGO because I forgot which ng the thrread started
on... but anyway, the mystery newsgroup came up withthis one:
http://www.livingcookbook.com/

OmniPage, eh? Can even an idiot learn to use it? Is there freeware?

K Barrett

"D. Wain Garrison" wrote in message
. ..
It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc and
out it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient.
--
D. Wain Garrison
If you can read you can learn anything
For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are
However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are.
"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a
program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes
that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but
knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe to
be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades I'm
going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles.

K

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
...
Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our
kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps
them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we know
where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of
Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet
scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it.

Diana

"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get
recommendations
from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them.

Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work
of art to
keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current package?
We're
happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with
commercial
is whether one that's available to you is readily available over here.

TIA, & apologies again for going o/t.
Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To email me remove the .private from my email address.









Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Good to hear from you.

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:08:22 +0100, Reka wrote:

Diana Kulaga wrote:
The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and
Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned.

Di,you can search all the Bon Appetit recipes and others using
ingredients and keywords at www.epicurious.com! I use it all the time.

Reka, lurking for a bit
Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To email me remove the .private from my email address.

Oh, you're talking about ocr. That we have. Frank uses it all the time when
he's scanning recipes.

Diana

"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
news
A cut down version of Omnipage comes with many scanners (including my Canon
scanner). Your own scanner package may have that or another ocr package
that
would work as well. Usually the cut down versions only lack all the fancy
bells
& whistles over & above basic ocr.

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:55:26 -0800, "K Barrett"
wrote:

Yikes, Omnipage costs $499! gulp!

K
"K Barrett" wrote in message
m...
I just posted this on RGO because I forgot which ng the thrread started
on... but anyway, the mystery newsgroup came up withthis one:
http://www.livingcookbook.com/

OmniPage, eh? Can even an idiot learn to use it? Is there freeware?

K Barrett

"D. Wain Garrison" wrote in message
. ..
It can be done without typing. I use ScanSoft OmniPage to make a doc
and
out it into Master Cook in which I can search on any ingredient.
--
D. Wain Garrison
If you can read you can learn anything
For there are those who can write who are smarter than you are
However not everyone who can write is smarter than you are.
"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
Yes if you find on let me know, too. Joe keeps thinking he'll find a
program that'll pick up 'all the chicken' recipes or 'all the recipes
that contain peanuts' in case he can't remember the recipe's name but
knows it had certain ingredients... but AFAIK that'd need each recipe
to
be typed into a form and not just scanned, so there's noway in hades
I'm
going to do that. So I stay with my printouts and recipe piles.

K

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
...
Boy, do we have recipes! We both cook, so it can be dangerous in our
kitchen. We don't have a relational data base for them. Frank keeps
them sorted into categories on CDRWs and uses a spread sheet so we
know
where they are. The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of
Cuisine and Bon Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't
yet
scanned. If you find something I'd be interested in hearing about it.

Diana

"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the o/t posting. It's much more comforting ro get
recommendations
from people you know - friends, even if you've never met them.

Ann's recipe database dates from the days of Win 3.11, & it's a work
of art to
keep it running under XP. Can anyone suggest a good current
package?
We're
happy with freeware, shareware or commercial. The only problem with
commercial
is whether one that's available to you is readily available over
here.

TIA, & apologies again for going o/t.
Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To email me remove the .private from my email address.









Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To email me remove the .private from my email address.

I know. We use it all the time too. It's just that there are some things I
don't want to forget about, so we need to go through the magazines and enter
those things into the spreadsheet.

How are you, girl?

Diana

"Reka" wrote in message
. ..
Diana Kulaga wrote:
The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon
Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned.

Di,you can search all the Bon Appetit recipes and others using ingredients
and keywords at www.epicurious.com! I use it all the time.

Reka, lurking for a bit

Diana Kulaga wrote:
I know. We use it all the time too. It's just that there are some things I
don't want to forget about, so we need to go through the magazines and enter
those things into the spreadsheet.

How are you, girl?

Diana

"Reka" wrote in message
. ..
Diana Kulaga wrote:
The spread sheet helps because we also have a ton of Cuisine and Bon
Appetit issues that have things we want but haven't yet scanned.
Di,you can search all the Bon Appetit recipes and others using ingredients
and keywords at www.epicurious.com! I use it all the time.

Reka, lurking for a bit


Sliding along...lots of stuff going on. You?

Reka :-)