~*~ Bunny ~*~ wrote:
> I dll'd Big Oven last night,
> havent had a chance to look at it....
>
> What I have been doing with them thus far, is ddragging them in a folder in
> the drafts area of Outlook Express called recipes....
> as of this morning there are 4100 in there...
> but outlook isnt the easiest thing to burn when you are trying to make a
> backup of your files....
> I want them on disk incase something happens & I have to reformat....
>
> so I have been saving them as txt files to my documents, (and deleteing from
> the drafts folder) where they are sorted to Main Dish, Sides, Apps, ect...
> It just takes forever! I can find time to save about 200 a day from my
> Drafts folder to the inbox.... and of course am getting new ones each day
> so it seems I take 1 step forward and 2 steps back....
>
> Im afraid I amy just have to scratch them all and start from fresh....
> I WISH there was a way to autosave as text, as they come in....
> but then I suppose I would have alot of junk as text files.. LOL
>
> anyhooooo............
>
> thanks......
>
>
>
> "terrymcintire" > wrote in message
> news:icacd.137740$He1.33488@attbi_s01...
>
>>Bunny,
>>My goodness, are you saying that you have to type the recipes from Betty
>>Crocker's Slow Cooker Cookbook? If that is the case, we certainly
>>appreciate your efforts!
>>
>>A couple of other thing you touched on:
>>1. Like Duckie, I use BigOven software to sort and save my recipes. You
>>are able to import several different data formats. It is a little Geeky
>>at first, but is terrific when you get it set up.
>>2. I believe it was Cleo that suggested you copy or drag the recipes
>>into folders in your mail client. I use Thunderbird which looks much
>>like Outlook Express, but is much better in my humble opinion. You can
>>download it free on mozilla.com as well as the Firefox browser (it puts
>>an end to pop-ups!). For new folders, I put my mail client on 'inbox'
>>and go to the 'File' at the top and click on 'new' and then 'folder'.
>>Then you can name the folder whatever you want and have as many as you
>>want, in order to separate types of cooking or courses or whatever. When
>>you have time you can then import these recipes into BigOven and make as
>>many folders in it as you want. Besides my cookbook folders, I have a
>>"Favorite" folder, a "Try it" folder ect. With BigOven, you needn't be
>>online to find a recipe you want. It also has a terrific "Find" button
>>on it that you can use to find recipes with the ingredients you have on
>>hand. Sorry, I am starting to sound like a commercial, but it is neat
>>software.
>>
>>Thank you so much for your posts and I am looking forward all of your
>>future ones too!
>>
>>Take Care,
>>Terry McIntire
>
>
>
Yep, I think there is really no easy way to do it. It's all sort of a
pain until you get it done.
Terry McIntire