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- WHATS NEW IN VERSION 6.1 OF MEAL-MASTER:
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- Additional unit codes for volume and weight have been added, including full
- support for common metric measures. Metric units now include milliliter (ml),
- cubic centimeter (cc), centiliter (cl), deciliter (dl), liter (l),
- milligram (mg), centigram (cg), decigram (dg), gram (g), and kilogram (kg).
- Common U.S. units now include teaspoon (t or ts), tablespoon (T or tb),
- fluid ounce (fl), cup (c), pint (pt), quart (qt), gallon (ga), ounce (oz),
- and pound (lb). Automatic conversion between unit types is provided,
- including conversion between U.S. and Metric units.
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- Additional item units have also been added. Item units now include each (ea),
- can (cn), package (pk), pinch (pn), drop (dr), dash (ds), and "as required."
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- When entering or revising an ingredient, the unit of measure can now be
- selected by highlighting the desired unit on a list. Previously, the list
- was displayed but the unit name had to be typed in manually.
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- Category names can now be chosen by highlighting them from a list, rather than
- typing the category name. This applies to new recipe entry, revisions, and
- when specifying a category on the search specification screen.
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- The list of recipes resulting from a search can now be paged forward AND
- backwards. In previous versions, the list could only be paged forward.
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- When specifying a recipe to be marked, cleared, listed or revised, the recipe
- can be chosen by highlighting it on the search results list. Previously, the
- number of the recipe had to be typed in manually.
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- After completion of a list or revise operation, the program returns to the
- search results list at the same point where the list or revise operation was
- started. Previously, the program returned to the search menu, requiring the
- search to be repeated to list or revise additional recipes.
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- Searches can now be interrupted, then restarted where the interruption was
- made. While interrupted, recipes listed to the point of interruption can
- be listed or revised, then the search can be continued or cancelled.
- Previously, when a search was interrupted the program returned to the
- search menu.
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- When printing recipes, the automatic top-of-forms to the next page can now be
- suppressed by specifying 999 for the number of lines per page. This will allow
- multiple recipes to be printed on the same page if desired.
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- A new option on the Maintenance menu allows recipes to be resized dynamically
- at the time they are listed or printed. The "Serving size on Lists" option is
- toggled between "As Stored" and "Prompted" using the "S" option on the
- Maintenance menu. When set to "As Stored" recipes are listed using their
- stored servings value. When set to "Prompted" a secondary menu is displayed
- when a recipe list is requested, allowing a different serving size to be
- specified. This different size is used only for the list operation, and does
- not affect the recipes stored serving size.
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- Marked recipes now remain marked when the program is exited. Marks are cleared
- only when the Erase option is chosen on the Search menu. Previously, marks
- were not retained when exiting the program.
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- Additional error messages have replaced some of the cryptic error "codes" from
- previous versions.
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- Additional internal buffering has been added to search, index, shopping list
- and file rebuild features, making significant speed improvements in these
- operations.
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- Some minor "bugs" have been exterminated.
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