creating recipes using table in word

[karen j]

how do i create the set up in a table to set up typing for
recipes?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Can you tell us why you feel you need a table layout to type a recipe? I
type recipes all the time and have never used a table.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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[Guest]

I want the table to make the columns for the ingredients
but do not know how to finish for the directions part,
getting it out of the table.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi Karen,

Once you have finished inserting the ingredients, merge the cells in the
next empty row so that you get a homogenous area in which to .you mix
process the ingredients.

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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Following the table there will be an empty paragraph into which you can type
the directions (you could merge cells as Doug suggested, but you'd still
have an empty paragraph after the table). Display nonprinting characters
(Ctrl+*) if you have trouble finding the empty paragraph.

FWIW, I don't use a table for the ingredients. Instead, I type them all in a
single column, then select the list and put them in two (snaking) columns
using the Columns button on the Formatting toolbar. This has the advantage
that you don't have to establish ahead of time where the list will break,
and it's easier to use ordinary paragraph formatting for the list (hanging
indents, Space Before/After, etc.).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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