BigOven

I hate to bother you with this, but I truely have looked everywhere I can find in the FAQs and Message Board etc, and I'm getting nowhere.

I printed out my first recipe today and there was absolutely no border on the printout.  It was so wide that it cut off all my ingredient amounts.  How do i adjust the printing data so that it will print out on 8.5x11 size paper?    Hmm. 

Also, I tried to import a recipe that I have in Microsoft word 2007, student edition format.  It wouldn't find the recipe but gave me an opportunity to find it.  I did locate the recipe and when I clicked on it I got a message that said I probably need the Microsoft Data Access Component, free download, see FAQs.  I did that, and downloaded the MDAC.  When I started to install, it said that the components in the MDAC are already in my version of Windows.  Help!  Now I can't even open BO screen.  I click open and it takes me to the My Computer screen.  I click on Shared Documents, opening up to click on MBO recipes.  I click on that and then get the blank page for the recipe that I was initially looking for.  I just go around in a circles.  Help. 

One more thing. one of the things I liked most when I found MBO was that I could determine the nutrients in each recipe.  I have noticed that in some recipes the nutrients are not complete because of the way they are written.  I'm amazed that I figured that out!  But I also notice that some common things are not recognized...  Not a problem, if I can enter a new ingredient myself, with all the nutrients for that ingredient.  Is this possible?  I am on a special diet and it would be absolutely wonderful if that is possible.

I am really excited about learning to use this software, but I am beginning to get a little frustrated and feel like I am already fighting a loosing battle.  : ( 

I hope you can help.   Thanks  

Hi there,

BigOven inherits its border settings from Microsoft Internet Explorer.  Just launch IE and bring up the page setup dialog (it's on the print menu in IE8 or the Tools menu in IE7 and earlier).  There, you can adjust the borders to your liking.  Some other print setup functions can be adjusted by clicking the gear icon in the "Print Preview" window.

On the messages you're getting -- it sounds like BigOven's gotten confused about where the current "My BigOven Folder", etc. might be.  It looks in the Windows registry for these file locations.  Please see this document for a quick overview of how to get back and running again, thanks!   http://www.bigoven.com/docs/regedit.htm

 PS:  Sorry, we forgot to answer your third question:

>> ...if I can enter a new ingredient myself, with all the nutrients for that ingredient.  Is this possible?  I am on a special diet and it would be absolutely wonderful if that is possible.

Yes, it's definitely possible to enter a new nutritional item to link to.  However, there are nearly 7,000 existing items in the USDA nutritional database, so much more likely, for those ingredient lines with a gray scale icon -- you'll want to double click on that scale icon and simply tell BigOven which nutritional item it should link to.  Simply tell it which USDA ingredient to link to, as well as how much is consumed in the recipe itself, and BigOven will generate the full nutritional facts for that recipe.  Hope that helps.