Posted by Jennifer Bertotti
I found this post on another blog called Cheat Day Cafe - it's a great post about the best way to organize your recipes that you find online, or recipes you've typed up yourself into a binder. I know a lot of people like to save them on the computer, but I also love to have a hard copy. I started doing this today and it is working out wonderfully!
Here is how you start:
1. Create a new document in Microsoft Word.
2. Go to File/Page Setup, and then go to "Orientation" and click on "landscape". Change both top and bottom margins to 1".
3. Click Format on the toolbar and go down to "Columns". In presets, click on "two columns". Click "OK". This will make it so you can get two recipes on one page.
4. Save your file.
5. Find your favorite recipes and paste, changing the font if you wish, etc. and make sure you give each one a title. If you do not want to include pictures, just cut them out. If you find a recipe on a recipe website, you might have more luck hitting the "print" option on that recipe site and copying from that page before you paste into your Word Document.
1. Create a new document in Microsoft Word.
2. Go to File/Page Setup, and then go to "Orientation" and click on "landscape". Change both top and bottom margins to 1".
3. Click Format on the toolbar and go down to "Columns". In presets, click on "two columns". Click "OK". This will make it so you can get two recipes on one page.
4. Save your file.
5. Find your favorite recipes and paste, changing the font if you wish, etc. and make sure you give each one a title. If you do not want to include pictures, just cut them out. If you find a recipe on a recipe website, you might have more luck hitting the "print" option on that recipe site and copying from that page before you paste into your Word Document.
6. Put the cursor on the the beginning of the next page to start your next recipe.
7. Make sure you save your recipes!
Here is what you need when you are ready to make the books:
8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Memo Size Binders
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 Memo Size Sheet Protectors
Paper cutter
Tabs to mark categories
7. Make sure you save your recipes!
Here is what you need when you are ready to make the books:
8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Memo Size Binders
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 Memo Size Sheet Protectors
Paper cutter
Tabs to mark categories
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2 comments:
I'm so glad this is working out for you. Great site btw!
I do the same thing, only I use 8 1/2" x 11" binders and pages. I write too many notes and some of my recipes are so long. Us older gals with bifocals can't see print that is too tiny so the bigger the page the better.
Ellie Weightman
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