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Liz Newman

Last month I invited some friends over and cooked a meal for them. They really enjoyed it and were amazed that I could cook. They said the food was good and I told them that I like to add ingredients and change the recipes using food that I like. They enjoyed the evening so much that they all wanted the recipe for themselves so they could cook it. I wasn’t prepared to write up loads of copies by hand during the evening. To write out all of my favourite recipes would take me ages.  My friends got together and asked me if I would write a recipe book using a PC, for them and print off several copies.  So instead of me writing it out for each of them I agreed to make a recipe book for them to create the meals themselves.

Alternative Solution

I could have done recipe cards by hand or had them printed in a print shop. I considered this option as I have seen them in some supermarkets. This would have cost me quite a bit and take quite a lot of time so it didn’t seem such a good option.

Manual Solution

        I could have written all the recipes out by hand, but this would take too long and wouldn’t look as professional as a word processed recipe book and I wouldn’t have been able to show a picture of the meal. Also my friends would lose the scraps of paper eventually.

ICT Solutions

        I am using ICT because it gives it a professional finish.

It would save a lot of time by word processing it because I am quicker at typing than writing. Also my writing is not that clear and they may misread the ingredients or instructions and the meal may be a disaster.  

Objectives

  • The users will need to be able to read it easily.
  • The users will have a choice of approximately 10 recipes.
  • The users would like a nice coloured picture on the front to inspire them.
  • The users will want the ingredients centred at the bottom so they can make a shopping list.
  • The users will want to know how many calories are in each recipe.
  • The users will want the book in relevant sections, i.e. all the starters together.
  • The users will want a contents page so they can easily find the recipes.
  • The users will want a conversion chart for imperial and metric.
  • The user will want a conversion chart for the different temperatures for gas and electric cookers.
  • The user will want to know how long each meal will take to prepare and to cook.
  • The user will want to know whether it is suitable for freezing or not.
  • The user will want a picture of the finished meal so they can see the layout.
  • The user will want an introduction describing about myself.
  • The user will want an order form so people can order the book.

I am going to include my top ten favourite recipes with one recipe per page starting with how to cook it step by step at the top of the page ending with ingredients and picture of the meal at the bottom of the page. I will section it into starters, main courses and desserts. I will be making it easier to find the recipes by doing a contents page. I will print it on yellow coloured paper because some of my friends are dyslexic and it is proven that yellow coloured paper makes it easier for them to read from.  

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The hardware tools I will be using:

  • Intel ® Pentium 1.8 GHZ processor,
  • RAM 253.424 kb memory,
  • Compaq d10 v570 running
  • Microsoft office XP.
  • I will also be using a keyboard,
  • Mouse
  • My own Kodak digital camera.

I am using Microsoft Word and Kodak Easyshare (this is the camera I will be using to take photographs of the food I have prepared.) I will be downloading the pictures on to the file and importing them into word. I will be using Microsoft Word because I am unfamiliar with publisher and ...

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