You can also create your own personal cookbooks, you can create several for yourself
At the bottom of the page click on cookbooks
click on file
click on new cookbook
type in the name of the cookbook you want to create
leave the next box at my collection
either
click a check mark if you want to "use my catagories" which means you will create and type in the catagories you want
or
manage my catagories which means mastercook will manage your catagories for you.
then click on "okay"
your done
If you want to create and type in your own personal catagories you will
either import in a recipe or
type in a recipe
then click on catagories beside the directions icon and then
click on modify catagories
type in the catagory you desire such as entree, main dish, side dish or what ever
click on done
then click on the catagory you are assigning the recipe to
Once you enter a catagory in your cookbook it will stay with the cook book
if you create a second or third cookbook you will have to recreate the catagories for those too
When I create a personal cook book I use my own personal catagories, then when I type in or import my first recipe I will create all my catagories at once.
If you have any more questions or run into any problems I will try to help you.
I have mastercook 6, 7 and trying to buy 8
Although they are different versions they all pretty much work the same, but version 8 will have some features that the other did not but importing and typing in a new recipe is the same at least since version 6.
One thing nice about mastercook 6 is that it came with an users manual on the cd, over 200 pages of information on how to use it so that came in handy for learning. With version 7 all you seem to get is that stupid help icon that does not help much.
Here is a web site that I found helpful
http://home.earthlink.net/~kitpath/