Deleting Recipe Items or Variables

While creating or modifying a recipe, you may find it necessary to delete one or more recipe items or variables.

You can delete a recipe item or variable from a recipe by selecting the Delete Item command. You can also delete an item by selecting Cut from the Edit menu instead of Delete Item. The main difference between these commands is that when you delete a recipe item or variable with Cut, you can paste back into the recipe if you accidentally remove the wrong item or if you change your mind. When you select Delete Item, the recipe item or variable is irretrievable.

To delete a recipe item or variable:

1. Select a cell in the row you want to delete.
2. On the Edit menu, click Delete Item. The Recipe Builder removes the selected item from the recipe and renumbers each row in the spreadsheet.

Using <Delete>

Alternatively, you can delete any row in the spreadsheet by selecting the identifier and deleting it by pressing <Delete>. When you do this, a message box appears displaying the following text:

This change will destroy this recipe item. Continue?

Select the Yes button to delete the row or the No button to abort the procedure. If you select the Yes button, the Recipe Builder deletes the selected item and does not renumber the rows in the spreadsheet.

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