Show or hide a column in the foods or ingredients grid

To show a grid column in the foods or ingredients grid on the Foods or Ingredients tab:

1. Point to the title of any column in the grid.
2. Right-click, then select the name of the column you want to show.

To hide a grid column:

1. Point to the title of any column in the grid.
2. Right-click, then de-select the name of the column.

Tips

• You can also show and hide columns in this way: point in the grid, right-click, click Columns, then select or de-select the column name.

For diets

Only some columns can be hidden. For diet documents, such as a food record, in the foods grid you have the option to show or hide these columns:

• Day column—If the diet spans more than one day, you need this column.
• Meal column—Can also be used for time or occasion.
• Description column—Used for entering free-text descriptions of foods, for example, 1 cup of white tea.
• Frequency column—See Enter food frequencies.

For recipes

Only some columns can be hidden. For recipe documents, in the ingredients grid you have the option to show or hide these columns:

• Description column—Used for entering free-text descriptions of ingredients, for example, 1 cup castor sugar.

Notes

• If you are modifying a document template, then any changes you make to the grid columns affect all future documents only based on this template. Existing documents are not changed.
• A grid column might appear to be hidden if you have resized it to the minimum width. See Resize a grid column.