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Designing Custom Menus

Custom menus can easily be generated per order, based on the booked items. It is, however, also possible to merge items from separate orders in one menu card.

  • Enter customised texts for the menu cards

    Customised texts can be entered for the menu cards. The texts are the same for all menu cards that are later formatted on the basis of different templates. Which of these fields actually appear depends on the respective configuration and may vary from case to case.

    1. Open an Bestellung Order segment in the side navigation.
      Note: It is not possible to create custom menus in a quote segment.
    2. Left-click on Ordner Karten Custom menus to open the input window for customised texts.
    3. Enter the name of the hosts or celebrant in the Custom menu for field.
    4. Enter additional Text or Remarks.
  • For multiple segments, select which one you want to print.

    By default, the menu card uses the items that are booked for the order from which it is created. However, if there are several order segments* belonging to the same event, different food and drink segments can be merged in one menu.

    1. To print the food and drink items of the currently open order segment on the menu card, just leave the fields Foods from event segment and Beverages from event segment blank. The items in the "Food" or "Drinks" item group are automatically inserted in the correct position on the menu card.
    2. To insert items from a different segment, select that segment from the picklist.
      Example: The food items from Variant 1 are to be printed along with the beverages from Variant 2 .
  • Save images for the menu cards

    Two images with captions can be added to the menu cards.

    1. To add image 1, select the small frame in the top right-hand corner of the input screen.
    2. Left-click neu Insert image in the large frame and select import festplatte Load from hard drive oder zwischenablage Load from clipboard to insert an image.
      Repeat the same process for a second image with the lower small frame if necessary.
    3. Enter a caption in the text field below the image if needed.
    4.  Save your input by clicking on the icon in the top left-hand corner of the input window.
  • Open a new menu card

    Create any number of custom menus based on various templates. There are a number of menu templates and the standard template will open automatically first. Templates can be created as text templates or templates that have been designed in the graphics programme.

    1. Double-click or right-click Ordner Karten Custom menus and select Zeichnung New menu card (graphic) or textformat New menu card (text).
      Note: Depending on operational requirements, different templates may be available.
    2. The menu card will open with the ordered items, the customised texts and images from the template. If no template is preselected as the default, the card will initially remain empty.
  • Format and print a menu card in a text format

    Menu card templates created in a text format can be edited.

    1. In the text file, switch to a different template by clicking on vorlage brief Select menu card template in the top left-hand corner of the toolbar.
    2. Format text fields using the tools on the right-hand side of the screen.
    3. Right-click and select Delete to remove texts or objects from the template.
    4. Insert additional texts or objects that are not in the template by clicking on Datenbankfeld Insert references.
    5. drucker Print any number of copies on a printer or E Mail Send document as PDF attachment by email.
  • Format and print a menu card in the drawing programme

    Menu card templates created in the drawing programme can be edited.

    Note: We strongly recommend that you create new menu card templates as text templates. The old templates from the graphics programme should only be used for existing cards.

    1. In the graphics programme, switch to a different template by clicking on vorlage menukarte Select menu card template in the top left-hand corner of the toolbar.
    2. Format text fields using the tools on the right-hand side of the screen.
    3. Right-click and select Delete to remove texts or objects from the template.
    4. Insert additional texts or objects that are not in the template by clicking on Bezuege einfuegen Insert references and drag them to a position you want while holding down the left mouse button.
    5. Click bezug  Replace references in the toolbar to replace the object references with real text.
    6. Click on Print in the toolbar to
      1. drucker Print one menu card or
      2. drucker Print multiple copies, or
      3. save as pdf PDF for sending by email.