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Navigating the Menu Entry Screen Quick Reference Guide

This screen contains items required to navigate the Menu Entry screen in Menu Builder.

Item Number	Item Name	Description
1	Action buttons	Production Notes, Show Plates, Auto-Suggest Alternates for main choices, print various menu related reports, create and manage menu items, find and replace menu items, view Week at a Glance, and Therapeutic Spread.
2	Legend button	Shows the icons used on the Menu Entry screen.
3	Week of Menu	Shows the week of the menu set. Click < or > to change week of menu.
4	Menu Days	Menu day you are viewing is highlighted in dark green. Select Every Day or specific day of the week.
5	Meal list	List of meals and HS snack. Select a meal to view and setup menu items available for this meal.
6	Copy Therapeutics	Copy the replacements, portion adjustments, and extras saved for a therapeutic menu to 1 or multiple therapeutic menus.
7	Meal Courses	Select Show All or a specific course to view and setup menu items available for this course. Note If a course has a sub-course, you can click the arrow to view and select a sub-course.
8	Meal Course setup	Create and manage Meal Courses.
9	Nutrient Analysis of M Choices	Enable to view a nutrient analysis summary by meal and day for all main choice menu items for regular and selected therapeutic menu. Note After enabling, there is an additional option to View Breakdown by Menu Item.
10	Regular Menu Panel	Add menu items in this panel to build the Regular menu. You can change items to main or alternate choice. copy entire meal. copy meal course or menu item. portion adjust. edit therapeutic spread. edit alternates for main choices. edit Serve With choices. change print groups.
11	Show Plates	Show Plate photos uploaded for the selected meal.
12	Therapeutic Menu Panel	Select a therapeutic menu from the list to view and manage menu items available for the therapeutic menu. You can add therapeutic replacement, portion adjust, add extra items, and indicate no replacement needed.
13	Refresh icon	Click to refresh nutrient summary after adding or removing menu items.
14	Nutrient Analysis Summary	Provides a nutrient analysis summary by meal and day for all main choice menu items for regular and selected therapeutic menu.
15	Show All Nutrients icon	Click to view a complete list of nutrients.
16	Course panel	Create and manage sub-courses for main courses.
17	Meal Course listing	Lists menu items saved to specific course. From the course header you can delete or copy all items in the course, and auto-suggest alternates for main choice items in the course.
18	Menu Item options	See Legend for icon definitions.
19	Therapeutic Meal Course listing	Lists menu items for selected Therapeutic menu, including suitable regular items, therapeutic replacements, unsuitable items, and Replacement Not Needed or Excluded, if defined. From the course header you can copy therapeutic replacements for a course to 1 or multiple therapeutic menus.
20	Add menu items to course	Type or search for menu items or select Create New.

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