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Questions about shopping lists

I have input something in the comment fields of the item database, but it did not appear in the shopping list and I had to type it again.

The comments you entered in the item database are the default values of the comment fields. They are displayed when you create a new shopping list or when you clear the shopping list. They were not displayed just after editing the database because your shopping list already existed. You will not have to type these comments again in future shopping lists.
I would like to know for which dishes are the ingredients I picked for the shopping list.

Shop'NCook has been designed to fit different shopping styles and can be easily customized to your need. To see from which recipes the ingredients come, select Preferences in Shop'NCook menu to open the preference panel and select the option "Add recipe title to comment field". When this option is selected, the title of the recipe is added automatically to the comment fields of the items of the shopping list.
I don't like the units into which ingredients are converted in the shopping list.

If you don't want automatic unit conversion, open the preference panel and deselect the option "Use preferred units". When this option is unchecked, the recipe units are used. Alternatively, if you would like to change the preferred unit for garlic for example or disable unit conversion only for garlic, click on "Edit" in the toolbar of the Shopping List tab to edit the item database, scroll to the item "garlic". In the pull-down menu on the right, type "NO_UNIT_DEFINED" instead of "WEIGHT" to disable unit conversion for garlic or type in "clove" to convert automatically the quantity of garlic in number of cloves - even if it is specified in weight or volume units in the recipes.
Can you delete unwanted items from the shopping list (your preloaded ones)?

Yes, you can delete the predefined items. To do that, go to the shopping list panel, click on the edit button, select the items you want to remove (you can only select consecutive items at one time) and click the Delete button of the toolbar. However, by deleting them you lose access to their nutritional data too.
A less destructive way would be to move the unwanted items to the extended list so that you don't see them when you don't want to and keep only the items you need in the main list. For more information on this option, see the online help.
I am having a problem with the Never Add List Editor. I cannot add more items. Any suggestions of how to do this?

To add an item to the Never Add List:
  1. Open the Never Add List editor in the Shopping List tab of the Preferences panel.
  2. Click on the Add button. A new empty line is added.
  3. Click on the first part of the new line. The empty field will be changed into a pull-down menu.
  4. Type the name of the item you want to add in the field of the pull-down menu (for example: "pepper").
  5. Click on the arrow of the pull-down menu to display the list of the corresponding items of the database.
  6. Select an item (for example: "Spices & seasonings:pepper"). The name of the item will be displayed now in the new line.
  7. If you want, select a unit and type a limiting quantity.
  8. Click the OK button to save the list.