preparation

Child Nodes or Content

= Optional element or attribute

Parent Elements

recipe

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<recipe>

<title paraID="2">Guacamole</title>

<ingredients>

<list listFormat="noMarker">

<listItem>

<para paraID="3">2 ripe avocados</para>

</listItem>

<listItem>

<para paraID="4">½ medium onion, minced</para>

</listItem>

<listItem>

<para paraID="5">1 teaspoon vinegar</para>

</listItem>

<listItem>

<para paraID="6">1 very ripe tomato, peeled and chopped fine</para>

</listItem>

<listItem>

<para paraID="7">1 tablespoon mayonnaise</para>

</listItem>

<listItem>

<para paraID="8">salt and pepper</para>

</listItem>

</list>

</ingredients>

<preparation>

<list listFormat="number">

<listItem>

<label>1.</label>

<para>Cut avocados in half, remove stones, and peel.</para>

</listItem>

<listItem>

<label>2.</label>

<para>Place avocado, onion, and vinegar in a bowl and beat together with an electric mixer or mash together well.</para>

</listItem>

<listItem>

<label>3.</label>

<para>Stir in tomatoes and mayonnaise.</para>

</listItem>

<listItem>

<label>4.</label>

<para>Add salt and pepper if desired.</para>

</listItem>

</list>

</preparation>

</recipe>

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Guacamole

• 2 ripe avocados
• ½ medium onion, minced
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1 very ripe tomato, peeled and chopped fine
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
• salt and pepper

1. Cut avocados in half, remove stones, and peel.
2. Place avocado, onion, and vinegar in a bowl and beat together with an electric mixer or mash together well.
3. Stir in tomatoes and mayonnaise.
4. Add salt and pepper if desired.

Notes

Wraps the paras, table, or list with the actual instructions.

See Also

• ingredients

Marking in Microsoft Word

Use paragraph styles like the following: RECIPE-PREP_para, RECIPE-PREP-LISTnmbr_preamble, RECIPE-PREP-LISTnmbr_title, RECIPE-PREP-LISTnmbr_label, and RECIPE-PREP-LISTnmbr_para.

Note: The paragraph style of all lines within preparation should begin with “RECIPE-PREP_”. If this isn’t practical, use the xmlPara paragraph style to enter beginning and ending <ingredients>, <preparation>, and <recipe> tags.