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How do you correct foods?

llbrixon
llbrixon Posts: 964 Member
edited December 2024 in Getting Started
For spelling errors that are already listed? Or needed in to delete error in calories? Or too many entries of the same foods?

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  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    edited June 2016
    @llbrixon Are you talking about your own food entries in your diary or errors in the food database?
  • llbrixon
    llbrixon Posts: 964 Member
    Both? Once they are in my foods...are they not in the big food base?
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    edited June 2016
    @llbrixon Yes, I think I see what you are asking. On any given diary entry there should be a red circle with a "minus" sign over to the right. You can eliminate your duplicate entries that way, as it is a delete function. If you want to change the amount of something in your diary, you click on the entry itself and make changes to the amount. I will have to look to see if there is a way to correct spellings of foods in "your foods", I am not sure about that but it is a good question. In the big food base there is a function where you click on the nutritional information and make corrections but I am not sure if that includes spelling errors. I'm sure by the time I post this someone else will have answered LOL!
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    edited June 2016
    @llbrixon OK when I click on a food in the general database or in "my foods" a green "Edit" box pops up. Does your screen display that?
  • llbrixon
    llbrixon Posts: 964 Member
    @llbrixon OK when I click on a food in the general database or in "my foods" a green "Edit" box pops up. Does your screen display that?

    No
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    I wonder if it is a setting on your computer that is preventing that...I think I would consult with the help desk. In small print at the very top of your home page there should be a "Help" option to click on. They may be able to help you...
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