When the program first opens, a few sample ingredients and formulas are available to help demonstrate program options.
From the Open screen you can search for both ingredients and formulas. As you start typing in the search bar, the program will immediately start to search the database for matches and populate your list of results. The more you type, the more refined the search results will be. Depending which options and/or search conditions are selected, the program will search ingredients, ingredient components and formulas for the results.