Log Body Items - Vertical Text Columns

How it's Used
How to Insert a Vertical Text Column into a Log Design
Menu Settings
How to Review the Settings

Use

A Vertical Text column is used to plot vertical text labels within a depth interval in the body of the log.

How it works: As you compile your log in LogPlot, the program will locate text listed in a Vertical Text datasheet of the same name, and plot it in the Vertical Text column at the indicated depth range. Vertical text can be used to note interpreted stratigraphic units, geologic time units, observed lithology, etc.

Alternatives: Vertical text labels in the header or footer of the log are inserted using the Static Text tool. Horizontal text listings in the log body are inserted using the Text Column or Interval Text Column tool.

How to…

Insert a Vertical Text Column in a log design

1. Access the Log Designer window.
   
2. Click in the log body design pane to make it active. (Use the Visible Sections check-boxes to show/hide the different design panes.)
   
3. Click on the Vertical Text Column button in the tool pane.
   
4. Position your mouse pointer where you want the left edge of the column to be, in the log body portion of the design screen, and click the left mouse button to place it.
   
5. Enter the column settings in the displayed window.

   

   Name: The Name field is used to identify the Vertical Text column. Any data in a Vertical Text datasheet column that has the same name will be plotted in this column. The name you declare must match, character-for-character, the name for the vertical text data listed in the data file. The name match is not case-sensitive.

   Group: The Group setting is optional and is used only when you create a new data file using this log design. With a Group name defined, multiple columns will be displayed on a single Vertical Text datasheet rather than in separate datasheets.

   Position: These coordinates determine the horizontal placement of the Vertical Text column in the body of the log. The horizontal coordinates are expressed in decimal inches or centimeters relative to the left edge of the design screen. You may change the column's position by editing these values, or by widening/narrowing the column itself on the work screen (see Moving and Resizing Log Body Components).

   Frame Column: If this box is checked, the column will be bounded by a solid-line rectangle.

   Background Color: Click on the small color box to choose the fill color for the column.

   Text Down, Text Up: These radio buttons are used to specify whether the text labels are to be plotted downward or upward in the column. Note the preview in the dialog box which shows examples.

   Plot Arrows: Insert a check here to include arrows with the vertical text. The arrows will extend to the interval top and base.

   End Style: Choose from Bars or Arrows using the drop-down list. Refer to the preview in the dialog box for examples.

   Font: Use this button to establish the font type, style, size, and color to be used for the text column.

   Color: Use this button to select a color for the text. This may also be selected using the Font button, above.

6. To accept the displayed information, click the Apply button. You will see the Vertical Text column displayed in the design screen, labeled "Vertical Text Col." You may continue to adjust the settings if necessary; remember to click Apply any time you want your changes applied.
7. To close the Vertical Text Setup window, click the Close button.
   

Review the Settings

If you need to access the Options window you can:

• Double-click on the Vertical Text Column.
• Or, right-click on the Vertical Text Column and select Edit Item.
• Or, double-click on the Vertical Text Column in the Item Viewt.
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See also

• Move or Resize Log Body Items for information about dragging, resizing, and aligning items.
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