Edit the Aquifer Types Table

1. First, follow the steps for opening the Aquifer Types Table.
   
2. To delete a row in the Aquifer Types Table, click in the row, right-click, choose Rows, and then Delete. (Alternatively, you can type Ctrl+Del.)
   ! Warning: If there are any borehole data records that reference this aquifer name you will see a warning as such. You can choose to (1) delete all of those borehole data entries, (2) change the entries to another aquifer name, or (3) cancel the deletion operation by clicking the Cancel button.
   
3. To insert a row in the Aquifer Types Table:
   • At the end of the listing, click in the last Name cell and press the down-arrow key.
   • In the middle of the listing, click in the cell above which you wish to add the new row, right-click and choose Rows, and choose Insert. The program will insert a new row into the table, with an undefined name.
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4. Then, click in the appropriate cell to enter the required information:
   • Order: This field is used to define the order of the aquifers, typically from the ground downward. This defines the order in which the names are displayed in the table, and in diagram legends.
     ! Click on the Aquifer Name column heading to sort the table rows by name; click on the Order column heading to sort the table rows by order.
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   • Aquifer Name: This column lists the Aquifer names. Aquifer names are linked to the borehole Water Levels data. They will be sorted based on the number in the Order column. It's very important that you order the aquifers 1 - x from the ground surface downward.
     • To add an aquifer name to the end of the list, click in the last Name cell and press the down-arrow key. A new, undefined aquifer type will be listed. Type in the name for the new aquifer to be added. Aquifer names can be single or multiple words, up to 60 characters in total length. Or...
     • To add a name to the top or middle of the list (remember, Aquifers must be listed in order from top down), click on the row above which you want to insert the aquifer. Right-click and choose Rows / Insert. A new, undefined aquifer type will be listed. Type in the name for the aquifer to be added.
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   • Pattern:
     • Select a pattern for an aquifer by double-clicking in the Pattern cell of that row. The program will display the Select Pattern window.
     • From the displayed pattern library, click on the desired pattern design.
     • Set the foreground and background colors using the color boxes at the top of the window. In strip logs and profiles, the pattern design will be drawn in the declared foreground color, on top of the declared background color.
       • ! The background color will be used to represent the aquifer in 3D surface maps, and fence and block diagrams which do not include the pattern designs.
     • Set the pattern's density by clicking the up or down Density arrows. The higher the number, the larger the repeating pattern block (and the lower the pattern density).
       • The Preview box will show you the current pattern design, colors, and density.
     • Set the pattern's line or dot width by clicking the up or down Line Width arrows. This will be updated in the Preview display. This capability is especially useful for enhancing single-dot patterns that may not be otherwise visible on higher resolution devices (e.g. printers).
     • Accept the current settings for the current aquifer by clicking OK at the bottom of the Select Pattern window.
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   • Show in Legend: This setting allows you to specify which of the aquifer names are to be displayed in the diagram legends. This can be helpful if your project has a number of aquifers, but images generated for one portion of the project only reference a few of them. By removing the checks from the other names, only the selected aquifer names would be displayed in the diagram legends.
     • Insert a check in each aquifer's check-box if it is to be represented in diagram legends.
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5. When your editing is complete, click the OK button at the bottom of the table editor to close the window. Note that changes you make to the Aquifer Types Table are posted on the fly. You do not need to save the changes you make.
   

See also

• Turn off unused Aquifer Types
• Import the Aquifer Types from another project database
• Import the Aquifer Types from an ASCII File
• Change aquifer names to mixed/upper/lower case
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