Linked text is text that is connected to information in a table or a view property. This text changes automatically if changes are made to the table or view settings.
Click the Draw | Shape | Linked Text command to create linked text in any view window. The typeface, size, style, alignment, opacity, and color can be set for text blocks.
Linked text contain two types of properties: linked text properties and label properties. You can change these properties in the Property Manager.
To create linked text:
Click the Draw | Shape | Linked Text command.
Click where you want text to appear in a view window. The words Linked Text appear as a place holder if you are in design mode. If you are in active mode, the borehole name appears if a borehole ID has been set in the Hole ID Filter option. Otherwise, -Empty- appears.
Press ESC on the keyboard to end drawing mode.
Click on the linked text in the view window or Object Manager to select it.
Set the linked text properties in the Property Manager to define the text information and properties.
Math text can be used to alter the appearance or add mathematical concepts or symbols to linked text. The Linked text type must be set to Column, Column Description, or Column Units to use math text instructions with the linked text. See Math Text Instructions for detailed information.
Because linked text can only be associated with a single borehole ID, linked text should be used carefully when there are multiple boreholes in a view window. The linked text is displayed for the last borehole selected in the borehole view properties Hole ID Filter option before multiple boreholes were shown, i.e. before the borehole view Hole ID Filter property is automatically changed to -Multi-.
When there are multiple boreholes in a view window:
The Hole ID should not be used with linked text because only one borehole ID can be associated with linked text in a borehole view, regardless of the number of borehole IDs in the view.
The Column option should only be used if the column data is the same for all boreholes in the view. Because of this, it is irrelevant which borehole the linked text is associated with, because the column information is identical. In circumstances where you want column information in text boxes to vary based upon different borehole IDs it is recommended to use simple text boxes and copy/paste the desired information into the boxes.
In general, using linked text boxes with multiple boreholes works well when Current Page, Current Page Of Total Pages, Total Pages, Column Description, and Column Units are the selected Linked Text Type because this information is the same regardless of the borehole.
Set the Log Display Mode to Page View in the Borehole View Properties to show the current page and the total number of pages.
The page size is determined by your printer settings. Use File | Page Setup to set page size.
Default text properties are set with the File | Options command.
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