ZHELP10000!3/  Introduction control.htm CONTENTS     Introduction   Wells   Samples - Taxonomic Database (Taxa DB)  !Interpreted Geological Data (IGD)! !!  Charts P Events  Index  Tools b  How To...     Introduction intro.htm INTRODUCTION   CONTENTS    Introduction  What is StrataBugs?  How to use HELP  How to... ( Conventions, terms and commands( (  Control Panel  Applications   Wells   Samples -+ Taxonomic Database (Taxa DB)+ +0 Interpreted Geological Data (IGD)0 0  Charts P Events  Index   Accessories  Dictionary  Tools  Config | Users % Config | Unix plotters% %  !Click here to go to main CONTENTS! !!  Introduction0101% Introduction - What is StrataBugs? $ . StrataBugs is a biostratigraphic database system which enables you to record the occurrence of fossils and other geological data in wells and outcrop samples. Individual taxa can be recorded using a combination of scrolled lists, a touch sensitive keyboard and the more familiar QWERTY keyboard.   StrataBugs has a unique taxonomic database which can be used to check new records added to the system and to manage synonyms and which may be linked to an image library. StrataBugs is, therefore, particularly suitable for managing data from external sources where variations in identifications and in taxonomic conventions may arise. Interpretations biozones, lithostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, palaeoenvironments, sequences, graphic lithology, etc.), can be entered using default and user defined dictionaries of geological terms. Fossil occurrence data and geological interpretations can be plotted on multi-coloured charts in a format and style of your choice alongside data imported from other databases such as wireline logs, isotopic ages, trace element distributions, etc. You can automatically generate multiwell correlation charts and chronostratigraphic diagrams. StrataBugs is available for Unix (Solaris 2.6) and PC (Windows 9*, NT, 2000) machines and is networkable in a variety of configurations.  r|  Introduction0102  Introduction - How to use HELP   All Help for StrataBugs is now available on-screen. The hardcopy user manuals distributed with early versions of StrataBugs are now redundant and should be destroyed. From v1.6 a User Guide is available on the installation CD summarising the main features of StrataBugs and providing basic instructions in its use. In addition, if you wish you may download a printable copy of the HELP from the StrataData website using MS Word or an HTML browser such as Windows Internet Explorer. s} There are a number of ways in which Help can assist you in using StrataBugs. From the main dialog box menu bars, selecting Help will give you two options - Contents... and This dialog.... The former provides a contents list for the section of the help text relating to the current application, explains the function of the application and how to procede in general terms; the latter provides a detailed guidance on the current dialog. On some dialogs the Help is accessed from a "Help" button. %)BL}z For help on particular topic open a Help dialog and select Search. You can then search for a word or character string. %)<BU To access the Contents of StrataBugs Help open a Help dialog and select Contents. %26IQ There is also a "How to..." section which describes the basic steps required to use StrataBugs. This is an essential reference for the first time user. U_Z The dialogs in the on-screen help are examples as they would appear under Windows 95.  We considered it unnecessary to describe every possible selection and have omitted long descriptions of procedures which should be intuitive. Hints and Notes are provided for additional guidance. Y Note: Unix/Motif users. Some X-servers will not display the toolbar buttons at the top of the help window. If your system is like this you may use the keyboard to navigate through the help, using the Meta key. This key is labelled with the diamond and is next to the spacebar on SUN keyboards. On PC X-Servers it is commonly the ALT key. Y The Navigation keys are:  Contents - Meta C Back - Meta B Search - Meta S Previous - Meta P Next - Meta N   Introduction0120 Applications  u The menu options are provided as alternatives to the icons for accessing each of the StrataBugs applications. Yc  Wells  Samples -Taxonomic Database (Taxa DB) #Interpreted Geological Data (IGD) #! Charts PEvents Index   Introduction0121 Accessories | Dictionary  If you have the appropriate database table extensions you will be able to access multiple species dictionaries. Please contact StrataData for futher information.   Introduction0122 Accessories | Tools  Tools gives you access to the Database maintenance application and a number of import/export applications. These options are also available via the Tools icon on the Control panel. b  Introduction0123 Accessories | Config | Users   When you make this selection the StrataBugs Users dialog will appear. This enables the system administrator to set the password, user ID and privileges of individual users. &6 9 Z To add a new user's details push Add. The Add new StrataBugs user dialog will appear. #&4>,C 10  Enter the User name (name that you are known by in StrataBugs, Name (user's full name), Discipline (selection available from a drop-down list on the Discipline field), Initials and Password. 5?AEZd If your system is set up to distinguish between multiple analysts you may display data they each generate in different colours on charts. Use the ellipsis (...) command button adjacent to the Chart colour field to select a colour for the current user.  Activate the check boxes on the right hand side of the dialog box to allow/deny individual user privileges within StrataBugs. t~ If you wish to edit the privileges or password for an individual user push Edit on the StrataBugs Users dialog. A window identical to the Add New User dialog box will appear. NR If you wish to remove a user from those authorised to use StrataBugs push the Delete button on the StrataBugs Users dialog. You will be prompted to confirm the deletion of the selected user from the system. <FPVTo change the permissions of particular user highlight the username on the list to make it the current user and press the Permit... button. | 11 2 The current user name and ID will be displayed in the two yellow fields at the top of the dialog. To restrict access by this user to selected wells enter a Country name, and if appropriate a field or operator name and press the Add button to add the permissions to the main filed of the dialog. kTo delete a permission for the current user first high ligh the name on the list and then press Delete. bh:To exit press OK or to exit without saving press Cancel. 18  Introduction 0124 ' Accessories | Config | Unix plotters &  To set up a plotter on a Unix based system select Accessories | Config | Unix plotters. A list of Unix plot devices which have been previously been set up appears which you can edit or add to. For further information please contact StrataData. 6\ Wells wells.htm WELLS    CONTENTS   Wells - new in v1.7.1   Wells main dialog   File | Exit   Wells  Add...  Details  Location  Depths   Cores   Casing  Markers   Two way time #  Edit... % Delete  &  Select...  ' Abundance schemes ) Permissions...  + !Click here to go to main CONTENTS! !! gWells 214 Wells - new in v1.7.1   TVD Importer 3 It is now possible to import TVD ASCII files. "/ TWT Importer  4 There is an import facility for TWT ASCII files. !$#1 Wells 200 Wells - main dialog   The Wells application is used for entering details of each well or outcrop section, its name, location, etc. Most of this information will be displayed in the header of a chart when one is plotted.  To open the Wells application from the StrataBugs Control Panel choose the Wells icon on the Control Panel. The Wells main dialog will appear displaying the Current well and Code. )AMRr 16 3 There are three menu items on the main dialog:  File | Wells | Help   2Wells 201 Wells | File | Exit  @ When you wish to exit this application choose File | Exit. 0; Wells 202 Wells | Wells  / There are five items on the Wells menu: < Add... | Edit... | Delete | Select | Abundance schemes  %&$''8) [Wells 203 Wells | Wells | Add...   To add a well name to the database you must provide enough details to uniquely identify the well. You must enter the well name and code, country and terminal depth. These mandatory fields are shown in red. You should enter as many other details as possible. H To enter well details for a new well select Wells | Wells | Add... .E* The Wells tabbed dialog will appear.  There are seven tabs: K Details | Location | Depths | Cores | Casing | Markers | Two way time  %(.19 <H# Select each tab in turn and add data and set parameters as described below. When you have finished push OK to save the data and return to the Wells main dialog or push Cancel to return to the Wells main dialog without saving the data. km  Wells 204# Wells | Wells | Add... | Details "  Details tab:   21 v First, you must enter the name of the new well or outcrop section in the Name field, taking care about the case. JN Then, you must either enter a unique code in the Code field or, push the Make Code command button to automatically generate a code based on the well or outcrop name. 59MV2 Optionally, you may enter the Operator name. !)} Optionally, you may enter the OCS number (option only available to American users with appropriate database extensions). # Check the Restricted checkbox off if you wish the new well or outcrop section to be available to users with restricted access. (See Accessories | Config | Users on the Control Panel). J Select either Well or Outcrop by pushing the appropriate radio button.  Note: Selecting the Outcrop option changes "sample depths" to "elevation" ( i.e. the lowest sample value number will appear at the bottom of the section) and allows free text labels to be attached to sample elevations. { Edit the Spud date and Completion date in the format 06-Jul-1993 if known. The default date will be the current date. (  Wells 205% Wells | Wells | Add... | Location $  Location tab.   23 N First you must enter the Country location of the well or outcrop section. "| Optionally, you may enter the County location (option available only to users with the appropriate database extension). &R Optionally, you may enter the Field location, Quadrant, Block and Sub block. $/79>EN/Optionally, you may enter the Geodetic datum. - Optionally, you may enter the Latitude and Longitude of the well in degrees, minutes and seconds. Use the pull down menus to select North or South and East or West. (-6 Optionally, you may enter a Grid reference if available. This may be an Ordnance Survey grid reference or some other X-Y coordinates. This feature will be used in future versions of StrataBugs. #Wells 206# Wells | Wells | Add... | Depths "  Depths tab.  25 N Use the option buttons to select the depth Units (either feet or metres). ,2 For well sections you may optionally enter the Rotary Table Elevation (RTE), the Rig elevation above Sea Level (this is zero for offshore wells) and the depth of the Sea bed below RTE. You must enter a value for the Termination depth for both wells and outcrops. This may be set at any value greater that the greatest sample depth/elevation if the actual terminal depth is not known. ILS` Select one of these depths as a datum using the option buttons adjacent to these fields. The default is RTE. These data will be used in future versions of StrataBugs.  If there are True Vertical Depth (TVD) alternatives available for drilled depths in a well you may enter them in the table in the window on the right hand side of the dialog. This information can then be used to re-calibrate the vertical scale of wells plotted in the Charts application. You can enter depths one at a time or import a TDV survey file. To import a TVD file push the Import... button and select the file from the Import selection box. $' O Wells 207" Wells | Wells | Add... | Cores !  Cores tab.  27 & You may add details about cores. | To add a new cored interval, push the Add... command button on the Cores tab box and the Cored interval dialog appears. (.[i 28 _ Enter the Top depth, Base depth of the core and the core Number in the appropriate fields. ;B If the core depths have been calibrated against log depths and there is a discrepancy you may enter corrective values in the two Correction +/- fields. Check the Correction data checkbox on to indicate if there are correction data for this interval. F Use the option buttons to select either Recovered or Unrecovered. (26A{ Push OK to save the data and return to the Cores tab or push Cancel to return to the Cores tab without saving the data. >D P Wells 208# Wells | Wells | Add... | Casing "  Casing tab.  30 3 You may add details about well casing points. y To add a new casing point, push the Add... command button on the Casing tab box and the Casing point dialog appears. &,Zf 31 O Enter the Depth and Diameter of the casing shoe in the appropriate fields. ~ Push OK to save the data and return to the Casing tab or push Cancel to return to the Casing tab without saving the data.  @F  Wells 209 $ Wells | Wells | Add... | Markers #  Markers tab.   33 > You may add details about well seismic or other markers.  To add a new seismic markers, push the Add... command button on the Markers tab box and the Seismic Marker dialog appears. )/^l 34  Enter the Depth of the seismic marker and its colour label in the appropriate fields. When this information is displayed it will show as a horizontal line with the lable above. ~ Push OK to save the data and return to the Marker tab or push Cancel to return to the Marker tab without saving the data.  @F Wells 215#) Wells | Wells | Add... | Two way time (  Two way time tab.  36 Q You may add the TWT values for any depth in the well. You can enter depths one at a time or import a TWT file. To import a TWT file push the Import... button and select the file from the Import selection box. Push OK to save the data and return to the Marker tab or push Cancel to return to the Marker tab without saving the data. v When you have completed enetering data in all the tabs in this dialog, push OK to return to the main Wells dialog. MO Wells 210% Wells | Wells | Edit...   To edit well data select Wells | Edit... to access the Wells tabbed dialog. The procedure for editing well data is identical to that for adding data. Edit any of the fields on the tabbed dialogs and in the case of Cores, Casing and Markers push the Edit... command button to access and change individual data items. Push OK to save the changes that have been made, or press Cancel to exit without saving. *CEx~ Wells 211& Wells | Wells | Delete   To delete a well select Wells | Delete. You will be asked to confirm that you wish to delete the current well. Push Yes if you wish to procede. The deletion will be confirmed. Push No if you wish to return to the Wells main dialog without deleting the selected well. (uy. To delete individual data items select Wells | Edit... to access the Wells tabbed dialog. Delete data from any of the fields (except Well name, Well code, Country and Termination depth). In the case of Cores, Casing and Markers select the item you wish to delete and push the Delete command button. (7 C Wells 212' Wells | Wells | Select...   To search for a well name in the database select Wells | Select.... The Well Search dialog appears. This dialog is common to a number of applications. 3DJU40   Enter search strings in the Name, Code, Country or Field fields if appropriate and push Search. A list of wells appears. Select a well name and push OK to return to the main Wells dialog box where the well name and code are displayed in the Name and Code fields. Z`\ Alternatively, push Cancel to return to the Wells main dialog without selecting a well.  Note: If the list is long it will be vertically scrolled. The list box is also horizontally scrolled to display additional information about the well location. You can narrow down the search by adding further strings and pressing the Search command button again.    Note: The Blank command button enables you to clear the details from the text fields and start your selection from scratch.   Note: You will not be able to select wells designated as "restricted" unless your user privileges have been appropriately set in Accessories | Config | Users from the StrataBugs Control Panel.   _Wells 213)% Wells | Wells | Abundance schemes $  An abundance scheme is a set of semi-quantitative terms expressing relative abundance. Each term in the scheme has an equivalent numerical range.  To select an abundance scheme for a well/discipline select Wells | Abundance schemes. The Well Abundance Schemes dialog appears. <V\r 42  There are four fields, one for each discipline. You may select a different semi-quantitative scheme of your choice for each discipline in each well from the pull down menus attached to each of the four discipline fields. H Push OK to save your selection and return to the Wells main dialog.  38 Wells-216+" Wells | Wells | Permissions... ! C Select the Permissions... to open the Well Permissions dialog. (8  44 8You may restrict access to data for the current well by other users. If you select Full (default) all users will be able to see data for the current well. If you select Read only other users may see but not modify the well data. If you select None, data for the current well cannot be seen by other users. UYgAny user can be selected to override these settings, giving them full access to the well even when it is restricted. To do this press the ellipsis (...) button to select a user from the StrataBugs Users dialog. The User ID will appear in the main field of the Well Permissions dialog. If you want to add other users to the list repeat this process.  i To delete a user from the list, first highlight the name on the list then press the Del(ete) button. X[N Press OK to save your selection and exit, or Cancel to exit without saving.  /6MSamples- samples.htm- SAMPLES    CONTENTS   Samples - new in v1.7.1  . General Procedure  / Samples main window  0 Wells 2 Select...  3 Abundance Schemes...  5 Diversity graph... :  Units  <  Exit  ` Sample  > Add...   ? Edit...  C Delete...  E Select... A Sample details...  G$ Add/edit taxon occurrences...$ $I Lithology...  K  Age...  N Age Table ... P Comments...  ^ Copy from...  _  Next  R Previous  S  Save  Z  Print  [ Generate sample list... T Edit analysts  V& Delete all data for discipline & %X Taxon  `+ Select overlay (/Concept Keyboard) + *a Picklist c Edit occurrence  x Edit taxon...  z Add current taxon...  $ Delete selected occurrences $ #|" Add selection to comments " !}# Shorten genus for comments # "" Add abundance for comments" "" Shorten genus for comments" " Point count mode   Link abundance to counts    Link counts to abundance  ! Autocopy previous sample !   Keyboard bleep   Show species code   Sort   Picklist c@(appears only when Sample | Add/edit taxon occurrences selected)@  Insert...  e current Taxon f from Well/Outcrop g from Group i from Group Set k from Database m  Options  u  Refresh window data v# Order by species codes # "w Remove selection r Save as group... s Split picklist t Rejoin picklist t Exit  !Click here to go to main CONTENTS! !!  Samples-533. Samples - new in v1.7.1   Age table versions z Creating different versions in the sample Age Table enables you to experiment with different age interpretations. w Split factors Q You may now enter split factors as any fraction of a sample (eg 3/8ths). N3 Increase number of taxa displayed in picklist .R The picklist has now been expanded to provide for multiple lists of taxa. O Edit analysts w If you want to edit the analyst name for a suite of samples already imported into a well you may now do so. t Increase length of comments y Select the appropriate option in Tools | Database Maintenence to increase the number of characters up to 256. v' Display of comments in logging sheet %N An option to plot samples comments on logging sheets has been added. K Picklist shortcut buttons V The Picklist now has shortcut buttons for the options to add taxa and groups. S! Delete all data for discipline h This option now includes an option for deleting all samples or just those for a single analyst. e Edit taxon discipline  A new option on the Edit taxon dialog enables you to move an incorrectly assigned taxon from one discipline to another. 5 Record marker taxa for biostratigraphy striplog 0 When recording taxa using the picklist (or subsequently when editing taxon occurrences) you may select taxon occurrences as markers for separate display in a Biostratigraphy striplog. ffc Samples-553/ General Procedure   The Samples application is used to add sample depths and types to well or outcrop sections and the record the occurrence of fossils in individual samples.  First, add a sample to a selected well/outcrop. You can add them all in advance one at a time select Sample | Add...) or generate a sample list (select Sample | Generate sample list...), or you can add them as you go along. l{?T Then open a data window to record fossil occurrences in this sample (Sample | Add/edit taxon occurrences...). You will then have to open a Picklist Taxon | Picklist) in order to select taxon names to add to the list of taxa for each sample. You may wish to use a Concept Keyboard (Taxon | Select overlay/Concept Keyboard) in conjunction with the Picklist to speed things up once you are familiar with the system. You will have to create an overlay for the Concept keyboard first (Taxon Database | Taxon | Overlays). When you have recorded all the occurrences for one sample you can go to the next sample in the list or add another sample at this point. IrIc,Wa# Samples-5000 Samples - main window   49  The Samples application enables you to enter sample depths and types, notes and fossil occurrences for individual samples in wells and outcrop sections.   To open the Samples application choose the Samples icon on the StrataBugs control Panel. The Samples window appears together with the Sample Information dialog in the top left hand corner and cannot be independently closed. This displays the current well Name and Code, the last selected sample Depth and sample Type, the default Discipline of the user and in a field to the right, a sample label (if there is one). ,;C[dk:?KO`j In addition, the Status of the sample is shown for the current discipline. There are four possible states for a sample. These are further explained below:  Not Prepared  ; The default status for all samples is "Not prepared". Prepared   The default is automatically changed to "Prepared" when the Sample Details dialog has been opened and exited using the OK button (it is not necessary to add any data). BQ Analysed  # A sample has an "Analysed" status when it is Saved after recording taxon occurrences. At the same time the analyst name is inserted in the Sample Details dialog. To revert to a "Prepared" status from "Analysed" open the Sample Details dialog and delete the analyst name. 05 Barren  If an "Analysed" sample contains no taxon records it is "Barren". A checkbox to the right of the Status field enables you to explicitely change the status of a sample to "Barren" ?Ejp Further fields display the current Overlay (when one has been selected) and the current Abundance Scheme (the default is displayed if one has been selected). An Analyst field will also be displayed if your database has been setup for this feature. \o Some of the most commonly required menu options may be selected from the icon bar. Typically, once you are familiar with StrataBugs and you have set up the system to suit your individual requirements you will most frequently use the Add/edit taxon occurrences Data dialog and the Taxon Picklist. These have been designed to fit side by side within the Samples window. I):cE To change the default well, you must select Wells | Select.... -A3H To change the default sample, you must select Sample | Select.... /DA To change the default discipline select the correct discipline from the drop down list attached to the Discipline field. nxQ There are five menu items available from the Samples main window menu bar: ? Wells | Sample | Taxon | Window | Picklist 2>%`19ce Note: The Picklist menu only appears when Sample | add/edit occurrence has been selected)  d Samples-5012 Samples | Wells  < There are five items on the Samples | Wells menu: !0\ Select... | Abundance schemes...| Diversity graph...| Units...| Exit 3.50B:IQ<SW` NSamples-5023  Samples | Wells | Select...   If the Current well is not the one you require you may change it. To change the Current Well select Wells | Select... . The Well Search dialog appears. hz 52 6 Enter a search string in at least one of the fields and push Search. A list of well names matching the search strings will be listed in the main part of the dialog box. Choose a well name from the list, push OK and the current well name and code are updated in the Sample Information dialog. AG+M Note: The Blank command button clears any search strings entered.  L 6Samples-5035+ Samples | Wells | Abundance Schemes... *  An abundance scheme is a set of semi quantitative terms expressing relative abundance. Each term in the scheme has an equivalent numerical value range.  To add, edit, select or show the usage of an Abundance Scheme select Wells | Abundance Schemes. The Well Abundance Schemes dialog will appear displaying the default abundance scheme name for each discipline. Ibk 54  If you require an abundance scheme other than the default scheme you may select one from the pull down menus attached to each of the four discipline fields. ` Note: If you do not select an abundance scheme here the default scheme will be used.  _ If the scheme you require is not available you may add it. You may also edit existing schemes or delete unused schemes. Push the Schemes... button to open the Abundance Schemes dialog.  55 l To add a new abundance scheme push Add. The Abundance Scheme Editor appears with all fields blank. $'0H 56  Enter the terms in your new scheme in the Description fields starting with the one with lowest numerical value. Add an abbreviation (3 characters maximum) for each term in the Abr. fields and the number which is the lowest numerical equivalent of each term in the Min. field. In the Output field you may enter a value which will be used if you convert semi-quantitative data to numerical data for chart display (see Charts | Options | Derive counts from semi-quantitative abundance). If you leave the default value (0) the Minimum value will be used for this conversion. Push OK to return to the Abundance Schemes dialog. +6+1bd  To edit an existing abundance scheme select one from the list and then push Edit. The Abundance Scheme Editor appears displaying the details of the selected abundance scheme. Modify any of the fields or add more terms. Push OK to return to the Abundance Schemes dialog. PTZu To delete an abundance scheme select one from the list in the Abundance Schemes dialog and then push Delete. You will be asked to confirm that you wish to delete the selected abundance scheme. lr Note: A scheme which has been used for any well in your database may not be deleted without first deleting the well.  To see how a particular abundance scheme has been used for wells in your database, select an abundance scheme from the list and push Show Usage.... The Well Abundance Scheme Usage dialog appears displaying a list of wells (plus codes and discipline) for which the scheme has been used. To see which terms from the scheme have been used in any particular well, select a well from the list and push the Usage button. The Abundance classes are listed on the right hand side of the dialog.  57  Push Cancel to return to the Well Abundance Schemes dialog. Ensure that the desired schemes are selected for each discipline and push OK to close the Well Abundance Schemes dialog.  P Push OK to save your selection and close the Well Abundance Schemes dialog.  .E wSamples-504:' Samples | Wells | Diversity graph... & ( The Diversity graph will display the abundance and diversity for each sample logged in the current well. Each sample is represented by a red circle. Left click on individual circle to display the numerical Diversity and Abundance and the sample depth and type. During each session, newly recorded occurrences will update the graph and display as a blue dot. Comparison of the relative position of the current sample with its previous position and the values of other samples can assist in determining when maximum diversity is being approached.  59  Samples-505< Samples | Wells | Units...  To change the default units select Wells | Units... then either the Feet or Metres. Depth units displayed will then be displayed in the units selected. (8IMQW ]Samples-552` Samples | Wells | Exit  W To exit from the Samples application select Exit from the Samples | Wells menu. 15?N Samples-506> Samples | Sample  = There are fifteen items on the Samples | Sample menu: $4F Add... | Edit... | Delete... | Select... | Sample details...  ? C!E%/A2DGOAdd/edit taxon occurrences... | Lithology... | Sample age... | Comments... I -K0>NAM^+ Copy from... | Next | Previous | Save _R!S$)ZA Generate sample list... | Delete all data for discipline... T=X H Samples-507? Samples | Sample | Add...  e To add a sample depth and type choose Sample | Add.... The Add Sample dialog box will appear. +:@J 64 G First enter the sample depth information. If there is a single depth value assigned to the sample (e.g. sidewall core) enter the value in the in the mandatory Base Depth field. If a sample has a range of depths (eg cuttings samples - see note below) you may in addition enter the upper depth value in the Top Depth field. 4= Note: Users should be aware of the different ways in which sample depths are used in order to understand how StrataBugs interprets the depth values you enter. Cuttings samples collected every 5m for example will be labelled a depth range 2345m - 2350m, 2350m-2355m, and so on. Each sample can be referred to either by the depth range, or by either the top or base depth. StrataBugs allows you to enter either a depth range or single depth for each sample. The base depth is more usually used as the sample reference, but confusingly some workers use the top depth! Bear this in mind when importing data from other users. Single depth samples entered are displayed in the Base Depth fields in the Sample | Add, Edit and Select dialogs. Also note that up to version 1.6 samples with ranges were plotted on charts at the top of the range. From version 1.7 samples with ranges are plotted at the base of the range. There is a utility in Tools | Database Management for migrating old style sample depths to new style display.   Note: For outcrop samples you may use positive and negative numbers to record vertical elevation above or below a datum, respectively. You may also use the Depth field to record the order of samples from a stratigraphic section or traverse, substituting artificial numbers for "depths/elevations". The "depths/elevations" need not be displayed on charts and they may be edited at a later stage to revise sample order if required.  ? For well sections, select the sample type from the drop-down list box on the Type field. The default sample type is CU (=cuttings). In addition you may record SC (=sidewall core), CO (=conventional core) and OC (=outcrop) samples. The LOG sample type is used in order to position depth related boundaries in IGD. QUxz If you have the Analyst field activated you may select an analyst ID (= user ID) for the sample. To do this push the ellipsis (...) button to the right of the Analyst field, select an analyst ID form the list and push OK.  In addition to a depth (or depth range) and sample type you may enter a sample Label (any alphanumeric term up to 30 characters long) for any sample type. This is useful for recording sample references which are not depths (eg core plug numbers, outcrop references). Labels can be displayed on charts instead of sample depths/elevations by selecting Charts | Insert | Biostratigraphy | Options and checking the symbolic sample type off. QV The Grid X and Grid Y fields are optional fields for recording the coordinates of outcrop sections or samples. Currently these data are not used by StrataBugs.    Push OK to add the sample to the sample list. If you wish to add another sample straight away, push Yes at the prompt, and add the details to the new Add Sample dialog. If you do not wish to add another sample, push No at the prompt to close the Add Sample dialog. dh ySamples-510A Samples | Sample | Select...   To select the sample depth and type choose Sample | Select.... A table listing all the samples previously entered (if any) in the database for the current well is displayed together with the sample types and analyst abbreviations and labels (if any). 0B 66  By default All samples entered for the well for all disciplines and of all types are displayed. There are three further options which can be selected by choosing one of the option buttons above the sample list.  Prepared/analysed in discipline: this option shows only those samples which have been prepared or analysed for the current discipline. # All except LOG: this option shows all samples for the well, irrespective of discipline, except LOG samples (which are primarily used for positioning non-sample based IGD boundaries).  Not prepared/analysed in discipline: this option shows all the samples for the current discipline which have not been prepared or analysed. & The total number of samples entered for the current well and the number of samples actually displayed are shown for information in two fields below the option buttons.  By default the current sample will be highlighted (but not selected) on the list. If you just want to select a single sample highlight it on the list and push OK. Details of the selected sample will be displayed in the Sample Information dialog. p At the bottom of the dialog there are five buttons for changing the status of one or more selected samples. " Note: There are four possible states for a sample. The default status for all samples is "Not prepared". The default is automatically changed to "Prepared" when the Sample Details dialog has been opened and exited using the OK button (it is not necessary to add any data). A sample has an "Analysed" status when it is Saved after recording taxon occurrences. At the same time the analyst name is inserted in the Sample Details dialog. To revert to a "Prepared" status from "Analysed" open the Sample Details dialog and delete the analyst name. If an "Analysed" sample contains no taxon records it is "Barren". The "Not Barren" button enables you to switch the sample status to "Analysed" if they contain taxon occurrence records but, for some historical reason, also display the "Barren" status. @E^d! If you want to change the status of one or more samples make your selection on the list and push the appropriate button to change the status of the sample(s). Selecting the "Delete" button will delete all taxon records for the current discipline in the selected sample but will not delete the sample record itself. To do this, select Sample | Delete from the main Samples window. Sc Note: In order to change the status of a sample from "Analysed" to "Barren" or "Prepared" you will be prompted to delete taxon occurrences from the sample(s) first.  Note: If the sample you require has not previously been entered to the database you may Add... it by pushing the Add button in the Select Sample dialog and adding the sample.  ^e?x{s Note: For outcrop samples the list will be displayed with the largest positive number at the top of the list.  r BSamples-508C Samples | Sample | Edit...   To edit a sample depth and other attributes first Select it from the list in the Select Sample dialog. At this point you can edit it by typing directly into the list or push OK to close the Select Sample dialog, then choose Sample | Edit.... The Edit Sample dialog will appear displaying the details of the selected sample. Modify any of the fields you wish and push OK and close the Edit Sample dialog. 7>AWdvx 68  Samples-509E Samples | Sample | Delete...   To delete a sample first Select it from the sample list, then choose Sample | Delete sample.... The Sample Delete dialog appears. "AHagt 70  You may either delete specific types of data associated with a sample or remove the sample record and all the data associated with it.  To Remove sample data select the appropriate check box(es) to identify the discipline(s) for which you wish to delete data.  To delete all the data for all disciplines and remove the sample from the list for this well select the Delete sample check box. iv1 Push OK to proceed with the deletion of data.  Samples-511G' Samples | Sample | Sample details... & 7 Sample Details enables you to enter ancilliary information about each sample. To enter details for a sample first Select... it from the sample list, then select Sample | Sample details.... The Sample Details dialog for the current discipline appears. Separate details can be entered for each discipline. vA 72  The sample Depth and Type of the sample are displayed. The dates and users for Created and Last Modified are filled only after the sample details are saved. RY^ka Enter the names of the sample Analyst, Preparator and data Source in the appropriate fields. 3=C If the sample is barren of fossils activate the Barren checkbox. This will ensure that a logging sheet for this sample will be printed indicating that the sample was barren. In addition, the sample depth will appear on charts marked as barren. 28  Note: If subsequently you wish to remove the Barren flag from a sample (maybe because you have opened the sample by mistake and recorded no taxa) you may do so by checking off the Barren checkbox either on the Sample Details dialog or the Sample Information dialog. -4  You may also add any freestyle comments about the sample in the scrolled Notes field. These may include remarks about the preservational quality, the preparation technique or the occurrence of contaminants. PUq To record the weight of a sample you can enter a value in the Weight field. This value can then be used to normalise the display of counts of taxa to a standard weight (see Charts | Insert | Biostratigraphy Options tab ). This option is available only to users with special database table modifications. Contact StrataData to find out how to activate this option. ?E If you count specimens from different size fractions you can use the analysts factors (Coarse, Medium and Fine). Furthermore, if you actually examine only a part of any of these size fractions you can enter a factor in the Coarse, Medium and Fine fields to calculate the abundances as if you had counted the entire size fraction. This option is available only to users with special database table modifications. Contact StrataData to find out how to activate this option. FV^ When you have finished entering information, push OK to return to the Samples main dialog. 35GN W Samples-512I3 Samples | Sample | Add/edit taxon occurrences... 2  When you have identified the correct sample depth and type you will be ready to record the occurrence of fossils in samples. You may do this using a Concept keyboard equipped with paper overlay menus or by using a Picklist. acM To record fossil occurrences first Select a sample from the sample list, then choose Sample | Add/edit taxon occurrences... . A Data dialog appears immediately below the Sample Information dialog which enables you to record fossil occurrences in well/outcrop samples in conjunction with the Picklist and/or a Concept keyboard. %5AX~ 74   The main part of the dialog will either be blank or display a list of previously entered taxon records (maximum 250 taxa). Push the Previous or Next buttons on the icon bar or Select Sample | Next... / Previous...to access the next/previous sample on the list. K Note: If you wish to add samples at this point select Samples | Add... . 7H?J The number of Taxa (=diversity) and the total number of Counts are also displayed for reference in the Sample Information dialog. =C  The most effective way to proceed is to select an overlay ( Taxon | Select overlay). If there are no appropriate overlays available you may create one in the Taxonomic database application (see Overlays...) or skip this step and go straight to Taxon | Picklist. =Tac Samples-531K" Samples | Sample | Lithology... !  This option enables you to enter % lithology on a sample by sample basis. The results can be displayed in the Sample Lithology Panel in the Charts application. rx Note: This function is only available to users with the appropriate database extensions (see Database Maintenance). w To add textual comments about sample percentage lithology select Samples | Sample | Lithology.... The Sample Lithology dialog appears displaying the current sample depth in the Sample field. Fek{ 76 a To add descriptors for the current sample push Add. The Lithology Component dialog appears. 04:M 77  Select the lithology scheme from the pull down menu attached to the Scheme field and the lithotype from the pull down menu attached to the Lithotype field. Enter a percentage in the % field. Push OK to return to the Sample Lithology dialog. The lithology descriptor will be displayed in the main window of the dialog. Repeat this process until you have entered all the required descriptors. FL To edit or delete a sample descriptor select a descriptor on the list and push Edit or Delete. To delete all the descriptors for the current sample push Delete All. PTX^y When the list of descriptors is complete push OK on the Sample Lithology dialog to return to the Samples main dialog. /19Ibia Note: For further information on Lithology Schemes refer to Add/Edit Interpreted Lithology data "3=`` Samples-534N Samples | Sample | Age...   It is possible to enter numerical ages for samples. Although specifically designed for Sr ages, numerical dates from any source may be entered here. This information forms the basis of an absolute age scale in the Charts application (Properties). {b For each sample in turn choose Samples | Sample | Age.... The Sample Age data dialog appears. !:@O 79   This dialog is designed to accept ages either measured (eg Sr isotope ratios) or estimated (eg from graphic correlation). Entering ages here will enable you to convert from a depth to an age scale and draw a Chronostratigraphic diagram in the Charts application.  If the sample is LOG sample the Age (Ma) (below unconformity) field will be activated to enable you to enter ages for the rocks immediately above and below an unformable surface. !> If the sample types if anything other than LOG the Ratio, Error (+) and Error (-) fields will be activated to enable you to enter isotopic ages (and estimated errors). 4DIR1 Push OK to close the Sample Age Data dialog.  &nSamples-557P" Samples | Sample | Age Table... !  To display samples in order to add ages or edit ages previously assigned to them (either estimated or measured) select Sample | Age Table.... The Sample Ages Table appears displaying by default a list of all the samples in the current well/outcrop. y 81  There are three option buttons to the right of the main display which enable you to display either All samples (default), only LOG samples or only Samples with age assignments. do5 You can enter more than one set of sample ages in order to experiment with different age interpretations. From the drop down menu attached to the Version field select the version you require and the Add (or Edit) the age of any sample by typing in the appropriate field. Push OK when you have finshed.  Note: For LOG samples which mark unconformities you may enter two ages, one above and one below the unconformities surface. This will enable a chronostratigraphic diagram to be drawn with hiatuses equivalent to the gap between the two ages displayed.  Samples-535R Samples | Sample | Next   Select Samples | Sample | Next to display data fields for the next sample on the list. If there is no next sample you may add one (Samples | Sample | Add...). Alternatively, you may use the forwards arrow icon on the icon bar of the main application window. # Samples-536S Samples | Sample | Previous   Select Samples | Sample | Previous to display data fields for the previous sample on the list. If there is no previous sample you may add one (Samples | Sample | Add...). Alternatively, you may use the backwards arrow icon on the icon bar of the main application window. ' > Samples-513T- Samples | Sample | Generate sample list... ,  When samples are regularly spaced it is useful to generate a series of sample depths without having to enter them one at a time. To do this select Samples | Sample | Generate sample list.... The Generate samples dialog appears.  85  Enter the depth range of the interval over which you wish to generate samples in the From and To fields. Then enter the required sample spacing in the Interval field. W[`b If you want to add samples with a depth range check on Generate top and base depths and enter the range in the Top-Base range field. This means that you can generate samples with, for example, 20m spacing which have a 5m top - base range. 9Uqk Next select the the sample type for sample series from the drop down list attached to the Type field. \` Finally select an analyst ID for these samples by pushing the ellipsis (...) to the right of theAnalyst field and choosing one from the list. Push OK to start generating the sample list. bil Note: If you wish to Delete samples which have been generated by mistake you must do so one at a time.  '?k }Samples-559V# Samples | Sample | Edit analysts "  If you wish to edit the analyst flag for a suite of samples entered or imported into StrataBugs you may do so using the Edit analysts dialog. ~ 87  Select the analyst abbreviation you wish to replace from the list in the Old analyst field. Then select a replacement analyst from the drop down menu attached to the New analyst field. Push OK to switch the analyst flag in the current well. KV Note: If you need to edit the analyst for only some of the samples assigned to a particular analyst you must do this in either in the database tables or, if you are importing the data, in the import file and then re-import it.  Samples-514X4 Samples | Sample | Delete all data for discipline 3  You can delete all the taxon occurrence data recorded under the currently selected discipline. The dialog which appears will allow you to select a depth range within which to delete the data. the default depth range is the entire range of samples for which there are data in the discipline. The "Show all samples" check option will show all samples regardless of the current discipline. e The "Delete samples..." check option, when selected, will also delete the record of the sample itself (i.e. the depth and sample type) as well as the selected discipline's data, provided that the sample is not used to form IGD boundaries, or used with data from other disciplines. When you have made your selection push OK to delete the sample data. DG 89  Samples-515Z Samples | Sample | Save  To save the contents of a sample select Samples | Sample | Save. If you do not explicitly save a sample you will be prompted to do so when you close the sample. -D Samples-558[ Samples | Sample | Print   To print a single logging sheet first select a sample and then select Samples | Sample | Print (or printer icon). A preview (unscrollable) of the logging sheet appears in the Samples - print preview dialog. Jb 92  Select File | Print (or printer icon), select the target printer from the next dialog and then push OK to print the logging sheet. fi To select the information which is printed and the way it is presented select File | Options. The Print options dialog appears from which you may select a number of data items for inclusion on the printout. You may also select how the taxa are ordered on the logging sheet. P^ 93  Samples-516^! Samples | Sample | Comments...   You may enter comments about each sample separately for each discipline and plot these in a column (one per discipline or combined) on a chart. These comments are in free text up to and may record important features of the biostratigraphy such as the FDO (First Downhole Occurrence) of a marker species or comments on the preservation or abundance of a particular taxon. To open the Comments... dialog select Samples | Sample | Comments... . Enter any text you wish and push OK to finish and save the each comment.  To increase the maximum allowable length of comments from 60 to 256 characters you must select the appropriate upgrade tool in Tools | Database Maintenance. o Note: To add the names of taxa directly to the comments dialog you should choose Add selection to comments Rm}n| Note: The Comments dialog once activated remains open as you scroll from one sample to another until you push Close.  { 'Samples-532_" Samples | Sample | Copy from... !  You may copy the taxa from any other sample in the well if required. To do this select Samples | Sample | Copy from... . A dialog displaying all the samples entered for the current well appears. \| 92  Select the sample which you want to copy. If you want to copy the abundances as well as the taxon names from the selected sample to the current sample check the Copy abundance data checkbox. If you want to copy the taxon qualifiers, then check the Copy qualifiers checkbox.  Push OK and the taxa will appear in the list of the current sample. Add or edit the abundances as necessary by typing directly into the Abundance field.  d Note: Any taxa which are left without abundances will be disregarded when the sample is saved.  c tSamples-552` Samples | Taxon  ; There are eleven items on the Samples | Taxon menu: #2\ Select overlay | Picklist | Edit occurrences | Edit taxon... | Add current taxon... ac 0x4AzEY Delete selected occurrences | Add selection to comments | Shorten genus for comments | Add abundance for comments | Point count mode  |(A}IckF | Link abundance to counts | Link counts to abundance '?I Autocopy previous sample | Keyboard bleep | Show species code !/3D Samples-517a7 Samples | Taxon | Select overlay (/Concept Keyboard) 6  To enter data using a Concept keyboard you will need a paper overlay displaying the taxa which you are most likely to encounter while you are recording occurrences. Overlays are prepared in the Taxon Database application.  To select an overlay choose Taxon | Select overlay . The Overlays dialog appears displaying a list of all the overlays previously created. 5 98  Select the overlay name on the list and push OK . The selected overlay name will appear in the Overlay field at the top of the Sample Information dialog. Place the corresponding paper overlay on the Concept keyboard making sure that it is aligned and fastened securely. /1ah* Note: If any taxa on the overlay have been merged or deleted since the overlay was printed you will be warned that this is the case. You should select the overlay name in Taxon database | Taxon | Overlays...and save it again to remove the names of the deleted or merged taxa from the overlay.  )g Note: To change to another overlay reselect Taxon | Select overlay and select another overlay.  3If The keyboard is divided by a grid into separate cells. Each of these cells in all the rows except the bottom two may be assigned to individual taxon names appearing on the overlay. The bottom two rows are reserved for various function keys.  With your forefinger, touch a semi-quantitative abundance cell or a combination of number cells to record an absolute number.  Note: The semi-quantitative abundance classes have abbreviations and fixed numerical equivalents. (See Samples | Wells | Abundance Schemes...)  k5 Note: You must ensure that the abundance scheme displayed on the overlay and the one selected for the current well are the same. (See Samples | Wells | Abundance Schemes...).  5 Note: If a scheme with "outside the count" is selected, remember that this will take priority when data are plotted; in the unlikely situation where counts have been entered for the same taxon they will be ignored.  0 Touch a taxon cell, then either, touch any combination of qualifiers "Caved", "Reworked" and "?" or, touch "Enter" if you do not wish to qualify the occurrence. Your selection will appear in the main part of the Sample Data dialog listed alphabetically first by category and then by taxon name. 0 Note: StrataBugs enables you to record positive and questionably identified specimens, and reworked and in situ specimens separately. These can be plotted as different tracks on the final chart or excluded from the display (see Charts applications | Panel | Insert | Biostratigraphy | Options tab.   lt-/ Note: If the length of any of the names on the list exceeds the width of the Taxon Name column you may widen it by dragging the right hand column margin in the title bar to the right.  x Note: If the name of the taxon you want to record is not on the list you may add it (see Taxa | Insert...). ctfw To point count using a Concept keyboard first select Point count mode and then follow the above procedure but leave out step 5 (above) as the default increment is one, or double click on the taxon name in the taxon list. 7G To add records of taxa displayed on a Picklist but with the cf., aff. qualifiers or to replace the specific epithet by spp., select the appropriate Qualifier option buttons. StrataBugs regards taxa qualified in these ways as taxa in their own right separate from unqualified taxa. Consequently, if the qualified name is already in the database it will be added to the sample, but if it is not already in the database it will be added. You will be asked to confirm that you wish to add it as a new taxon. =Gy} ASamples-518c Samples | Taxon | Picklist   The Picklist can be populated by the taxa on the Current overlay and any taxa added to the well during the current session as well as directly from a search of a well, group or the current taxon. This enables you to use a group of taxa assembled for use on an overlay without using a concept keyboard or to select additional species which are not on the overlay. The overlay and Picklist can then be used in conjunction to add taxa to the current sample. 4 To record fossil occurrences using the Picklist, first select Taxon | Select an overlay. The selected overlay name will appear in the Overlay field at the top of the Sample Information dialog. Then select Taxon | Picklist. The Picklist will then appear on the right hand side of the Samples main window. @Ya 100 ` Note: If the Picklist is opened before the overlay is selected, no taxa will be displayed.  _ Note: If the Picklist displaying taxa from the current overlay remains open while the current overlay is changed, it will continue to display the taxa from the original overlay in addition to the taxa on the current overlay.   Note: When the Picklist is activated the Picklist menu appears on the Samples main window menu bar. There are five main options:  i Insert | Options | Remove selection | Save as group | Split picklist | Rejoin picklist | Exit  fg)r,9s=KtP_tbfS To add an occurrence of a taxon to a sample using the Picklist, select the taxon on the list and then select the appropriate option buttons to record the occurrence as either In situ or Reworked. If you believe the occurrence to be up-hole contaminants you may in addition activate the Caved checkbox. If you want an occurrence of a taxon in the current sample to appear on a chart as a Biostratigraphy striplog select the Marker checkbox. Taxa selected as Markers will be highlighted in red in the Category field in the Data dialog when the occurrence is added to the sample (see later). %V You can record the confidence of your identification as Positive or Questionable. :BFR To add records of taxa displayed on a Picklist but with the cf., aff. qualifiers or to replace the specific epithet by spp., select the appropriate Qualifier option buttons. StrataBugs regards taxa qualified in these ways as these as taxa in their own right separate from unqualified taxa. Consequently, if the qualified name is already in the database it will be added to the sample, but if it is not already in the database it will be added. You will be asked to confirm that you wish to add it as a new taxon. =Gy}3 Note:Taxa can be quickly located on a long list by typing in the first letter(s) of the generic name followed by space bar and the first letter(s) of the species name. The result is posted in the Shortcut selection field below the main list of taxa. Press the space bar again to begin the next search.  2 You may record the actual number of specimens in the Counts field. Either type in a number or use the arrow keys attached to the Counts field to increment/decrement the total. :@ Note:If your system is set up to handle independent Fine, Medium and Coarse fraction counts, use the appropriate Occurrence field, otherwise use the Counts field. q{ Hint: If you are using the Autocopy previous sample you can get a list of taxa by copying the previous sample and then enter the counts for each taxon in the current sample by typing them directly into this dialog.  $<& Alternatively, you may record relative or semi quantitative abundances by selecting the appropriate term from the drop down list attached to the Abundance field. This list of terms belongs to the scheme selected for the current well/discipline. (Samples | Wells | Abundance schemes...). !: Note: If you are entering counts and you wish the abundance to reflect the counts in accordance with the definitions in the selected abundance scheme you may select Link abundances to counts from the Taxon menu.   Note: If you are entering abundance and you wish the counts to reflect the abundance in accordance with the definitions in the selected abundance scheme you may select Link counts to abundances from the Taxon menu.   Push the Details... button to enter remarks about Preservation, Colour and Comments in freestyle text in the appropriate fields if necessary. 7KPX When the correct taxon has been selected and details about its occurrence entered press the Add to sample button or the Return key on your keyboard to add the name to the sample. Taxa selected as Markers will be highlighted in red in the Category field in the Data dialog. ]kz Note: At the end of a session the contents of the Picklist are lost unless they are explicitly saved as a group. It is therefore advisable that if you have built a large list of taxa during the course of logging a well you should not close the session until you are sure you will not require the list again. However, it is possible to re-instate the entire Picklist (see Taxon | Picklist | Taxa | Insert...).  xf Note: You may select whether or not to reset the default values in the Picklist after each taxon is recorded from Options | Refresh window data . {v !Samples-543e! Samples | Picklist | Insert...   In addition to displaying the contents of the current overlay the Picklist may be populated in a number of other ways. These options are accessed from the Samples | Picklist | Insert... menu.  There are five options: 3 current Taxon | from Well/Outcrop | from Group f$g'1i"from Group Set | from Database km Samples-519f1 Samples | Picklist | Insert... | current Taxon 0 q Select Samples | Picklist | Insert | current Taxon to add the name of the current taxon to the Picklist. 8 Samples-544g5 Samples | Picklist | Insert... | from Well/outcrop 4  Select Samples | Picklist | Insert... | from Well/outcrop to search a specified well or outcrop for all the taxa in the selected discipline and display them on the Picklist. ? 104  *Samples-545i. Samples | Picklist | Insert... | from Group -  Select Samples | Picklist | Insert... | from Group to display all the taxa in a specified group on the Picklist. This option can also be selected directly from a button at the top of the Taxon Picklist. 7 106  Samples-546k2 Samples | Picklist | Insert... | from Group Set 1  Select Samples | Picklist | Insert... | from Group Set to display all the taxa in a specified Group Set on the Picklist. ; 108  WSamples-547m1 Samples | Picklist | Insert... | from Database 0  Select Taxon | Picklist | Insert | from Database. The Taxon search parameters dialog appears. This option can also be selected directly from a button at the top of the Taxon Picklist. 5;R 110  Enter text strings in the fields and push Search to search the database. Check the Include junior synonyms checkbox on if you wish to include preferred names and their junior synonyms in the search results. To display the results of a database search. ,2UlR Push Search. A list of taxa is displayed in the Taxon Search Results dialog.  2F 111 ^ Select one or more names on the list and push Select, to add the taxon names to the Picklist. To select more than one name hold down Control key while highlighting the selection. To select a block of names hold down the Shift key while highlighting the selection. Alternatively, push Select all to add all the names on the list to the Picklist. 06( If the search does not find the required taxon you may add it to the database. Push Add.... The Add Taxon dialog appears. U\bk 112 i Select the category of the taxon you wish to add from the drop-down list on the Category field. V^g Note: If the correct category does not exist you may create one (see Taxon Database | Categories). HcfO Enter all the details of the new taxon in the appropriate fields. Note that in StrataBugs the taxon name is split into its component parts and each entered into a separate field. The minimum requirement is to select a Category and to fill in the Genus and Species fields. There are a number of allowable qualifiers which can be placed before and after each element of the taxon name. These are displayed in drop down menus attached to each of the Qualifier fields. In addition, you may enter the name of the Author(s) and Year of the taxon description. Click for EXAMPLE NAME FORMATS. R\  6J  Note: To help with editing the new name you can blank the current taxon name by pushing the Blank command button. To help with adding a new species of an existing genus, enter at least the initial character of a generic name in the Genus field and push the Genera... command button to display the Select Genus dialog which lists all the genera in the database belonging to the current category. _d ,8 113 - To search the database for genera irrespective of category select the blank item at the top of the drop down menu attached to the Category field. Push the Species... command button to display the Select species... dialog which lists all the species in the database belonging to the current genus. , If the name you require is on the list, select it and push OK. Add other details and push Add to add this taxon to the database. If it is not on the list push Cancel and enter all the details in the Taxon Details dialog. @B_b When all the elements of the taxon name have been correctly entered push Add to add the new name to the database. A message will appear to inform you when the taxon has been added to the database. KN` Note: If the taxon already exists there will be a warning message displayed to this effect. _z Note: If the genus name is not already in the database you will be asked to confirm that you wish to add a new one.  y Note: If you attempt to add a taxon which already exists in another category your will receive a warning. If the original assignment is wrong you should close this dialog and Update the existing taxon name.   Note: There are a number of qualifiers which can be used as prefixes and suffixes to each element of the taxon name. The full range of terms is displayed as a tool tip when the mouse pointer is positioned over each Qualifier field.   Hint: If you wish to add a new name which resembles one already in the database (eg same genus, different species) the quickest way to proceed is to make the existing name the Current taxon and use it as a template for the new one. See Taxon | Edit... .  ] When the new taxon is aded to the database it is automatically added to the current Picklist where it is highlighed ready for you to enter abundance information, etc. before finally pushing Add to sample to add a record of the new taxon to the current sample. You will be informed that you have successfully added a new taxon to the database.  Samples-520r- Taxon | Picklist | Taxa | Remove selection ,  To remove taxon names from a Picklist highlight them and then select Picklist | Remove selection. The selected names will be immediately deleted from the Picklist. Gb Hint: You may select individual taxa, groups (hold down Control key while highlighting the selection) or blocks (hold down the Shift key while highlighting a block of names).   hSamples-521s( Samples | Picklist | Save as group... ' C You can save the contents of a Picklist as a group so that you can use it for some other purpose later in StrataBugs (eg create a new overlay or use it for chart plotting). Select Taxa | Save as group... and the Groups dialog appears. Select a group name or enter a new one to save the taxa on the Picklist as a group. lv Samples-560t& Samples | Picklist | Split picklist % If you want to display more taxa in the picklist you can split the field in up to 4 narrower lists. To do this select Samples | Picklist | Split picklist. To revert to a single list select Samples | Picklist | Rejoin picklist y Samples-548u  Samples | Picklist | Options  R There are two options accessed from the Samples | Picklist | Options menu: -I 2Refresh window data | Order by species codes v-w Samples-523v5 Samples | Picklist | Options | Refresh window data 4  Select Options | Refresh window data on to retain the previous settings for all the fields in the Taxon picklist. This enables you to record a series of occurrences with the same criteria (eg all "Present" or all "Reworked and Abundant"). )e Select this option off to reset the options to their defaults after each occurrence is recorded.  Samples-551w8 Samples | Picklist | Options | Order by species codes 7 For users using SIPM codes this option enables taxa to be ordered on the Picklist numerically and display the last four digits of the code in front of the taxon name.  ;Samples-524x$ Samples | Taxon | Edit occurrence #  You may edit the details of a taxon record in a particular sample in order to change the count or abundance, to enter notes about preservation, colour, or record other details.  To edit a taxon occurrence first select a taxon on the list in Sample Data dialog, then either double click on the name or select Samples | Taxon | Edit occurrence. The Edit taxon occurrence dialog appears displaying all the details of the selected taxon. AL  121 8 Edit any of the fields and push OK to finish. '* Note: If you change an in situ occurrence to the reworked option you will be prompted to change the occurrences in all the overlying samples to reworked. Choose Yes or No to procede. Similarly, if you select the caved checkbox you will be prompted to change the occurrences in all the underlying samples to caved. The reverse procedure for both reworked and caved occurrences also works. This facility enables you to change occurrence en bloc when you subsequently identify caved and reworked records.   Samples-525z" Samples | Taxon | Edit taxon... ! _ You may change the name or discipline of a taxon in a sample in order to rectify errors made during recording data. To do this first select a taxon name on the list in the Sample data dialog, then select Samples | Taxon | Edit taxon.... The Edit Taxon Name dialog appears displaying the name of the selected taxon in the Taxon as recorded field. CT 123  Push Select... to display the Taxon Search Parameters dialog. Enter search strings in at least one of the fields and push Search to retrieve a list of taxa in the Taxon Search Results dialog. Select a name and press the Select button to post it in the Replace with field or, if the taxon name you require is not on the list, you will have to add it to the database by pushing the Add button. !8} . It is possible at this stage that both the recorded and replacement taxa may occur in the same sample within the current well. StrataBugs must be instructed what to do in these instances. Select one of the group of three If both are in the same sample option buttons to choose from the following: Add abundances together. This choice means where both the recorded and replacement taxa occur together, their abundances will be added together. tKeep abundance of replacement. This choice means where both the recorded and replacement taxa occur together, the  If for any reason a taxon name appears in the Sample data dialog for the wrong discipline you may change it by selecting one of the group of four option buttons in the Move to discipline group.  Push OK to return to the Sample data dialog. The selected taxon name is immediately switched to the selected replacement name for all samples in the well. If the replacement name is already present in any of the samples in the well you will be warned that this is the case and you will have to merge the occurrences in the Taxonomic database application first (a href="taxadb.htm#page 314">Merge...).  ' If you have inadvertently entered a taxon from another discipline into your current sample you can move it to the correct discipline by selecting one of the option buttons in the Move to discipline group.  Samples-526|+ Samples | Delete selected occurrences... *  To delete records of taxa from a sample first select the correct sample then select the record(s) you wish to delete (either singly or as a block). Select Samples | Delete selected occurrences... and the selected record(s) will immediately be deleted. m Hint: If you subsequently wish to undelete, exit without saving and the deletion will not be effective.  l 8Samples-527}. Samples | Taxon | Add selection to comments -  To select the names of taxa in a sample for display in a Comments panel on a chart, select names (either singly or as a block) on the list of taxa in the Sample data dialog then select Sample | Taxon | Add selection to comments. The Biostratigraphic comments dialog appears displaying any pre-existing comments for that sample/discipline which may have been previously entered (see Comments...) together with the newly selected taxon names. You may edit the comments immediately if you wish. ^w Note: The Comments dialog once activated remains open as you scroll from one sample to another until you push Close. v 126  DSamples-5610 Samples | Taxon | Shorten genus for comments / n If you wish to add the selected taxa with abbreviated generic names select Shorten genus for comments. NhSamples-5621 Samples | Taxon | Add abundance for comments 0  If you would like to add the semiquantitive abundance abbreviation in brackets following a taxon name added to comments select Add abundance for comments. If no abundance scheme has been selected in Wells then the default abundance scheme will be used. Samples-528% Samples | Taxon | Point count mode $