topic Re: specify different styles for different text elements in line statement in proc report in ODS and Base Reporting

specify different styles for different text elements in line statement in proc report

Carrotbing — Sat, 24 May 2014 14:49:45 GMT

Hello fabulous SAS experts,

I have a 11 line footer, which is a problem because I cannot use footnote statement. So I tried to use the compute block and line statement in proc report procedure as follows:

computer after _page_;

line "Learning Outcomes: are the knowledge, skills, and values we expect students to achieve upon graduation.";

endcomp;

What should I do if I want to bold "Learning Outcomes" and italicize "knowledge", "skills", and "values" in the output?

Any help would be much appreciated!

Yao

Re: specify different styles for different text elements in line statement in proc report

data_null__ — Sat, 24 May 2014 15:03:29 GMT

Start here

SAS(R) 9.4 Output Delivery System: User's Guide, Second Edition

Re: specify different styles for different text elements in line statement in proc report

Cynthia_sas — Sat, 24 May 2014 17:58:54 GMT

Hi:

You can bold the whole line using a simple STYLE= override, but to only italicize certain words within a text string, you will need to use ODS ESCAPECHAR and in-line formatting. There have been many previous postings on the topic in the forum. I'm sure you can find them if you search.

cynthia

Re: specify different styles for different text elements in line statement in proc report

Carrotbing — Tue, 27 May 2014 02:42:33 GMT

Okay, I got it after some struggle.

ods escapechar='~';

proc report ...;

compute after _page_;

line@1 "~{style [font_weight=bold] SLO:} ~{style [fontstyle=italic] SLO} stands for student learning outcomes.";

endcomp;

This produces a line with both bold and italics as in:

SLO: SLO stands for student learning outcomes.

Thanks everyone for helping.

Yao