topic Re: Space Between Table and Footnote in ODS and Base Reporting

Space Between Table and Footnote

dostiep — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:02:31 GMT

Hi all,

I'm using TAGSETS.RTF_SAMPLE combined with a slightly modified style that has as parent STYLES.PRINTER. For some reason I can't explain, I end up with a large space between the last row of my table and the first footnote (see attached picture).

I have the PARSKIP fontsize set to 1pt and it works fine to remove the space between the titles and the headers of my table. But I simply can't figure out how I can remove the extra space between the last row of my table and the footnotes.

Any idea? I'm sure it must be a style element that needs to be updated but which one.

Thanks

Pierre

Re: Space Between Table and Footnote

ballardw — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:16:36 GMT

Share at least the code you are using to generate the document. ODS options and the proc that generates the output.

Since your "docx" has a picture and is not an actual rtf document to begin with then it is impossible to tell what was actually placed in the document.

You may want to investigate the tagset option VSPACE='OFF' if the footnotes are not appearing in the footer section of a page.

Re: Space Between Table and Footnote

dostiep — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:43:41 GMT

This is the SAS code I use to modify the STYLES.PRINTER:

proc template;

define style styles.testrtf / store=work.templat;

parent = styles.printer;

style Container /

backgroundcolor = white

bordercolor = black

color = black

protectspecialchars = off

asis = on;

style Document from Container;

style Body from Container /

leftmargin = 0pt

rightmargin = 0pt

topmargin = 0pt

bottommargin = 0pt;

style Output from Container /

outputwidth = 100%

frame = hsides;

style parskip / fontsize = 1pt;

style SystemTitle from TitlesAndFooters /

font = ("Courier New",9pt)

vjust = B;

style SystemFooter from TitlesAndFooters /

font = ("Courier New",9pt);

style Byline from BylineContainer /

font = ("Courier New",9pt)

textalign = L;

style table from output /

cellpadding = 0.5pt

borderwidth = 0.25pt

rules = groups;

style header from header /

borderwidth = 0.25pt

frame = below

rules = groups;

style rowheader from rowheader /

rules = rows

frame = below;

style Cell from Container /

rules = NONE;

style HeadersAndFooters from Cell /

font = ("Courier New",9pt)

textalign = C

vjust = B;

style Data from Cell /

font = ("Courier New",9pt)

textalign = L

vjust = T;

style NoteContent from Cell /

font = ("Courier New",9pt)

textalign = L

vjust = T;

end;

run;

And this is the code I use to assign the style I created to my new tagset that has as parent RTF_SAMPLE.

proc template;

measured;

define tagset tagsets.testrtf / store=work.templat;

parent = tagsets.rtf_sample;

uniform = yes;

default_style="styles.testrtf";

Finally, the ODS stattement I use before my PROC REPORT:

ods tagsets.testrtf options (CONTINUE_TAG="off" vspace="no") pagepanels=1 file="&_file." newfile=none;

Thanks

Re: Space Between Table and Footnote

ballardw — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:54:55 GMT

Do the FOOTNOTES appear in the FOOTER of the RTF document?

Re: Space Between Table and Footnote

dostiep — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:58:45 GMT

Yes they do, that's the point of using RTF_SAMPLE rather than RTF tagset.

Re: Space Between Table and Footnote

ballardw — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:13:13 GMT

@dostiep wrote:
Yes they do, that's the point of using RTF_SAMPLE rather than RTF tagset.

If you are intentionally placing the footnotes into the footer area of a document then have intentionally placed them so that space will occur between the table and the footnote except in the rare case when a table ends just above the footer area.

If you want the text to appear closer to the table you may actually want something like ODS TEXT, Proc Odstext or Odslist but those won't repeat if that is the reason you are placing things into the footer.