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ods rtf and pdf issue

Niugg2010 — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 20:59:47 GMT

I want to control pdf output page width and column width. Why does the output look so bad (please see below). However if output is rtf there is no issue.

please advise. Thanks.

data x;

set sashelp.asscmgr;

if _n_<20;

run;

%let exf=pdf;

ods &exf. file="C:\Users\....\try.&exf.";

proc report data=x style(report)=[width=7.5in];

column clasname objname defcredt defmonddt id ldesc;

define clasname / style=[cellwidth=10%];

define objname / style=[cellwidth=10%];

define defcredt / style=[cellwidth=10%];

define defmonddt / style=[cellwidth=10%];

define id / style=[cellwidth=10%];

define ldesc / style=[cellwidth=50%];

run;

ods &exf. close;

Re: ods rtf and pdf issue

Cynthia_sas — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 16:06:44 GMT

Hi:

PDF is not "happy" if you try to over-control the width as you show. I find that if I simplify your code and only specify the overall width and make sure that the margins are set, then both RTF and PDF produce nice looking output:

If you want more "real estate" for displaying long text fields, you might consider landscape orientation.

Hope this helps,

Cynthia

Re: ods rtf and pdf issue

Niugg2010 — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 17:07:11 GMT

Cynthia,

Thanks a lot.

George