topic Re: proc odstext - textindent= in ods pdf/ods rtf in ODS and Base Reporting

proc odstext - textindent= in ods pdf/ods rtf

xxformat_com — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 15:29:18 GMT

Hi,

I was wondering why the length of the line is not sufficient when the textindent option is used and how to fix it.

The same issue also occurs in ods rtf.

ods pdf file="&demo./reporting/test.pdf";
proc odstext;
   list; 
      item 'First example';
      item 'Second example';
      item 'Third example';
   end;
run;

proc odstext;
   list / style={textindent=10} ;
      item 'First example';
      item 'Second example';
      item 'Third example';
   end;
run;

ods pdf close;

Best Regards,

Véronique

Re: proc odstext - textindent= in ods pdf/ods rtf

JosvanderVelden — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:54:10 GMT

I don't know what is happening here. Result window does not wrap for me. The pdf file does have the wrapped items as you mention.

If I use a dummy item without spaces (see code below) the wrapping does not happen.

ods pdf file="&demo./reporting/test.pdf";

proc odstext;
   list; 
      item 'First example';
      item 'Second example';
      item 'Third example';
   end;
run;

proc odstext;
   list / style={textindent=25} ;
/* long dummy item */
      item '_____________________________________________________';
      item 'First example';
      item 'Second example';
      item 'Third example';
   end;
run;

ods pdf close;

Maybe this helps in the investigation.

Regards, Jos

Re: proc odstext - textindent= in ods pdf/ods rtf

xxformat_com — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 17:06:33 GMT

There are three workarounds which work in my PDF but It's far from great as the same output cannot be expected in other destinations like the HTML destination.

- use marginleft= (usually used to define the global option style attribute) instead of textindent=

- use textindent= + asis=on

- use textindent= + width=

By the way, if someone know how to indent both bullet points and related text (not just the text) in a clean way, feel free to share the syntax.