topic Re: how to delete the punctuation mark in my rtf output? in ODS and Base Reporting

how to delete the punctuation mark in my rtf output?

blueskyxyz — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:45:55 GMT

proc template;                                                                
   define style global.table;                
      parent = styles.journal;                                                
      style fonts from fonts /                                                
         'TitleFont' = ("Times New Roman")                             
         'headingFont' = ("Times New Roman")                           
         'docFont' = ("Times New Roman")                               
         'FootFont' = ("Times New Roman")
         ;                             
      style SystemTitle from SystemTitle /                                 
         backgroundcolor = none
         fontsize= 10 pt
         fontweight=bold
         ;                                              
      style SystemFooter from SystemFooter /                                
         backgroundcolor = none
         fontsize= 9 pt
         fontweight=medium
		 fontstyle=italic
         ;                                                  
      style Header from Header /                                           
         backgroundcolor = none
         fontsize= 10 pt
         fontweight=medium
		 cellspacing=0
         vjust=b
          pretext = "~R/RTF'\sb0\sa0\ "
         ;  
      style RowHeader from RowHeader /                                        
         backgroundcolor = none
         ;                                              
      style Data from Data /                                                 
         backgroundcolor = none
         font = ("Times New Roman", 9 pt, medium)
         fontweight=medium
          pretext = "~R/RTF'\sb0\sa0\ "
         ;                                             
      style Table from Table / 
         font = ("Times New Roman", 9 pt, medium)
         backgroundcolor = none
         frame = void
         rules = none
         ;
      style Body from Body /                                             
         bottommargin = 1.0 in
         topmargin = 1.0 in
         rightmargin = 1.0 in
         leftmargin  = 1.0 in
         ;   
 
   end;                                                                       
run;

~R'\fi-86\li86 'Race, n (%)

~R'\fi-86\li266 'White

Re: how to delete the punctuation mark in my rtf output?

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:19:26 GMT

In order to assist you, we need the data and the reports code used to create the output.

Please post the data as self-contained data step with datalines.

Re: how to delete the punctuation mark in my rtf output?

Cynthia_sas — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:23:13 GMT

Hi:
Just seeing your style template isn't enough. You also have to ensure that you have the SAME character defined as the ODS ESCAPECHAR or else use the "universal" ESCAPECHAR so that your inline formatting is recognized. This looks like a standard demographic report. You do NOT need to use RTF control strings to do your indents and formatting. Please take a look at both of the #1 examples in this paper, https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings/pdfs/sgf2008/173-2008.pdf starting on page 9 -- everything was done with PROC REPORT and JOURNAL style -- no raw text insertion was needed. There have been previous forum postings of the paper and zip file of programs. They are both on support.sas.com under the 2008 papers.
Cynthia

Re: how to delete the punctuation mark in my rtf output?

blueskyxyz — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 04:17:10 GMT

Sorry, Kurt, I cannot share my code here, if I delete the option keepn, the result is different with symbol on title and footnote line:

Re: how to delete the punctuation mark in my rtf output?

blueskyxyz — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 04:19:21 GMT

Thanks Cynthia for sharing your paper, I use the regular ESCAPECHAR like ^ ~, I'm confused with my issue.

Re: how to delete the punctuation mark in my rtf output?

blueskyxyz — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 04:49:24 GMT

the code is ok in UNIX system, while the rtf ouput shows some symbols in WIN10, there are some options need to update.

Re: how to delete the punctuation mark in my rtf output?

blueskyxyz — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 01:47:58 GMT

Hi @ Kurt, I restart the question and list my exmple code here: https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Update-the-style-for-the-table-using-style-journal3-to-avoid-the/m-p/634317#M23875

Re: how to delete the punctuation mark in my rtf output?

Cynthia_sas — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:49:38 GMT

It looks to me in the screen shot that I can see the carriage returns at the end of each line. I am wondering whether Show/Hide characters on the Word ribbon is toggled on. Otherwise, if that doesn't work, I'd recommend opening a track with Tech Support.

Cynthia

Re: how to delete the punctuation mark in my rtf output?

blueskyxyz — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:39:32 GMT

Thanks @Cynthia_sas , update the word display option , this kind of symbol can be hided.