topic Re: ODS RTF WORDSTYLE option in ODS and Base Reporting

ODS RTF WORDSTYLE option

deleted_user — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:56:51 GMT

Hi
from http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/ods/odsrtf/rtf901.html
I have learned that the following statements

ods rtf file='test.rtf' wordstyle="{\s1 Heading 1;}" ;

ods escapechar='\';

ods rtf prepage = '\R/RTF"\s1 " TESTING 123';
proc print data=sashelp.class;
run;

can be used to format the title with Header style and after post-processing to create a custom TOC in my RTF output.

The wordstyle option defines "Heading 1".
Does anybody know how the option should read if I want to include another Header style, e.g. "Header 2" and use both e.g.

for the first part of the output (style header 1)
ods rtf prepage = '\R/RTF"\s1 " TESTING 123';
proc print data=sashelp.class;
run;

and for the second part of the output (style header 2)

ods rtf prepage = '\R/RTF"\?? " TESTING 456';
proc print data=sashelp.class;
run;

Thanks
UStat

Re: ODS RTF WORDSTYLE option

Cynthia_sas — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:57:27 GMT

Hi:
It was my understanding that s1/Heading 1 and s2/Heading 2 were ways for you to link a "nickname" s1 to an already defined Microsoft Word style Heading 1 (like in normal.dot styles). So you'd have to know what other "names" were available on the Word side to use.

I remember playing around with it a bit and it seemed a lot of work. I can't find my program. Perhaps some variant of this syntax will work:
[pre]
ods rtf file='test.rtf' wordstyle="{\s1 Heading 1; \s2 Heading 2;}" ;
[/pre]

where s1 and s2 are your nicknames and Heading 1 and Heading 2 are the Word styles you want. This SUGI paper talks about building TOC in RTF files, but doesn't go beyond the s1 method:
http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/forum2007/097-2007.pdf

But, the author does show the use of a \tc rtf control string and has an extensive set of references at the end of the paper.

For more help using WORDSTYLE, you might consider contacting Tech Support.

cynthia

Re: ODS RTF WORDSTYLE option

deleted_user — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:56:24 GMT

Hi Cynthia
yes I know about the names to be used for the MS WORD styles.
I only did not know how to incorporate this in the wordstlye option, but the example you have given worked fine.

Thank you
UStat