topic Re: How to set rtf margins 0.2in? in SAS Programming

How to set rtf margins 0.2in?

postcanonical — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:04:00 GMT

I was trying to create a SAS rtf style template with margins 0.2in on each side. I've found out, that I can't set margin less then 0.25in, if I set 0.3in – it will work, but 0.2in will result in 0.25in margin, checked with Word.

Can't SAS calculate margins less then 0.25in? Or am doing something wrong?

``` sas
proc template;
define style styles.test;
parent=styles.rtf;
style body from document /
leftmargin=0.2in
rightmargin=0.2in
topmargin=0.2in
bottommargin=0.2in;
end;
run;
```

Try it yourself, and share your results, please.

Re: How to set rtf margins 0.2in?

Kathryn_SAS — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:29:27 GMT

The following SAS Note explains how printer setup can influence margin settings:

https:https://support.sas.com/kb/36/590.html//support.sas.com/kb/36/590.html

Re: How to set rtf margins 0.2in?

postcanonical — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:08:00 GMT

Thank you for a quick response!

I've created environment with:
-uprint
-uprintmenuswitch

I no longer see NOUNIVERSALPRINT in output of
proc options group=odsprint;
run;

But still my margins can't go less then 0.2jn, maybe I need to set some option like printer=? in "options" statement?

Re: How to set rtf margins 0.2in?

postcanonical — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:08:53 GMT

*less then 0.25in

Re: How to set rtf margins 0.2in?

Tom — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:26:06 GMT

What printer are you asking WORD to print the RTF file on?

Can you provide an complete working program that demonstrates the issue? All you provided was code to create a STYLE using PROC TEMPLATE. Can you provide code that then uses that style to print something to an RTF file.

There are a couple of other ways to make files that WORD understands.

https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/2022/06/10/ods-destinations-microsoft-word/

Do those have the same problems with margins?