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AshP
Calcite | Level 5

I have a program that I need to run multiple times to produce reports for multiple school districts (using ODS PDF). I use the following to title my pages.

Before running my program,

%LET DISTNAME = Example;

Within my program,

TITLE1 "&DISTNAME.".;

This works fine for me. I would also like to add some descriptive text using ODS PDF TEXT= and mention the district name in the text. How do I do that?

ODS PDF TEXT = '^S={just=center font=("Times New Roman",14PT,Bold)} Report produced for &DISTNAME. ISD';

is not working.

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Alpay
Fluorite | Level 6

I see why. Font name needs to be enclosed in single quotes when the overall text enclosed in double quotes.

Please see the example below.

%LET DISTNAME = Example;

ods escapechar='^';

TITLE1 "&DISTNAME.";

ods pdf file='d:\temp\test.pdf';

proc print data=sashelp.class;

run;

ODS PDF TEXT = "^S={just=center font=('Times New Roman',14PT,Bold)} Report produced for &DISTNAME. ISD";

%* ODS PDF TEXT = "^S={just=center font=(""Times New Roman"",14PT,Bold)} Report produced for &DISTNAME. ISD"; //* This would work, too */

ods pdf close;

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Alpay
Fluorite | Level 6

Can you try enclosing in double quotes instead of single?

ODS PDF TEXT = "^S={just=center font=("Times New Roman",14PT,Bold)} Report produced for &DISTNAME. ISD";

AshP
Calcite | Level 5

No, that didn't work either ...

Alpay
Fluorite | Level 6

I see why. Font name needs to be enclosed in single quotes when the overall text enclosed in double quotes.

Please see the example below.

%LET DISTNAME = Example;

ods escapechar='^';

TITLE1 "&DISTNAME.";

ods pdf file='d:\temp\test.pdf';

proc print data=sashelp.class;

run;

ODS PDF TEXT = "^S={just=center font=('Times New Roman',14PT,Bold)} Report produced for &DISTNAME. ISD";

%* ODS PDF TEXT = "^S={just=center font=(""Times New Roman"",14PT,Bold)} Report produced for &DISTNAME. ISD"; //* This would work, too */

ods pdf close;

AshP
Calcite | Level 5

Alpay, that worked, thank you!

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