Justifying text segments in an ODS TEXT statement

[BenConner]

Hi,

I have some ODS TEXT statements in an absolute layout that need page #s on the right margin.  I can do that with 2 regions, but wondered if it can be done with one.  What I tried was:

ods region y=1.5in x=.25in width=10in height=.25in;

ods text = "^{style[fontsize=8pt]All results are preliminary}  ^{style[just=r]Page 1 of 4}";

So then I added a width= parm to the 2nd style:

ods text = "^{style[fontsize=8pt]All results are preliminary}  ^{style[just=r width=10in]Page 1 of 4}";

The report is in landscape mode, so the lengths work fine in this context.  ?

Using current version 9.4 TS1M3 of SAS.

Thanks!

--Ben

[Cynthia_sas · Accepted solution]

Hi:
I am not sure that what you want is possible. I seem to remember something about PDF that what is in ODS TEXT is one cell and one cell has one justification. You might want to double check with Tech Support to see if I am remembering correctly.

cynthia

[BenConner]

Ah.  Ok, that explains it.  Will just use 2 regions.  Thanks!

--Ben

[Ksharp]

You can pad some blanks in it.

ods escapechar='^';
ods text = " All results are preliminary %sysfunc(repeat(^_,40))  Page 1 of 4";
proc print data=sashelp.class;run;

[BenConner]

Hi Xia,

Actually that's exactly what I did. That creates other issues though that can be problematic.

Will just use 2 regions. That way each can have its unique justification.

Thanks!

--Ben

[Ksharp]

Sorry. I don't know. I am not familiar with ODS LAYOUT.