Hi:
It's not a good idea to add a new question to an 11 year old forum posting. I almost didn't read this because it was so old. I just figured there was a glitch of some kind in the forum interface.
To post a new question, if it is related to a previous post, you can put a link to the previous post in your new post. I don't understand what you mean when you say that you want to "preserve the format" -- typically with "regular" ODS destinations, such as HTML, RTF and PDF, the SAS formats you use (as in a FORMAT statement) are respected. The only time SAS formats are not respected are when you create your output with an Excel-related destination. Excel has its own ideas about how to deal with variable formats and frequently does not respect the SAS format.
It would be better for you to start a new post in the ODS and Reporting forum, with a sample of your data or using a SASHELP data set and an example of the type of format you want preserved. Showing the code you're using, including your ODS destination statements would be very useful. Otherwise, everybody is guessing about what you mean and what your desired output is.
Cynthia