ODS Word

[SASdevAnneMarie]

Hello,

My server is SAS 9.4M5, I can't generate the ODS WORD correctly.

Do I need the SAS 9.4M6 to get the generation of ODS WORD or there is some additional option for SAS 9.4M5?

Thank you!

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

ODS WORD is still preproduction as of 9.4M6; for something stable, use ODS RTF.

[SASdevAnneMarie]

Thank you, Kurt!
Could I convert the .rtf en .doc?

[Kurt_Bremser]

All word processors that I know can open RTF files. Word, LibreOffice, WPS Office, ...

[SASdevAnneMarie]

Thank you very much Kurt!

[ernie_d]

Hello 

I am using the ODS Word to make my output accessibility.  When using the Proc Report, I can use the contents option to populate the Title but I do not know what option to use to populate the ALT Text / Description

[ernie_d]

I am using this to test:

proc report data=sashelp.shoes(obs=20) SPANROWS contents="report contents=";
run;

[ernie_d]

Ok SAS Guys, 

I can populate the title within the Table Properties of a Word Doc using version M7.

I was able to use VBA code to go into Word Doc to populate the Alt Text description.  This makes my report 508 Assessable compliance.  I am using this stmt:  ODS Word = xxx startpage = Off;

I was trying to attach the keyword KEEPN to this stmt so that I won't get split Tables.  But it did not work.  Any suggestions would be great.

[ballardw]

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@ernie_d wrote:

Ok SAS Guys, 

I can populate the title within the Table Properties of a Word Doc using version M7.

I was able to use VBA code to go into Word Doc to populate the Alt Text description.  This makes my report 508 Assessable compliance.  I am using this stmt:  ODS Word = xxx startpage = Off;

I was trying to attach the keyword KEEPN to this stmt so that I won't get split Tables.  But it did not work.  Any suggestions would be great.

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You really should start new threads when you are discussing subjects other than the original posters topics.

KEEPN is not in the options list, for SAS 9.4.7. So I would not expect ti to work. You may also be misunderstanding the KEEPN option for ODS RTF. It does not prevent splitting a table if it is longer than a single page. What it does is, possibly, is insert a page break before a table. KEEPN plus STARTPAGE=NO means that multiple tables may fit on a "page" if they are both small enough. But if one is too long it gets split. Normally the default behavior would be to start a page for each table regardless of size. So sometimes the combination creates nicer output.

You have decide which is more important, specific table not split or showing multiple tables on a page.

You can force behavior to manually start a specific table on a page using the STARTPAGE=NOW just before a procedure that creates output.

ODS Word does add the OPTION (<suboptions>) which provide some additional options related to splitting rows of a table or a paragraph that might help.

[ernie_d]

ok this helps me. Thank you very your reply.