Output log in Word format

[Batman]

Can I output the log in Word format as part of the program?    I know PRINTTO does ASCII text as a default, but can it be used to produce output in other formats?

[PaigeMiller]

You can save the log as an RTF file, which will then open in Word. I fail to see the benefit or point of doing this, however.

[SASKiwi]

SAS logs are just text files without any document-style formatting like different fonts, font sizes and so on, so I don't see any advantage at all in using Word format. 

[Batman]

If I'm having someone else review the log, it's easier to make comments, etc in Word.

[PaigeMiller]

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@Batman wrote:
If I'm having someone else review the log, it's easier to make comments, etc in Word.

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I disagree. They can make comments just as easily in a text editor rather than a word processor.

[Kurt_Bremser]

Word can easily open any plain text file. Just save the log with a .txt extension to make it easier for Word to recognize it.

[Reeza]

SAS does offer Jupyter Notebooks option to code in as well, in case that's something of interest.

https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2016/04/24/how-to-run-sas-programs-in-jupyter-notebook/

And this feature directly in SAS Studio:
https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Studio/Getting-the-SAS-program-Code-results-and-output-in-one-fil...