Use the Paragraph style element for the PROC ODSTEXT statement and the Usertext for the ODS TEXT=. Try the below and this should give you the desired results.   Proc template; Define style Style.Custom;  parent=styles.default;   class usertext /     font_size=18pt         font_weight=bold;    style paragraph from usertext; end; run; ods pdf file='c:\temp\use_bold1.pdf' style=Style.Custom ;   ods escapechar='^'; options nodate; title 'Using PROC ODSTEXT'; footnote 'The ODS Destination for PDF';   proc odstext; p 'The following word is styled; ^{style[color=purple fontweight=bold]HERE}^{newline 2}'; p 'You can ^{style[textdecoration=underline]also} format your text.' / style=[color=red]; run; ods pdf text="Only this font size is 18pt"; ods _all_ close; ... View more

The current verion of the Excel destination supports adding background images to the worksheet, however, it does not support adding images for individual cells. This would require the that the file be post processed with VBscript or the like to add the images. ... View more

The ODS Excel destination is planned for SAS 9.4M3 which will generate native Excel files. It is there pre-production beginning with SAS 9.4M1. ... View more

Yes, the TableEditor.tpl file is the file that I have suggested that you %include after adding the ODS PATH statement. After you have done this, you can then update an existing file which Excel can read such as an XML file with a pivot table by using the options OUTPUT_TYPE="script"  which will generate a  script file that will be executed at the end of the step.  The UPDATE_TARGET="target workbook"  is used to update the workbook with the pivot tables. You will also need to specify the sheet name of where we will get the columns using the SHEET_NAME= option.  The last step is to execute the script which is done with the X statement in the code. ... View more

Steve, this was an issue that was corrected with the latest version of the tagset. I hope to have it posted on the web for download in the next week. I can also forward you a copy. Thanks, Chevell ... View more