Hi: The best "articles" for PROC REPORT are the documentation topics that deal with PROC REPORT. If you do only want LISTING, then you are correct, there is no point in using the ODS STYLE= options -unless- you are submitting this from Enterprise Guide and have turned on RTF or HTML, etc output as well as Text (LISTING) output. There is an older document that may help you with LISTING-only options. It is "Technical Report P-258" -- it was written back in the day when LISTING was all that was available, so you will find nary a trace of ODS in that document. Here's the URL for it: http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/v82/techreport_p258.pdf It is a "golden oldie" in the documentation world, since it pre-dates ODS. I still have my paper copy! Otherwise, a Google search should net you many user group papers on the topic. However, pretty much anything after Version 8 will talk about ODS and PROC REPORT instead of just LISTING and PROC REPORT. (Just be warned that when you DO need to use ODS, the LISTING options will NOT work as they do in LISTING destination.) cynthia
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