SAS/GRAPH Statements

TITLE, FOOTNOTE, and NOTE Statements

Control the content, appearance, and placement of text.

Used by:	GAREABAR, GBARLINE, GCHART, GCONTOUR, GFONT, GKPI, GMAP, GPLOT, GRADAR, GREPLAY, GSLIDE, GTILE, G3D procedures
Global:	TITLE and FOOTNOTE
Local:	NOTE

Syntax
Options
Using TITLE and FOOTNOTE Statements
Using the NOTE Statement
Using Multiple Options
Setting Defaults
Using Options That Can Reset Other Options
Substituting BY Line Values in a Text String

Syntax

TITLE<1...10> <text-argument(s)>;

FOOTNOTE<1...10> <text-argument(s)>;

NOTE <text-arguments(s)>;

text-argument(s) can be one or more of these:

	"text-string"
	text-options (text options must precede text-string.)

text-options can be one or more of the following, in any order:

appearance options

COLOR=color

FONT=font

HEIGHT=text-height<units>
placement and spacing options

JUSTIFY=LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT

LSPACE=line-space<units>

MOVE=(x,y)<units>

WRAP
baseline angling and character rotation options

ANGLE=degrees

LANGLE=degrees

ROTATE=degrees
boxing, underlining, and line drawing options

BCOLOR=background-color

BLANK=YES

BOX=1...4

BSPACE=box-space<units>

DRAW=(x,y...,x-n,y-n)<units>

UNDERLIN=0...3
linking option

LINK= "URL"

Options

When the syntax of an option includes units, use one of these:

CELLS	character cells
CM	centimeters
IN	inches
PT	points
PCT	percentage of the graphics output area

If you omit units, a unit specification is searched for in this order:

the GUNIT= option in a GOPTIONS statement
the default unit, CELLS.

ANGLE=degrees A=degrees

specifies the angle of the baseline of the entire text string with respect to the horizontal. A positive degrees value angles the baseline counterclockwise; a negative value angles it clockwise. By default, ANGLE=0 (horizontal).

Angled titles or footnotes might require more vertical space and, consequently, might increase the size of the title area or the footnote area, thereby reducing the vertical space in the procedure output area.

Using the BOX= option with angled text does not produce angled boxes; the box is sized to accommodate the angled note.

Using the ANGLE= option after one text string and before another can reset some options to their default values. See Using Options That Can Reset Other Options.

The ANGLE= option has the same effect on the text as LANGLE=, except when you specify an angle of 90 degrees or -90 degrees. In these angle specifications, the procedure output area is shrunk from the left or right to accommodate the angled title or footnote. The result depends on the statement in which you use the option:

With the TITLE statement:

Positioning Titles with the ANGLE= Option shows how ANGLE=90 degrees or ANGLE=-90 degrees positions and rotates title text.

ANGLE=90

positions the title at the left edge of the graphics output area, angled 90 degrees (counterclockwise) and centered vertically.

ANGLE=-90

positions the title at the right edge of the graphics output area, angled -90 degrees (clockwise) and centered vertically.

Positioning Titles with the ANGLE= Option
With the FOOTNOTE statement:

Positioning Footnotes with the ANGLE=Option shows how ANGLE=90 degrees or ANGLE=-90 degrees positions and rotates footnote text.

ANGLE=90

positions the footnote at the right edge of the graphics output area, angled 90 degrees (counterclockwise) and centered vertically.

ANGLE=-90

positions the footnote at the left edge of the graphics output area, angled -90 (clockwise) and centered vertically.

Positioning Footnotes with the ANGLE=Option
With the NOTE statement:

Positioning Notes with the ANGLE= Option shows how ANGLE= 90 degrees or -90 degrees positions and rotates note text.

ANGLE=90

positions the note at the bottom of the left edge of the graphics output area, angled 90 degrees (counterclockwise) and reading from bottom to top.

ANGLE=-90

positions the note at the top of the right edge of the graphics output area, angled -90 (clockwise) and reading from top to bottom.

Positioning Notes with the ANGLE= Option

See also:	the options LANGLE= and ROTATE=
Featured in:	Example 6. Enhancing Titles
Restriction:	Not supported by Java and ActiveX

BCOLOR=background-color

specifies the background color of a box produced by the BOX= option. If you omit BOX=, BCOLOR= is ignored. By default, the background color of the box is the same as the background color for the entire graph. The color of the frame of the box is determined by the color specification used in BOX=.

Note: The BCOLOR= option can be reset by the ANGLE= or JUSTIFY= options, or by the MOVE= optionwith absolute coordinates. See Using Options That Can Reset Other Options for details. [cautionend]

Alias:	BC=background-color
See also:	the option BOX=
Featured in:	Example 6. Enhancing Titles.

BLANK=YES

protects the box and its contents from being overwritten by any subsequent graphics elements by blanking out the area where the box is displayed. The BLANK= option enables you to overlay graphics elements with boxed text. It is ignored if you omit the BOX= option. Because titles and footnotes are written from the highest numbered to the lowest numbered, the BLANK= option only blanks out titles and footnotes of a lower number.

Note: The BLANK= option can be reset by the ANGLE= or JUSTIFY= options, or by the MOVE= option with absolute coordinates. See Using Options That Can Reset Other Options for details. [cautionend]

Alias:	BL=YES
See also:	the option BOX=
Featured in:	Example 6. Enhancing Titles
Restriction:	Not supported by Java and ActiveX

BOX=1...4

draws a box around one line of text. A value of 1 produces the thinnest box lines; 4 produces the thickest. Boxing angled text does not produce an angled box; the box is sized to include the angled text.

The color of the box is either:

the color specified by the COLOR= option in the statement
the default text color.

The COLOR= option affects only the frame of the box. To color the background of the box, use the BCOLOR= option.

You can include more than one text string in the box as long as no text break occurs between the strings; that is, you cannot use the JUSTIFY= option to create multiple lines of text within a box.

To draw a box around multiple lines of text, you can either

Use the MOVE= option with relative coordinates to position the lines of text where you want them and enclose them with the BOX= option. For example, this statement produces the boxed note shown in Using the BOX= Option and the MOVE= Option to Box Multiple Lines of Text:
```
note font=swiss justify=center box=3
   "Office Hours"      move=(40pct,-12pct) "9-5";
```
Use the DRAW= option to draw the box and do not use the BOX= option.

Using the BOX= Option and the MOVE= Option to Box Multiple Lines of Text

[Using the BOX= Option and the MOVE= Option to Box Multiple Lines of Text]

Note: The BOX= option can be reset by the ANGLE= or JUSTIFY= options, or by the MOVE= options with absolute coordinates. See Using Options That Can Reset Other Options for details. [cautionend]

Alias:	BO=1...4
See also:	the options BCOLOR=, BLANK=, and BSPACE=.
Featured in:	Example 6. Enhancing Titles
Restriction:	Not supported by Java and ActiveX

BSPACE=box-space<units>

specifies the amount of space between the boxed text and the box. The space above the text is measured from the font maximum, and the space below the text is measured from the font minimum. By default, BSPACE=1. If the BOX= option is not used, the BSPACE= option is ignored.

The spacing is uniform around the box. For example, BSPACE=.5IN leaves one-half inch of space between the text and the top, bottom, and sides of the box.

Note: The BSPACE= option can be reset by the ANGLE= or JUSTIFY= options, or by the MOVE= option with absolute coordinates. See Using Options That Can Reset Other Options for details. [cautionend]

Alias:	BS=box-space<units>
See also:	the option BOX=.
Restriction:	Not supported by Java and ActiveX.

COLOR=color

specifies the color for the following text, box, or line. The COLOR= option affects all text, lines, and boxes that follow it and stays in effect until another COLOR= specification is encountered.

Change colors as often as you like. For example, this statement produces a title with red text in a box with a blue frame and a cream background:

title color=red "Total Sales" color=blue
  box=3 bcolor=cream;

Although the BCOLOR= option controls the background color of the box, the frame color is controlled with the COLOR= option that precedes the BOX= option.

If you omit the COLOR= option, a color specification is searched for in this order:

the CTITLE= option in a GOPTIONS statement
the CTEXT= option in a GOPTIONS statement
the default, the first color in the color list.

Alias:	~~ C=color
See also:	the option BCOLOR=, and Controlling Titles and Footnotes with Java and ActiveX Devices in HTML Output

DRAW=(x,y...,x-n,y-n)<units>

draws lines anywhere on the graphics output area using x and y as absolute or relative coordinates. The following table shows the specifications for absolute and relative coordinates:

Absolute Coordinates	Relative Coordinates
x<units>	±x<units>
y<units>	±y<units>

The coordinate position (0,0) is the lower-left corner of the graphics output area. Specify at least two coordinate pairs. Commas between coordinates are optional; blanks can be used instead. The DRAW= option does not affect the positioning of text.

The starting point for lines specified with relative coordinates begins at the end of the most recently drawn text or line in the current statement. If no text or line has been drawn in the current statement, a warning is issued and the relative draw is measured from where a zero-length text string would have ended, given the normal placement for the statement.

You can mix relative and absolute coordinates. For example, DRAW=(+0,+0,+0,1IN) draws a vertical line from the end of the text to one inch from the bottom of the graphics output area.

Alias:	D=(x,y...,x-n, y-n)<units>
Restriction:	Not supported by Java and ActiveX

FONT=font

specifies the font for the subsequent text. See Specifying Fonts in SAS/GRAPH Programs for details on specifying SAS/GRAPH fonts. If you omit this option, a font specification is searched for in this order:

for a TITLE1 statement
1. the FTITLE= option in a GOPTIONS statement
2. the FTEXT= option in a GOPTIONS statement
3. the default font, SWISS (COMPLEX in Release 6.06 and earlier).
for all other TITLE statements and the FOOTNOTE and NOTE statements:
1. the FTEXT= option in a GOPTIONS statement
2. the default hardware font, NONE.

Note: Font names greater than eight characters in length must be enclosed in quotation marks. [cautionend]

Note: If the TITLE or FOOTNOTE is being output through an ODS markup destination and the corresponding NOGTITLE or NOGFOOTNOTE option is specified, then the bold and italic FONT attributes are on by default. However, if you specify different attributes with the FONT= option, the bold and italic attributes are turned off. [cautionend]

Alias:	F=font
See also:	Controlling Titles and Footnotes with Java and ActiveX Devices in HTML Output
Featured in:	Example 6. Enhancing Titles

HEIGHT=text-height<units>

specifies the height of text characters in number of units. By default, HEIGHT=1. Height is measured from the font minimum to the capline. Ascenders can extend above the capline, depending on the font.

If your text line is too long to be displayed in the height specified in the HEIGHT= option, the height specification is reduced so that the text can be displayed. A note in the SAS log tells you what percentage of the specified size was used.

If you omit the HEIGHT= option, a text height specification is searched for in this order:

for a TITLE1 statement:
1. the HTITLE= option in a GOPTIONS statement
2. the HTEXT= option in a GOPTIONS statement
3. the default value, 2.
By default, a TITLE1 title is twice the height of all other titles.
for all other TITLE statements and the FOOTNOTE and NOTE statements:
1. the HTEXT= option in a GOPTIONS statement
2. the default value, 1.

Note: The Java applet and ActiveX control allow you to control the relative height of text with the HEIGHT= option, but not the absolute height in terms of specific units. [cautionend]

Alias:	H=text-height<units>
See also:	Controlling Titles and Footnotes with Java and ActiveX Devices in HTML Output
Featured in:	Example 1. Ordering Axis Tick Marks with SAS Date Values and Example 6. Enhancing Titles
Restriction:	Partially supported by Java and ActiveX

JUSTIFY=LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT

specifies the alignment of the text string. The default depends on the statement with which you use the JUSTIFY= option:

for a FOOTNOTE statement the default is CENTER
for a NOTE statement the default is LEFT
for a TITLE statement the default is CENTER.

All the text strings following JUSTIFY= are treated as a single string and are displayed as one line that is left-, right-, or center-aligned.

You can change the justification within a single line of text. For example, this NOTE statement displays a date on the left side of the output and the page number on the same line on the right:

note "June 28, 1997" justify=right "Page 3";

In addition, you can use the JUSTIFY= option to produce multiple lines of text by repeating the JUSTIFY= option with the same value before the text string for each line. Multiple lines of text with the same justification are blocked together. For example, this TITLE statement produces a three-line title with each line right-justified:

title justify=right "First Line"
      justify=right "Second Line"
      justify=right "Third Line";

You can get the same effect with three TITLE statements, each specifying JUSTIFY=RIGHT. If you produce a block of text by specifying the same justification for multiple text strings, and then change the justification for an additional text string, that text is placed on the same line as the first string specified in the statement.

Note: Using the JUSTIFY= option after one text string and before another can reset some options to their default values. See Using Options That Can Reset Other Options for details. [cautionend]

Alias:	J=L \| C \| R
Featured in:	Example 3. Rotating Plot Symbols Through the Color List

LANGLE=degrees

specifies the angle of the baseline of the entire text string(s) with respect to the horizontal. A positive value for degrees moves the baseline counterclockwise; a negative value moves it clockwise. By default, LANGLE=0 (horizontal).

Angled titles or footnotes might require more vertical space and consequently can increase the size of the title area or the footnote area, thereby reducing the vertical space in the procedure output area.

Using the BOX= option with angled text does not produce an angled box; the box is sized to accommodate the angled note.

Unlike the ANGLE= option, the LANGLE= option does not reset any other options. Therefore, the LANGLE= option is easier to use because you do not need to repeat options after a text break.

The LANGLE= option has the same effect on the text as the ANGLE= option, except when an angle of 90 degrees or -90 degrees is specified. The result depends on the statement in which you use the option:

With the TITLE statement:

Positioning Titles with the LANGLE= Option shows how LANGLE=90 degrees and LANGLE=-90 degrees positions and rotates titles.

LANGLE=90

angles the title 90 degrees (counterclockwise) so that it reads from bottom to top. The title is centered horizontally and positioned at the top of the picture.

LANGLE=-90

angles the title -90 degrees (clockwise) so that it reads from top to bottom. The title is centered horizontally and positioned at the top of the picture.

Positioning Titles with the LANGLE= Option
With the FOOTNOTE statement:

Positioning Footnotes with the LANGLE= Option shows how LANGLE=90 degrees and LANGLE=-90 degrees positions and rotates footnotes.

LANGLE=90

angles the footnote 90 degrees (counterclockwise) so that it reads from bottom to top. The footnote is centered horizontally and positioned as the bottom of the picture.

LANGLE=-90

angles the footnote -90 degrees (clockwise) so that it reads from top to bottom. The footnote is centered horizontally and positioned at the bottom of the picture.

Positioning Footnotes with the LANGLE= Option
With the NOTE statement:

Positioning Notes with the LANGLE= Option shows how LANGLE=90 degrees and LANGLE=-90 degrees positions and rotates notes.

LANGLE=90

positions the note at the top of the left edge of the procedure output area, angled 90 degrees (counterclockwise) so that it reads from bottom to top.

LANGLE=-90

positions the note at the top of the left edge of the procedure output area, angled -90 degrees (clockwise) so that it reads from top to bottom.

Positioning Notes with the LANGLE= Option

Alias:	LA=degrees
See also:	the option ANGLE=
Restriction:	Not supported by Java and ActiveX

LINK= "URL"

specifies a uniform resource locator (URL) that a title or footnote links to.

The text-string that you use to specify the URL can contain occurrences of the variables #BYVAL, #BYVAR, and #BYLINE, as described in text-string.

Note: If the title or footnote is being output through an ODS markup destination (such as HTML) and the corresponding ODS option NOGTITLE or NOGFOOTNOTE is specified, then the title or footnote is rendered in the body of the HTML file rather than in the graphic itself. Specifying the NOGTITLE or NOGFOOTNOTE options results in increasing the amount of space allowed for the procedure output area, which can result in increasing the size of the graph. Space that would have been used for the title or footnote is devoted instead to the graph. You might need to be aware of this possible difference if you are using annotate or map coordinates. [cautionend]

LSPACE=line-space <units>

specifies the amount of spacing above lines of note and title text and the amount of spacing below lines of footnote text. For notes and titles, the spacing is measured from the capline of the current line to the font minimum of the line above. For footnotes, the spacing is measured from the font minimum of the current line to the capline of the line below. By default, LSPACE=1.

Note: The LSPACE= option can be reset by the ANGLE= or JUSTIFY= option, or by the MOVE= option with absolute coordinates. See Using Options That Can Reset Other Options for details. [cautionend]

Alias:	LS=line-space <units>
Restriction:	Not supported by Java and ActiveX

MOVE=(x,y) <units>

positions subsequent text or lines anywhere on the graphics output area using x and y as absolute or relative coordinates. The following table shows the specifications for absolute and relative coordinates:

Absolute Coordinates	Relative Coordinates
x<units>	±x<units>
y<units>	±y<units>

Commas between coordinates are optional; you can use blanks instead.

The starting point for lines specified with relative coordinates begins with the end of the most recently drawn text or line in the current statement. If no text or line has been drawn in the current statement, a warning is issued and the relative move is measured from where a zero-length text string would have ended, given the normal placement for the statement. You can mix relative and absolute coordinates.

The MOVE= option overrides a JUSTIFY= option specified for the same text string.

If a NOTE, FOOTNOTE, or TITLE statement uses the MOVE= option to position the text so that the statement does not use its default position, the text of the next NOTE, FOOTNOTE, or TITLE statement occupies the unused position and no blank lines are displayed.

Note: If you specify the MOVE= option with at least one absolute coordinate and if the option follows one text string and precedes another, some options can be reset to their default values. If you specify the GUNIT graphics option, then that unit is the default unit. If you do not specify the GUNIT= graphics option, then the default unit is CELLS. See Using Options That Can Reset Other Options for details [cautionend]

Alias:	M=(x,y) <units>
Featured in:	Example 2. Specifying Logarithmic Axes and Example 6. Enhancing Titles
Restriction:	Not supported by Java and ActiveX

ROTATE=degrees

specifies the angle at which each character of text is rotated with respect to the baseline of the text string. The angle is measured from the current text baseline angle, which is specified by the ANGLE= or LANGLE= options. By default, the baseline is horizontal. A positive value for degrees rotates the character counterclockwise; a negative value rotates it clockwise. By default, ROTATE=0 (parallel to the baseline).

Tilting Characters with the ROTATE= Option shows how characters are positioned when ROTATE=90 is used with the default (horizontal) baseline.

Tilting Characters with the ROTATE= Option

[Tilting Characters with the ROTATE= Option]

Alias:	R=degrees
See also:	the option ANGLE=
Featured in:	Example 6. Enhancing Titles
Restriction:	Not supported by Java and ActiveX

text-string(s)

is one or more strings up to 200 characters. You must enclose text strings in single or double quotation marks. The text appears exactly as you type it in the statement, including uppercase and lowercase characters and blanks.

To use single quotation marks or apostrophes within the title, you can either

use a pair of single quotation marks together:
```
footnote 'All's Well That Ends Well';
```
enclose the text in double quotation marks:
```
footnote "All's Well That Ends Well";
```

Because FOOTNOTE, NOTE, and TITLE statements concatenate all text strings, the strings must contain the correct spacing. With a series of strings, add blanks at the beginning of a text string rather than at the end, as in this example:

note color=red "Sales:" color=blue " 2000";

With some fonts, you produce certain characters by specifying a hexadecimal value. A trailing x identifies a string as a hexadecimal value. For example, this statement(footnote 1) produces the title Profits Increase £ 3,000 :

title font=swiss "Profits Increase " "18'x "3,000";

For more information see Specifying Special Characters Using Character and Hexadecimal Codes.

In addition, you can embed one or more of the following in the string:

#BYLINE

substitutes the entire BY line without leading or trailing blanks for #BYLINE in the text string, and displays the BY line in the footnote, note, or title produced by the statement.

#BYVALn | #BYVAL(BY-variable-name)

substitutes the current value of the specified BY variable for #BYVAL in the text string and displays the value in the footnote, note, or title produced by the statement. Specify the variable with one of these:

n	specifies which variable in the BY statement #BYVAL should use. The value of n indicates the position of the variable in the BY statement. For example, #BYVAL2 specifies the second variable in the BY statement.
BY-variable-name	names the BY variable. For example, #BYVAL(YEAR) specifies the BY variable, YEAR. Variable-name is not case sensitive.

Featured in:

Example 7. Using BY-group Processing to Generate a Series of Charts and Example 9. Combining Graphs and Reports in a Web Page

#BYVARn | #BYVAR(BY-variable-name)

substitutes the name of the BY-variable or label associated with the variable (whatever the BY line would normally display) for #BYVAR in the text string and displays the name or label in the footnote, note, or title produced by the statement. Specify the variable with one of these:

n	specifies which variable in the BY statement #BYVAR should use. The value of n indicates the position of the variable in the BY statement. For example, #BYVAR2 specifies the second variable in the BY statement.
BY-variable-name	names the BY variable. For example, #BYVAR(SITES) specifies the BY variable, SITES. Variable-name is not case sensitive.

A BY variable name displayed in a title, note, or footnote is always in uppercase. If a label is used, it appears as specified in the LABEL statement.

For more information , see Substituting BY Line Values in a Text String

UNDERLIN=0...3

underlines subsequent text. Values of 1, 2 and 3 underline with an increasingly thicker line. UNDERLIN=0 halts underlining for subsequent text.

Underlines follow the text baseline. If you use an LANGLE= or ANGLE= option for the line of text, the underline is drawn at the same angle as the text. Underlines do not break up to follow rotated characters. See the option ROTATE=.

To make the text and the underline the same color, specify a COLOR= option before the UNDERLIN= option that precedes the text string. To make the text a different color, specify the COLOR= option after the UNDERLIN= option.

Note: The UNDERLIN= option can be reset by the ANGLE= or JUSTIFY= option, or by the MOVE= option with absolute coordinates. See Using Options That Can Reset Other Options for details.

Note: The Java applet and ActiveX control underline text when the UNDERLIN= option is specified, but they do not vary the thickness of the line. [cautionend]

Alias:	U=
Featured in:	Example 6. Enhancing Titles
Restriction:	Partially supported by Java and ActiveX

WRAP

wraps the text to a second line if the text does not fit on one line. If the WRAP option is omitted, the text font-size is reduced until the text fits on one line. Wrapping occurs at the last blank before the text meets the end of the window. If there are no blanks in the text string, then there is no wrapping.

Restriction:

The WRAP option does not work with the BOX, BLANK, UNDERLINE, and MOVE options.

Using TITLE and FOOTNOTE Statements

You can define TITLE and FOOTNOTE statements anywhere in your SAS program. They are global and remain in effect until you cancel them or until you end your SAS session. All currently defined FOOTNOTE and TITLE statements are automatically displayed.

You can define up to ten TITLE statements and ten FOOTNOTE statements in your SAS session. A TITLE or FOOTNOTE statement without a number is treated as a TITLE1 or FOOTNOTE1 statement. You do not have to start with TITLE1 and you do not have to use sequential statement numbers. Skipping a number in the sequence leaves a blank line.

You can use as many text strings and options as you want, but place the options before the text strings they modify. See Using Multiple Options.

The most recently specified TITLE or FOOTNOTE statement of any number completely replaces any other TITLE or FOOTNOTE statement of that number. In addition, it cancels all TITLE or FOOTNOTE statements of a higher number. For example, if you define TITLE1, TITLE2, and TITLE3, resubmitting the TITLE2 statement cancels TITLE3.

To cancel individual TITLE or FOOTNOTE statements, define a TITLE or FOOTNOTE statement of the same number without options (a null statement):

title4;

But remember that this cancels all other existing statements of a higher number.

To cancel all current TITLE or FOOTNOTE statements, use the RESET= graphics option in a GOPTIONS statement:

goptions reset=footnote;

Specifying RESET=GLOBAL or RESET=ALL also cancels all current TITLE and FOOTNOTE statements as well as other settings.

Using the NOTE Statement

NOTE statements are local, not global, and they must be defined within a procedure or RUN-group with which they are used. They remain in effect for the duration of the procedure that includes NOTE statements in any of its RUN-groups or until you end your SAS session. All notes defined in the current RUN group, as well as those defined in previous RUN-groups, are displayed in the output as long as the procedure remains active.

You can use as many text strings and options as you want, but place the options before the text strings they modify. See Using Multiple Options.

Using Multiple Options

In each statement you can use as many text strings and options as you want, but you must place the options before the text strings they modify. Most options affect all text strings that follow them in the same statement, unless the option is explicitly reset to another value. In general, TITLE, FOOTNOTE, and NOTE statement options stay in effect until one of these events occurs:

The end of the statement is reached.
A new specification is made for that option.

For example, this statement specifies that one part of the note is red and another part is blue, but the height for all of the text is 4:

note height=4 color=red "Red Tide"
     color=blue " Effects on Coastal Fishing";

Setting Defaults

You can set default characteristics for titles (including TITLE1 definitions), footnotes, and notes by using the following graphics options in a GOPTIONS statement:

CTITLE=color: sets the default color for all titles, footnotes, and notes; overridden by the COLOR= option in a TITLE, FOOTNOTE, or NOTE statement.
CTEXT=text-color: sets the default color for all text; overridden by the CTITLE= option for titles, footnotes, and notes.
FTITLE=title-font: sets the default font for TITLE1 definitions; overridden by the FONT= option in the TITLE1 statement.
FTEXT=text-font: sets the default font for all text, including the TITLE1 statement if the FTITLE= option is not used; overridden by the FONT= option a TITLE, FOOTNOTE, or NOTE statement.
HTITLE=height<units>: sets the default height for TITLE1 definitions; overridden by the HEIGHT= option in the TITLE1 statement.
HTEXT=n<units>: sets the default height for all text, including the TITLE1 statement if the HTITLE= option is not used; overridden by the HEIGHT= option a TITLE, FOOTNOTE, or NOTE statement.

See Graphics Options and Device Parameters Dictionary for a complete description of each option.

Using Options That Can Reset Other Options

The ANGLE=, MOVE=, and JUSTIFY= options affect the position of the text and cause text breaks. (To cause a text break, the MOVE= option must have at least one absolute coordinate.) When a statement contains multiple text strings, the resulting text break can cause the following options to reset to their default values:

BCOLOR=
BLANK=
BOX=
BSPACE=
LSPACE=
UNDERLIN=.

Note: The LANGLE= option does not cause a text break. [cautionend]

If in a TITLE, FOOTNOTE, or NOTE statement, before the first text string, you use an option that can be reset (such as the UNDERLIN= option) and before the second string you use an option that resets it (such as the JUSTIFY= option), the first option does not affect the second string. In order for the first option to affect the second string, repeat the option and position it after the resetting option and before the text string.

For example, this statement produces a two-line title in which only the first line is underlined:

title underlin=2 "Line 1" justify=left "Line 2";

To underline Line 2, repeat the UNDERLIN= option before the second text string and after the JUSTIFY= option:

title underlin=2 "Line 1" justify=left
      underlin=2 "Line 2";

Substituting BY Line Values in a Text String

To use the #BYVAR and #BYVAL options, insert the option in the text string at the position you want the substitution text to appear. Both #BYVAR and #BYVAL specifications must be followed by a delimiting character, either a space or other nonalphanumeric character, such as the quotation mark that ends the text string. If not, the specification is completely ignored and its text remains intact and is displayed with the rest of the string. To allow a #BYVAR or #BYVAL substitution to be followed immediately by other text, with no delimiter, use a trailing dot (as with macro variables). The trailing dot is not displayed in the resolved text. If you want a period to be displayed as the last character in the resolved text, use two dots after the #BYVAR or #BYVAL substitution.

If you use a #BYVAR or #BYVAL specification for a variable that is not named in the BY statement (such as #BYVAL2 when there is only one BY-variable or #BYVAL(ABC) when ABC is not a BY-variable or does not exist), or if there is no BY statement at all, the substitution for #BYVAR or #BYVAL does not occur. No error or warning message is issued and the option specification is displayed with the rest of the string. The graph continues to display a BY line at the top of the page unless you suppress it by using the NOBYLINE option in an OPTION statement.

For more information, see BY Statement.

Note: This feature is not available in the DATA Step Graphics Interface or in the Annotate facility since BY lines are not created in a DATA step. [cautionend]

FOOTNOTE 1: This statement assumes you are using a U.S. key map.

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