It is easy to copy a plot to the Windows clipboard, and to paste the plot from the clipboard to the SAS/IML Studio output document window or to another application, such as Microsoft Windows or PowerPoint.
To copy a plot to the clipboard, activate the plot and select → or press CTRL+C. You can paste to most applications by selecting → or pressing CTRL+V.
SAS/IML Studio places the plot on the clipboard in one of the following three graphics formats:
stores the image as a series of 32-bit Windows drawing commands. This is the best format for exporting plots from SAS/IML
Studio, because the file size is small and the image is faithful to the original. However, not all Windows applications support
the EMF format. Specifically, the SAS/IML Studio output document window does not support the EMF format. Microsoft Word and
PowerPoint do support the EMF format.
stores the image as a series of 16-bit Windows drawing commands. This format is supported by virtually all Windows applications.
However, the WMF format does not support wide patterned lines—lines that are not solid and have a width greater than one pixel. The WMF format represents a wide patterned line as a solid
line of the same width.
stores the image as a bitmap. This format is supported by virtually all Windows applications. Plots stored in the BMP format
require much more memory than those stored in either the EMF or WMF format.
Note: When you paste a plot from the clipboard to a SAS/IML Studio output document window, SAS/IML Studio uses the BMP format to paste the plot. If the plot you are pasting does not make use of wide patterned lines, you can save memory by selecting → which uses the WMF format to paste the plot.