Dictionary of ODS Language Statements

ODS PDF Statement

Opens, manages, or closes the PDF destination, which produces PDF output, a form of output that is read by Adobe Acrobat and other applications.

Valid:	anywhere
Category:	ODS: Third-Party Formatted
Tip:	The PDF driver that SAS uses does not recognize all Microsoft Windows fonts. You must enter any such fonts into the SAS registry in order for SAS to find them. See the SAS registry information in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.

Syntax
Without an Action or Options
Actions
Options
Details
	The ODS Printer Family of Statements
	Opening and Closing the PDF Destination
Examples
	Example 1: Opening Multiple Instances of the Same Destination at the Same Time
See Also

ODS PDF Action Summary Table
Task	Action
Close the PCL destination and the file that is associated with it	CLOSE
Exclude output objects from the PCL destination	EXCLUDE
Select output objects for the PCL destination	SELECT
Write to the SAS log the current selection or exclusion list for the PCL destination	SHOW

ODS PDF Option Summary Table
Task	Option
Specify the root name for the anchor tag that identifies each output object in the current file	ANCHOR=
Insert the text string that you specify as the author in the metadata of a file	AUTHOR=
Specify a string to use as the first part of all references that ODS creates in the file	BASE=
Specify whether to generate and display the list of bookmarks for a PDF file	BOOKMARKLIST=
Control the generation of bookmarks in a PDF file	BOOKMARKGEN=
Apply a specified color scheme to your output	COLOR=
Specify the number of columns to create on each page of output	COLUMNS=
Specify the compression of a PDF file. Compression reduces the size of the file	COMPRESS=
Specify a cascading style sheet to apply to your output	CSSSTYLE=
Specify the image resolution for output files	DPI=
Specify the file to write to	FILE=
Open multiple instances of the same destination at the same time	ID=
Insert a string of keywords into the output file's metadata	KEYWORDS=
Create a new file at the specified starting-point	NEWFILE=
Specify that the output from the destination be added to an ODS package	PACKAGE
Control whether notes are added to a PDF file for items that are associated with the FLYOVER= style attribute	PDFNOTE
Control the level of the expansion of the table of contents in PDF documents	PDFTOC=
Control page breaks	STARTPAGE=
Specify the style definition to use in writing the PDF output	STYLE=
Insert the text string that you specify as the subject in the metadata of a file	SUBJECT=
Insert text into your output	TEXT=
Insert the text string that you specify as the title in the metadata of a file	TITLE=
For multi-page tables, provide uniformity from page to page within a single table	UNIFORM

The ODS PDF statement is part of the ODS printer family of statements. Statements in the printer family open the PCL, PDF, PRINTER, or PS destination, producing output that is suitable for a high-resolution printer. The ODS PCL, ODS PRINTER, and ODS PS statements are also members of the ODS printer family of statements.

Opening and Closing the PDF Destination

You can modify an open PDF destination with many ODS PDF options. However, the FILE= and SAS options will automatically close the open destination that is referred to in the ODS PDF statement, and will also close any files associated with it, and then open a new instance of the destination. If you use one of these options, it is best if you explicitly close the destination yourself.

Examples

Example 1: Opening Multiple Instances of the Same Destination at the Same Time

ODS features:

ODS PDF statement:

Options:

	ID=
	STYLE=
	FILE=

Other SAS features:

	PROC FORMAT
	PROC SORT
	PROC REPORT
	NOBYLINE\|BYLINE system option
	#BYVAL parameter in titles

Data set:

Grain_Production .

Format:

$CNTRY. .

This example opens multiple instances of the PDF destination to create PDF output. One instance uses the default style definition and the second instance uses the STYLE= option to specify the D3D style definition.

Program

proc sort data=grain_production;
   by year country type;
run;

ods listing close;

ods pdf file='grain-1.pdf' pdftoc=2; 
ods pdf (id=brickstyle) style=brick file='grain-2.pdf' pdftoc=3;

options nobyline nodate;
title 'Leading Grain-Producing Countries';
title2 'for #byval(year)';

proc report data=grain_production nowindows;
   by year;
   column country type kilotons;
   define country  / group width=14 format=$cntry.;
   define type     / group 'Type of Grain';
   define kilotons / format=comma12.;
   footnote 'Measurements are in metric tons.';
run;

options byline;
title2;

proc tabulate data=grain_production format=comma12.;
   class year country type;
   var kilotons;
   table year, 
         country*type, 
         kilotons*sum=' ' / box=_page_ misstext='No data';
   format country $cntry.;
   footnote 'Measurements are in metric tons.';
run;

ods pdf close;
ods pdf(id=d3dstyle) close;

PDF Output

PDF Output With the Default Style Definition

[PDF Output With the Default Style Definition]

PDF Output Using Brick Style Definition

[PDF Output Using Brick Style Definition]