When you use the Output Delivery System (ODS) to write to the RTF destination, it is possible to receive a blank page each time the ORIENTATION= system option is changed. The problem occurs whether changing from LANDSCAPE orientation to PORTRAIT or PORTRAIT orientation to LANDSCAPE. The problem only occurs when the BODYTITLE option is also specified in an ODS RTF statement.

The following code recreates the problem.

options orientation=portrait;
ods rtf file='test.rtf' bodytitle;

proc print data=sashelp.class;
run;

options orientation=landscape;
proc print data=sashelp.class;
run;

ods rtf close;

The only circumvention is to remove either the BODYTITLE option or the change of orientation. It is possible to post-process the file and remove the extra page. The following code illustrates how this can be done from within SAS:

filename rtf "test.rtf" ;

%macro rem_blkpg(source=xxx);

   data temp ;
      length line $400;
      infile &source length=lg lrecl=1000 end=eof;
      input @1 line $varying400. lg;
   run;

   data _null_;
      set temp ;
      if (index(line,"\page\par") > 0) then
          line = tranwrd(line,"{\page\par}",' ');

      file  &source;
      put line ;
   run;
%mend;

%rem_blkpg(source=rtf);

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