To explain the question, first of all, it refers to cases where ODS PRINTER output is paneled; that is, where the table is too wide to fit on the page, so it is broken up into panels. For example, a table with columns a, b, c, d, e, f, g might be broken up into one panel with columns a, b, c, d, e and another with columns a, f, g. (Typically, but not always, the first column repeats on the each panel so you can identify which rows match.)

In the listing destination, a multiple-page output looks something like this:

 ___________________________________________________
|                 |                |                |
| a  b  c  d  e   | a  f  g        |  a  b  c  d  e |
|                 |                |                |
| 0  1  2  3  4   | 0  5  6        |  9  1  2  3  4 |
| 1  1  2  3  4   | 1  5  6        | 10  1  2  3  4 |
| 2  1  2  3  4   | 2  5  6        |                |
| 3  1  2  3  4   | 3  5  6        |                |
| 4  1  2  3  4   | 4  5  6        |  a  f  g       |
| 5  1  2  3  4   | 5  5  6        |                |
| 6  1  2  3  4   | 6  5  6        |  9  5  6       |
| 7  1  2  3  4   | 7  5  6        | 10  5  6       |
| 8  1  2  3  4   | 8  5  6        |                |
|_________________|________________|________________|

In the ODS PRINTER destination, by contrast, the same output looks more like this:

 _____________________________________________________________________
|                 |                |                |                |
| a  b  c  d  e   | a  f  g        |  a  b  c  d  e |  a  f  g       |
|                 |                |                |                |
| 0  1  2  3  4   | 0  5  6        |  9  1  2  3  4 |  9  5  6       |
| 1  1  2  3  4   | 1  5  6        | 10  1  2  3  4 | 10  5  6       |
| 2  1  2  3  4   | 2  5  6        |                |                |
| 3  1  2  3  4   | 3  5  6        |                |                |
| 4  1  2  3  4   | 4  5  6        |                |                |
| 5  1  2  3  4   | 5  5  6        |                |                |
| 6  1  2  3  4   | 6  5  6        |                |                |
| 7  1  2  3  4   | 7  5  6        |                |                |
| 8  1  2  3  4   | 8  5  6        |                |                |
|_________________|________________|________________|________________|

Why? Because the developers thought it looked better that way, and because you can take subsequent pages and paste them together to get the complete table. It is a deliberate break with tradition. We believe it's an improvement, but if you don't, please send e-mail to the ods@sas.com address.

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