If the ODS ESCAPECHAR statement is used in conjunction with one or more of the following inline functions in a TITLE or FOOTNOTE statement, or inside data, headers, or ODS TEXT= text, the results appear double spaced in the PCL, PDF, or PostScript (PS) output created by ODS:

To circumvent the problem, use the SUB inline function, use hexadecimal values to insert the desired symbols, or change the fonts used by the ODS PRINTER destination as shown in the sample code on the Full Code tab.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Solaris for x64	9.2 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M2
		Linux for x64	9.2 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M2
		OpenVMS on HP Integrity	9.2 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M2
		Linux	9.2 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M2
		HP-UX IPF	9.2 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M2
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.2 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M2
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.2 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M2
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.2 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M2
		Windows Vista	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.2 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		z/OS	9.2 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M2
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.2 TS1M0

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

Solution 1 shows a problematic set of TITLE statements with workaround code illustrated in the FOOTNOTE statements. Solution 2 shows a font change to the Titlefont and Titlefont1 elements to prevent double spacing in the titles.

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/* Solution 1 */
options nodate nonumber;
ods escapechar="^";
ods pdf file="solution1.pdf" notoc;

proc print data=sashelp.class;
 /* Titles appear double spaced */
   title "^{super 1}testing";
   title2 "^{super 2}another test";

 /* Footnotes appear single spaced */
   footnote "B9"x "testing";
   footnote2 "^{sub 2}another test";
run;

ods pdf close;

/* Solution 2 */
proc template; 
   define style styles.myprinter; 
      parent = styles.printer; 
      class fonts / 
      'TitleFont2' = ("Times",12pt,bold italic) 
      'TitleFont' = ("Times",13pt,bold italic) 
      'StrongFont' = ("Times",10pt,bold) 
      'EmphasisFont' = ("Times",10pt,italic) 
      'FixedEmphasisFont' = ("Courier",9pt,italic) 
      'FixedStrongFont' = ("Courier",9pt,bold) 
      'FixedHeadingFont' = ("Courier",9pt,bold) 
      'BatchFixedFont' = ("SAS Monospace, Courier",6.7pt) 
      'FixedFont' = ("Courier",9pt) 
      'headingEmphasisFont' = ("Times",11pt,bold italic) 
      'headingFont' = ("Times",11pt,bold) 
      'docFont' = ("Times",10pt);
   end;
run;

footnote;
options nodate nonumber;
ods escapechar='^';
ods pdf file="solution2.pdf" notoc style=styles.myprinter;

proc print data=sashelp.class;
 /* Titles appear single spaced */
   title "^{super 1}testing";
   title2 "^{super 2}another test";
run;

ods pdf close;

Some inline style functions cause output to appear double spaced in ODS PCL, PDF, or PS output.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2008-10-30 15:31:32
Date Created:	2008-10-28 09:26:02