SAS Web Report Studio enables you to change style settings for individual tables and graphs in a report. For example, Figure 1 shows that the background colors used for headings and subheadings in a particular crosstabulation table have been changed, and that the title has been centered. These changes override any conflicting settings in the style sheet selected for the report, which, for this example, is Plateau.

Figure 1. Crosstabulation table with modified colors and a center-aligned title

When you open a report such as the one shown in Figure 1 in SAS Enterprise Guide (4.3) or the SAS Add-In (4.2 or 4.3), style properties that are set on individual objects are ignored. The appearance of the report depends on several factors, as explained next.

SAS Enterprise Guide

If the report is using one of the built-in style sheets (Plateau, Meadow, Seaside, or Festival), then SAS Enterprise Guide applies the selected style and ignores any individual modifications. Figure 2 shows what the report shown in Figure 1 might look like in SAS Enterprise Guide.

Figure 2. The Plateau style sheet is applied but individual style settings are ignored.

If the report had used a custom style sheet, then SAS Enterprise Guide would have rendered the report using the default style sheet specified for SAS Report output.

SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office

When you open a report such as the one shown in Figure 1 in the SAS Add-In, the appearance depends on whether the Apply style option is selected on the Results tab in the SAS Options dialog box, as well as what style is selected as the default.

Figure 3 shows what the report shown in Figure 1 might look like in the SAS Add-In if the Apply style option is selected and Plateau is selected as the style.

Figure 3. The Plateau style sheet is applied but individual style settings are ignored.