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Tip Sheets (.pdf)
ODS
ODS DOCUMENT
ODS PDF
ODS RTF
ODS TAGSETS.RTF (SAS 9.2 & later)
PROC TEMPLATE tables
PROC TEMPLATE styles
Reporting PROCs styles
Hash object
Perl regular expressions
Graph Template Modification
Graph Template Language
ODS Graphics
Graph Style
XMLV2 engine & examples (.zip)
Print landscape on both sides of legal-sized (8.5 x 14 inches) paper.
Updated Tagsets
On the ODS Markup page, several tagsets are updated and available for download.

Base SAS

ODS (Output Delivery System)

This page is part of the Base SAS Community and is an "anchor point" for lots of information regarding SAS ODS (Output Delivery System).

New and Notable

ODS Statistical Graphics New tip sheets added March 2011
SAS Style Templates: Always in Fashion (.pdf) (April 2010)
Zoom, Zoom: Get Your Document to Scale on All Paper Sizes (.pdf) (April 2010)
ODS, PROC TEMPLATE, and ODS DOCUMENT from Scratch
ODS Styles: Escaping PROC TEMPLATE Purgatory

ODS Document: The ODS document is production in SAS 9 and was preproduction in Release 8.2. With it, you can rerender ODS output without rerunning procedures. You also have more control over the structure of the output.
ODS HTML: The ODS HTML destination was introduced in Version 7 and adds more features with every new release.
ODS MARKUP: The ODS MARKUP statement is production in SAS 9 and was preproduction in Release 8.2. ODS MARKUP exports procedural output in a variety of markup languages, including your own custom tagsets.
ODS PACKAGES: ODS packages enable ODS destinations to use the SAS Publishing Framework, which is a feature of SAS Integration Technologies.
ODS PDF: This destination is part of the ODS PRINTER family. You can send SAS output to a PostScript, PCL, or PDF file. If you are running under Microsoft Windows, you can send output directly to a printer.
ODS RTF: This destination became available in Release 8.1. Read about preproduction SAS 9.1 features and see what we plan to ship for SAS 9.2.
ODS and Microsoft Excel: SAS R&D and Technical Support representatives share tips, sample code, and FAQs for exporting SAS output to Microsoft Excel.
SAS Notes and Concepts for ODS: R&D developers and Tech Support gurus answer the most frequently asked questions.

ODS Titles from SAS Press

Add the following SAS Press books to your ODS resources.

Output Delivery System: The Basics, by Lauren Haworth
Quick Results with the Output Delivery System, by Sunil Gupta

Archive: ODS in Versions 7 and 8

In-Line Formatting for ODS in SAS 8.2 inserts formatting and text when you use an escape character.
Preproduction Version 8 ODS destinations ship with Base SAS.
Twisty Little Passages, All Alike: ODS Templates Exposed introduces PROC TEMPLATE in Version 7.

Your Turn

The ODS developers, testers, and technical writers are very excited about the potential of these new capabilities. You can send electronic mail to ods@sas.com with your comments.

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