Specify a Style for a Graph

Styles control the overall visual appearance of graphs. Styles specify colors, fonts, line styles, and other attributes of graph elements. You can change the appearance of your graph by selecting one of the styles that are provided. For example, you can change the style of a graph from the Default style to the Journal style if the graph is intended for gray-scale publications.

By default, graph SGE files use the active ODS Listing destination style that is specified in the SAS program. For example, you can specify the Analysis style using the following statement in the program:

ods listing sge=on style=Analysis;

To select a style:

With your graph displayed, select FormatStyle from the main menu.
From the cascading menu, select a graph style.

You can select one of the following styles:

Analysis

is a color style recommended for output in Web pages or for color print media. This style might not display well in gray-scale output.

Default

is a color style intended for general-purpose work. This style is designed to discriminate among groups in both color and gray-scale output.

Journal

is a gray-scale style recommended for journal articles and other publications that are printed in gray scale.

Listing

is similar to Default but has a white background. This style is used by SAS for listing output.

Statistical

is a color style recommended for output in Web pages or for color print media. This style might not display well on devices that produce gray-scale output.

StatGraphScheme

is the style that was used when the graph was created. This style is selected by default.

Various elements of the graph derive their visual attributes, such as color, from specific style elements. Individual property settings override the style elements. For example, if you have assigned an overriding color to an object in the graph, then selecting a different style retains the overriding value that has been assigned.