Setting Preferences

To open the Preferences window, click More application options

and select Preferences.

Here are the options available in the Preferences window:

Option Name	Description
General Options
Show generated code in the SAS log	Displays the ODS statements, %LET statements, and any other code that is automatically generated by SAS. This option applies to SAS tasks and SAS program files.
Include a “Show Details” button in error messages	Displays the Show Details button in application messages. Click this button to view any exceptions that occurred. You might need to copy these details for your SAS administrator or SAS Technical Support.
Display in navigation pane	Specifies the sections to display in the navigation pane. By default, all sections (Search, Folders, Tasks and Snippets, Libraries, and File Shortcuts) are displayed.
Editor Options
Enable autocomplete	Turns on the autocomplete feature of the code editor. This feature can predict the next keyword that you want to enter before you actually enter it completely.
Tab width	Displays the number of spaces that are inserted into your text when you insert a tab character. The default value is four spaces for each tab character. Note: The Tab width option is ignored by Internet Explorer 9 (or later) and Safari web browsers.
Substitute spaces for tabs	Substitutes the number of spaces listed in the Tab width box instead of a single tab character.
Enable color coding	Displays the SAS language elements in color in the code editor.
Show line numbers	Displays line numbers in the leftmost column of the program and log.
Font size	Specifies the size of the font in the code editor.
Results Options
Display warning if results are larger than n MB	Specifies that you want a confirmation window displayed when you attempt to open results that are larger than n megabytes (MB). The default value is 4 MB.
HTML output style	Specifies the style that is applied to the HTML results.
PDF output style	Specifies the style that is applied to the PDF results.
Generate the default table of contents	Generates a table of contents for results in the PDF format.
RTF output style	Specifies the style that is applied to the RTF results.
Tasks Options
Trim all leading and trailing blank spaces in generated code	Removes any blank spaces that appear before or after the generated code.
Generate header comments for task code	Adds comments before the generated code for a SAS task.
Automatically format generated code	Automatically formats any code that is generated by a task and displayed in the code editor.

Note: Not all of these options are available if you are using SAS Web Editor on the iPad.

To reset all of the options in the current pane to their default values, click Reset All Defaults.