Reports that are routed to the RTF destination in SAS 9.2 might display differences in the amount of space between observations when the same program is used in SAS 9.3 or SAS 9.4. The rows might span across a page and populate a second set of titles and footnotes, whereas the same report in SAS 9.2 fits neatly within the page.

One reason this might occur is because the PADDING style attribute is no longer aliased with the CELLPADDING style attribute after SAS 9.2. If this is the issue that you are running into, a simple change from PADDING to CELLPADDING resolves the issue. Here is an example of making such a change in the template:

 style Table from Output /
         frame = hsides
         rules = groups
         padding = 2.5pt
         borderspacing = 1pt
         borderwidth = .75pt;

To change PADDING to CELLPADDING, see below.

   style Table from Output /
         frame = hsides
         rules = groups
         cellpadding = 2.5pt  /*<======This is the change */
         borderspacing = 1pt
         borderwidth = .75pt;

To view a report affected by this issue, click the Output tab.

Operating System and Release Information

When the PADDING style attribute is used in PROC REPORT or PROC TEMPLATE code, the results can be
different depending on the SAS release.