Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond

Summary of PROC DOCUMENT Statements

Think of PROC DOCUMENT and ODS DOCUMENT as a team. Although there are some tasks, such as OBPAGE and OBTITLE statements, that you cannot do in the Documents window, between the Documents window and PROC DOCUMENT, the possibilities for document creation are virtually endless. For your ease of reference, we have listed the tasks that can be done only with PROC DOCUMENT.

Tasks for PROC DOCUMENT Only (SAS 9.1.3 and 9.2)
Task	PROC DOCUMENT Statement
Create or delete a page break.	OBPAGE
Create, delete, or modify title lines.	OBTITLE
Create, delete, or modify subtitle lines.	OBSTITLE
Create or modify text before an output object.	OBBNOTE
Create or modify text after an output object.	OBANOTE
Create or modify footnote lines.