SAS 9.4 Output Delivery System, 3rd Edition

Chapter 10

Style Elements

General ODS Style Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805

Style Elements Affecting Template-Based Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815

Style Elements Affecting Device-Based Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824

General ODS Style Elements

The following table lists all the style elements available for ODS style definitions. The

table provides a brief description of each style element and indicates the style elements

from which it inherits its attributes. An abstract style element is one that is not used to

generate any style element but provides a parent for one or more style elements to

inherit.

Table 10.1 Miscellaneous Style Elements

Style Element Description Inherits from

Miscellaneous

Container

*

Controls all container-oriented

elements

Continued Controls continued flag when a

table breaks across a page

(paginated destinations only)

TitlesAndFooters

ExtendedPage Message when page won't fit

(Printer only)

TitlesAndFooters

PageNo Controls page numbers for

paginated destinations

TitlesAndFooters

Parskip Controls space between tables

in RTF output

TitlesAndFooters

PrePage Controls the ODS RTF/

MEASURED PREPAGE= style

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Style Element Description Inherits from

Miscellaneous

StartUpFunction This is a Javascript function

that is added to the HTML

output. Any Javascript code in

the TAGATTR= attribute is

executed when the page is

loaded.

ShutDownFunction Controls the Shut-Down

function. This is a Javascript

function that is added to the

HTML output. Any Javascript

code in the TAGATTR=

attribute is executed when the

page is exited.

UserText Controls the ODS TEXT= style Note

*

An abstract style element. Abstract elements are not explicitly used in the ODS output. They are used for

inheritance purposes only. Because of this, abstract styles will not appear in the output of destinations that

generate a style sheet.

Table 10.2 Style Elements Affecting Documents

Style Element Description Inherits from

Documents

Document Controls the various document

bodies. This generally includes

things like the page background

color and page margins.

Container

*

Body Controls the Body file Document

Frame Controls the Frame file for

HTML

Document

Contents Controls the Contents file Document

Pages Controls the Page file Document

*

An abstract style element. Abstract elements are not explicitly used in the ODS output. They are used for

inheritance purposes only. Because of this, abstract styles will not appear in the output of destinations that

generate a style sheet.

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Table 10.3 Style Elements Affecting Dates

Style Element Description Inherits from

Dates

BodyDate Controls the date field in the

Contents file

ContentsDate

Date Controls how date fields look

Container

*

PagesDate Controls the date field in the

Pages file

Date

*

An abstract style element. Abstract elements are not explicitly used in the ODS output. They are used for

inheritance purposes only. Because of this, abstract styles will not appear in the output of destinations that

generate a style sheet.

Table 10.4 Style Elements Affecting Table of Contents and Table of Pages

Style Element Description Inherits from

Table of Contents and Table of Pages

IndexItem Controls list items and folders

for Contents and Pages

Container

*

ContentFolder Controls the folders in the

Contents file

IndexItem

ByContentFolder Controls the byline folders in

the Contents file

ContentFolder

ContentItem Controls the items in the

Contents file

IndexItem

PagesItem Controls the items in the Pages

file

IndexItem

Index Controls miscellaneous

Contents and Pages

components

Container

*

IndexProcName Controls the PROC name in the

Contents and Pages files

Index

*

ContentProcName Controls the PROC name in the

Contents file

IndexProcName

ContentProcLabel Controls the PROC label in the

Contents file

ContentProcName

PagesProcName Controls the PROC name in the

Pages file

IndexProcName

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