CSSSTYLE: Stylish Output with ODS and SAS ® 9.2

It has become the standard for most company Web sites to use cascading style sheets (CSS) to standardize Web site look and feel. Now, with ODS and SAS ® 9.2, you can design a single CSS file to be used with ODS RTF, PDF, and HTML. In the past, CSS usage was limited to files created with ODS HTML. This paper provides an introduction into the use of the new CSSSTYLE option in SAS 9.2. This option allows you to use cascading style sheet (CSS) style specifications for RTF and PDF files, in addition to HTML files. This paper will include a brief introduction to CSS syntax and some of the features, such as @media CSS sections, that are particularly useful when creating ODS output. Then, all the methods of using CSS with ODS are discussed, with an emphasis on the new CSSSTYLE option. In addition to these topics, a job aid will be provided that outlines the most commonly used CSS properties and property values.