Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Saving the output as a PDF document is extremely valuable for students
and those who may not have SAS loaded on the computer (perhaps their
home computer or their personal laptop) that they will be using away
from the organizational setting so that they can view the results in order
to prepare a report. A PDF document can be opened and viewed on
any computer. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free application that can be
downloaded from the Adobe Web site; with it, you can open and view
PDF files; Mac users can open PDF files with Preview, an application that
is bundled with the OS 10 operating system.
SASwillallowyoutoproduceaPDFversionoftheoutputtothe
project. This is a necessary first step toward saving the file on your personal
computer. To have SAS display your output as a PDF document, select
from the main menu
Tools
➜
Options
➜
Results
➜
ResultsGeneral
. This
brings you to the screen shown in Figure B20. Check the box corresponding
to
PDF
. Note that we have also checked the boxes corresponding to
HTML
and
Te x t ou t pu t
; thus, we will obtain three versions of the output. Click
OK
. The PDF file is saved in the
Process Flow
diagram, which is on the
Project Designer
tab as shown in Figure B21.
Figure B21
The PDF document is placed into the
Process Flow
diagram of the project.
