Thanks to Georgia! The problem is clear: MOD should not be used for RTF output. My original problem was the following: I had to combine outputs from 2 different programs into one MS Word document. So, I have to keep ODS RTF open while running both. Not very convenient, but possible. I thought about writing a SAS to modify RTF file after MOD, but it's impossible without deep understanding of RTF. Victor Kamensky Programmer Albert Einstein College of Medicine At 04:21 PM 10/31/00 -0600, you wrote: >MS Word counts the number of open and closed brackets {} in the rtf file >and, when they become equal it stops because it thinks that is the end of >the file. You have opened and closed ODS RTF twice, therefore, Word ignores >the second part of the file. I have found that I don't need to do the mod. >I simply open rtf, run all my Proc Reports (what I am using) and close rtf >when I am done. I would think that Proc Print would work the same way but I >have not tried it. Hope this helps. >"The truth is out there", >Georgia > >Victor Kamensky wrote: > > > Hi,SAS-L-ers! > > The problem can be a MS WORD problem, but it has SAS origin. > > I am trying to append RTF file from ODS(8.1, Win98). > > The program works fine, and really appends RTF file(I checked manually), > > but after opening it in MS Word I can see only > > 1 page,i.e. NUMBER=1. > > What's wrong? > Victor Kamensky > Programmer > Albert Einstein College of Medicine > > 37473 title "odsmod.sas" ; > > 37474 DATA TEST; > > 37475 length TEST $ 5; > > 37476 TEST='TEST'; > > 37477 do number=1 to 2; > > 37478 output; > > 37479 end; > > 37480 run; > > > > NOTE: The data set WORK.TEST has 2 observations and 2 variables. > > NOTE: DATA statement used: > > real time 0.00 seconds > > > > 37481 Filename WORD 'c:\SASTEST\TEST.RTF' ; > > 37482 ods rtf BODY=word ; > > NOTE: Writing RTF Body file: WORD > > 37483 proc print data=TEST;where number=1;run; > > > > NOTE: There were 1 observations read from the data set WORK.TEST. > > WHERE number=1; > > NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used: > > real time 0.06 seconds > > > > 37484 ods rtf close; > > 37485 > > 37486 Filename WORD 'c:\SASTEST\TEST.RTF' mod; > > 37487 ods rtf BODY=word ; > > NOTE: Writing RTF Body file: WORD > > 37488 proc print data=TEST;where number=2;run; > > > > NOTE: There were 1 observations read from the data set WORK.TEST. > > WHERE number=2; > > NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used: > > real time 0.00 seconds > > > > 37489 ods rtf close; > >______________________________________________________________________ >This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email >messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or >legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or a person >responsible for delivering this transmission to the intended recipient, >you are hereby notified that you must not read this transmission and >that any disclosure, copying, printing, distribution or use of this >transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this >transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone >or return email and delete the original transmission and its attachments >without reading or saving in any manner. >______________________________________________________________________