Date:         Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:34:38 -0400
Reply-To:     "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>"
              <schreier.junk.mail@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>"
              <schreier.junk.mail@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: want proc contents to create a file that can be used to
              create an index in a word document

On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:03:34 -0400, Christine Peloquin <cep@STUNTZ.ORG> wrote:

>hello,
>
>i am using sas to make a codebook for a study.  i would like to create an
>index to reference which pages the variables are on. so, basically, i just
>need a word document with the names of the variables.  i have unsuccessfully
>tried used proc contents to create such a file (along with ods) but have not
>had any luck.  the file i create has extra blanks and formatting in it -
>which causes a problem when i try to use it to create the word index (INSERT
>->INDEX AND TABLES -> select AUTOMARK -> open up file created by SAS).
>
>if i manually create a word file just listing the variable names (one per
>line), i can successfully use this file to create the codebook index.  the
>format of this manual word document is:
>
>variable1<paragraph mark>
>variable2<paragraph mark>
>
>so, how can i go about creating a file with the same format in sas?
>
>many thanks for any direction you can give me.
>christine

Try something like this:

   data _null_;
   set sashelp.vcolumn;
   file 'mywordfile.doc';
   where libname='SASHELP' and memname='CLASS';
   put name;
   run;