Maintaining the Quality of Your Image across Devices

You can use percent of the graphics output area (PCT) as the unit of measure when specifying text size to make sure that text is proportional across devices. For example, a one-inch-high title might be appropriate on a standard piece of paper, but a title of this size uses almost all of the display area of a slide. To make units of percentage the default for size specifications, use the GUNIT= graphics option:

goptions gunit=pct;

You can also specify PCT anywhere you specify a size:

axis1 label=(height=3 pct 'Year');

ODS styles are designed to provide optimal results for a variety of devices. Therefore you use the STYLE= option in the ODS statement to specify a style best suited for your device. For example, you might want to specify the ODS style Journal since it works well with black and white devices. You can also set a different style for each ODS output destination. For information about ODS styles and destinations, see Specifying Devices and Styles with Multiple Open Destinations. You can compare colors and patterns for different devices and choose the device that has the fewest colors. A slide camera, for example, offers over 16 million colors from which to chose, but some graphics monitors display significantly fewer colors.

You can preview the appearance of the output on a different device with the TARGETDEVICE= graphics option. For example, to see how the output looks on a color PostScript printer, specify as follows:

goptions targetdevice=pscolor;