>3) overall, I am not clear on how to control the orientation and >dimensions of the page, I feel like this is dictated by the device >driver as given in the warning: >'WARNING: The maximum sizes for this driver are set by the window >system or device. GOPTIONS > XMAX and YMAX are ignored.' How do I gain control over these >dimensions and the orientation. (e.g. if I want the ration of the page >to be different...) >

Haven't got time to look into the other issues yet. For the warning, I had same problem when I used ods/rtf with graph. I finally figure it out that the position of goptions statement makes big difference. You have to put the goptions inside the ods/rtf boundary:

-------- ods rtf file="c:\temp\junk.rtf" style=minimal;

goptions reset=all dev=png xmax=9 in ymax=6 in xpixels=1800 ypixels=1200 hsize=9 in vsize=6 in ;

proc gplot data=sashelp.class; plot weight*height; run;

ods rtf close; -------

Try move the goptions above ods rtf statement, you'll get the warning!

Makes no sense to me though.

Kind regards,

Ya Huang