Insight Statistical Consulting Ltd
John Kirkpatrick MSc BSc (Hons) CStat CSci

I'm often asked "What's the difference between a contractor and a consultant?" My answer is usually that a contractor will just sit at their desk and do what they're told, but a consultant will aim to make themselves redundant within the shortest possible time.

So, in an effort to make myself redundant before you even employ me, this section aims to answer some of the more frequently asked questions I've encountered in my role as a consultant. Most of the answers will be fairly short and to the point. As there are many many questions, I've split them up into broad themes. Feel free to browse... or even to ask a question yourself.

You may also be interested in reading some of the material in the Tutorials section as well.

General ODS FAQs

1. The NOPRINT option suppresses all output
2 How to open the template browser
3 How to print on A4 paper when running SAS 9 on Windows
4 How to set margin widths in SAS version 8
5 What is the ODS ESCAPECHAR for?
6 How to find out which style attribute renders each part of your output
7 How can I get special characters into my output?

RTF/Word document FAQs

1. Word can't open my RTF file
2 What is a twip?
3 How can I get Page <x> of <y> into my document?

ODS HTML FAQs

1 How to avoid the "blocked content" nag in XP2 when opening local files in Internet Explorer.

ODS Template FAQs