Some displays show colors in the SAS Program Editor that make the text difficult to read (light yellow on white, for example).

    The text colors can be changed by using the Tools menu in the Program Editor Window. If you don't have the menu bar with "Tools" in it, you can get the menu by typing pmenu at your command line. (Sometimes this must be typed twice before it works! To reinstate your command line after working with the Program Editor modification window, click Tools > Options > Turn Command Line On.)

    Click:

      Tools > Options > Program Editor > Appearance

    Make sure the box next to "Display SAS Code in Color" is checked, then click "Modify" and you'll be able to change the colors to your specifications, while viewing some sample code in the dialog box.

    To save your color (or other) choices for future sessions, type wsave at your command line in the Program Editor window or, if you are using the menus (and have no command line), type wsave in the command line of the SAS ToolBox (the command field with the check-mark box to the left of it). Remember if you use the SAS ToolBox command line that the Program Editor window must be the active (last-visited) window in order for the wsave command to be applied to it.