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1. the editing of .ps files once they have been inserted into Word seems to be limited compared to using Windows metafiles. 2. R on Windows does not provide the capability to do right click copy with a .ps file so you have to right click save the file and then insert it into Word which is a bit less convenient than using the clipboard and it leaves a file around that you still have to delete. --- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:29:24 -0500 From: Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [R] R: Including R plots in a Microsoft Word document On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 11:08:00 -0600 Marc Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 09:54, Mahmoud K. Okasha wrote: > > Greetings List, > > > > I am conducting some large simulations using R. As a result, I get > > many plots but I'm having some trouble with including some of them in > > a Microsoft Word document. Can any one tell me the easiest method of > > having copies of the R-graphs in the Word documents? > > > > Best regards > > Mahmoud > > > A couple of different ways: > > 1. If you actually need to see the graphics within the document and/or > send the .doc file to someone who needs to be able to see the plots as > they appear, then you should use Windows Metafile format images. Since > these are vector format files, you can resize them as required on your > pages. Bitmapped images (ie .BMP/.PNG) will distort as you resize them. > You can generate these by plotting directly into an R plot window and > then copy (ie. right mouse click) and paste into the Word document using > the Windows clipboard, or generate the plot files directly using the > win.metafile() function. > > 2. If you will be generating hard copies of the documents using a PS > printer, you can generate the graphics as EPS files using the > postscript() function. Word can import EPS files, but you will see them > only as place holders in your document (ie. a frame box) since Word > cannot actually interpret the images for display. Keep in mind that the > function has very specific argument requirements to enable the > generation of EPS files. These include: Newer versions of Word will display postscript and pdf images on-screen, so I think these are the way to go. -Frank ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
