> On Nov 3, 2006, at 7:32 PM, Dan Putler wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > This is likely to be viewed as being at the margins of acceptable for > > this list, but I've run into an issue that I can't find a way around. > > Specifically, I'm working with a Windows based co-author, who is also > > MS Word based. So far I've found that we get the best graphic quality > > using EPS graphic files created by R. The problem is that when I just > > use the standard way of getting a PDF of the Word document by saving > > the file as a PDF in the main print dialog, the resulting PDF has the > > grayed warning box indicating that the graphic can't be seen on > > screen. If I instead use the option to convert the PDF to PostScript, > > and then convert the resulting PostScript file back to PDF using > > Preview, I get the graphics the way they should be. I can see them on > > screen, and so can anyone else. I can print them on one of my > > PostScript printers, but when folks on Windows go to print these PDFs > > to a PCL printer the output is a string of Ss. I then tried taking > > the PS files and converting them to PDFs using ghostscript (ESP's OS > > X port of gs 7.07 available from Gimp-Print). This causes all the > > graphics to come through properly, but the text is gibberish. I did > > get what appears to be a clean conversion via CERN's document service > > (but in A4, which is a problem in Canada and the US). > > > > Has anyone run into this problem and discovered the work-around that > > seems to be eluding me? > > > > Dan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > >
Microsoft Word does not handle EPS nor PDF graphics properly. If you want to embed your graphic in a word document, the best option is to save as jpeg from R. The quality of the figure is good enough. However, if you are working for a publication, then most probably they will be asking for a EPS. In that case, wrote your paper in Word and do not try to insert the figures in the document. Send them as both EPS and PDF individual files instead. I do think that the best option for a paper is to use LaTeX. The best figures in R are generated using postscript (EPS) which can be inserted very well on LaTeX documents. Cheers, -- Jose A. Garcia, Ph.D. Keck Graduate Institute 535 Watson Drive Claremont, CA 91711 (909)-607-9254 _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
