Hi Folks, While I do not use Microsoft Word for my own work, I (i) I teach R to people who use Word and PowerPoint, and (ii) many people use Word around here would like to use R, but are frustrated about getting graphics into Word.
My most recent response to a colleague, and my preferred solution for others on a Mac was: ### 1. Mac OSX uses PDF format for vector-graphics format, and R can make PDFs beautifully -- try opening them in Preview or Acrobat Reader. Microsoft Word, however, cannot handle PDF graphics, uses EMF/WMF format for vector graphics. On PC's, R can create EMF/WMF format, but it does not do so on Macs. 2. On Macs, the best solution I have found for putting images into PowerPoint and Word is to save R images as PDFs, open them in GraphicConverter (a utility that comes with a Mac), then save as JPEG format (with 100% resolution) and insert that into a Word document. That will look very good. I seem to remember that Powerpoint is not as limited. 3. Note that if you make a Word document (like a manuscript) that contains EMF/WMF graphics, Word on the Mac cannot read images in the Word file made on the PC. 4. The best success I had came when I stopped using Word, but I realize that that is NOT for everyone. ### I found a couple relevant threads (e.g. http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/ R/Rhelp02a/archive/34950.html), but I was wondering what else might be going on. Is a move being made to help folks who are wedded to Word? Such a move would be useful, I think. Thanks, Hank Dr. Hank Stevens, Assistant Professor 338 Pearson Hall Botany Department Miami University Oxford, OH 45056 Office: (513) 529-4206 Lab: (513) 529-4262 FAX: (513) 529-4243 http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenmh/ http://www.muohio.edu/ecology/ http://www.muohio.edu/botany/ "E Pluribus Unum" [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
