On Jan 29, 2007, at 2:50 PM, Don MacQueen wrote: > I'd suggest you try using R's png() driver.
I'd discourage that one a Mac as there is not really a need for that - Quartz produces PNG directly and it's WYSIWYG unlike the png() driver and Quartz has much better rendering. To get back on the topic: To be honest I don't really see a problem here - Word can handle PDF very easily, just drop a PDF file in a Word document - it works just fine (to make sure I'm talking about Office 2004 here). The fact that it does so in Microsoft-ish way, that is by converting it to a bitmap, is a technicality and given the overall quality of Word output it is neither surprising nor will a regular Word user notice this at all. R is open source, so if someone implements a device that generates DOC or WMF files, uses some API to talk to Word or anything similar, they are free to contribute it to R or the R.app GUI. Cheers, Simon > I am satisfied with how graphics imported into Word or PowerPoint > look if save using png(). > > Note that Adobe Illustrator for Mac has a "Save for Microsoft Office" > option, and it saves in png format. > > -Don > > At 1:42 PM -0500 1/29/07, Martin Henry H. Stevens wrote: >> 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 > > > -- > -------------------------------------- > Don MacQueen > Environmental Protection Department > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > Livermore, CA, USA > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
