[R] The best way to end up with WMF files

[Stephen C. Upton]

Hi Peter,

Have you looked at openoffice? http://www.openoffice.org/
It can import and export to a variety of formats, including WMF. It works on my
Windows version, not sure about the Linux version.

HTH
steve


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Dunn [mailto:dunn at usq.edu.au]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 6:57 PM
> > To: R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > Subject: [R] The best way to end up with WMF files
> >
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > I am doing some stats work for a group of biologists
> > who require windows metafiles (*.wmf) for their publications.
> > To create these, I appear to have two choices:
> >
> > 1.  Restart my machine in Windows and use  savePlot
> > 2.  Keep my machine in linux, save as another format,
> >     then convert.
> >
> > I'd rather stay in linux; but how do I get wmf files?  I looked
> > at using ImageMagick's  convert, but it appears only to *read*
> > wmf files and not write them according to the help (not that
> > I could get it to read them when I tried... but that's another
> > story).
> >
> > And if I do create another format first and eventually end up with
> > a wmf, what is the best way to get there without loosing quality
> > on the way through the conversion(s)?
> >
> > So my question is this:  How can I end up with a wmf files using
> > linux, without sacrificing too much (any?) quality on the way?
> >
> > I looked in the Mail archives and couldn't find anything useful.
> >
> > Thanks as always,
> >
> > P.
> >
> > --
> > Dr Peter Dunn          (USQ CRICOS No. 00244B)
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> >   Email:  dunn @ usq.edu.au
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