[R] legend not appearing in Word document

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 12/12/2010 8:59 AM, Tim Clark wrote:
> I need help with using graphics in Word 2007 that will later be converted into a
> pdf document.  I have tried several formats and found that I get the best
> quality of graphics using .wmf, .eps format, but when I convert it to .pdf I get
> a bunch of lines across the figures.  I also tried .tiff and .png but they give
> me much lower quality.  The best quality that converts to pdf appears to be
> .eps.  However, I have now come across a problem with my figure legends.  For
> some reason the legend is visible in R but not in Word.  Does anyone know why a
> legend in .eps format won't work in Word, or how I can get it to work?  I have
> made an example of the legend below that you should be able to save as .eps and
> paste into Word as an example.  I would appreciate any help you can offer on
> getting the legend in .eps format to work, or on other formats that may be
> better for Word and pdf files.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
>
>        library(plotrix)
>        Satelite.Palette<-
> colorRampPalette(c("blue3","cyan","aquamarine","yellow","orange","red"))
>        mycol<-Satelite.Palette(ceiling(5000+1))#Max relative angle multiplied by
> 100 to give larger range.  Max is 3.1415, rounded up to 3.15 plus one.
>        col.labels<-round((seq(0,5000,length.out=5)/1000),1)
>        plot(0, 0, type="n", axes=F, xlab="", ylab="")   #New plot for legend
>        color.legend(0,0,1,1,col.labels, mycol, align="rb", gradient="y")   #Adds
> legend
>
>

I don't have Word 2007, but when I execute that code I get a legend 
either on screen or in an EPS file.  So this looks like a Word bug; 
you'll need to talk to Microsoft.

Duncan Murdoch