[R] Output formatting in PDF

Preetam Pal lordpreetam at gmail.com
Tue Oct 11 12:26:43 CEST 2016


Hey Enrico,
LaTex is not possible actually.

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Enrico Schumann <es at enricoschumann.net>
wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Oct 2016, Preetam Pal <lordpreetam at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Can you please help me with the following output formatting:
> > I am planning to include 2 plots and some general description in a
> one-page
> > PDF document, such that
> >
> >    - I'll leave some appropriate margin on the PDF- say, 1.5 inches
> >    top,right, bottom and left (will decide based on overall appearance)
> >    - the 2 plots are placed side-by-side (looks best for comparison)
> >    - the margins for each plot can be 4 lines on the top and the bottom &
> >     2 lines on the left and the right
> >    - each of these 2 plots would have time (0 to 260) along x-axis and
> two
> >    time-series (daily USD-GBP and USD-EUR FX rates) on the y-axis, i.e. 2
> >    time-series would be plotted on each of the 2 graphs. I would need a
> >    different color for each plot to demarcate them
> >    - I need to add some text (eg: "Independent analysis of Exchange Rate
> >    dynamics") with reduced font size (not high priority though-just good
> to
> >    have a different size)
> >    - The general discussion (may be a paragraph) would come right below
> the
> >    2 plots - I can specify this text as an argument in a function, may
> be. I
> >    am not sure how to arrange the entire PDF as per the format I
> mentioned
> >    above
> >
> > I shall really appreciate any help with this - the time series analysis
> is
> > not difficult, I can manage that - however, I don't know how to manage
> the
> > formatting part though, so that the 1-pager output looks decently
> > presentable. Thanks.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Preetam
>
> If using LaTeX is an option, I would suggest
> ?Sweave. There are many tutorials on the web that
> should get you started.
>
>
> --
> Enrico Schumann
> Lucerne, Switzerland
> http://enricoschumann.net
>



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