[R-SIG-Mac] R graphs question

[baptiste auguie]

Hi,

If you're willing to drop powerpoint for a more versatile alternative,
the most obvious route might be Sweave + the beamer package.

On 29 April 2010 23:17,  <thatsanicehatyouhave at mac.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Apr 26, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Wang, Fei wrote:
>
>> I am a newbie for R software. Recently I met a problem when I'm attempting to export R graphs to PowerPoint directly. Since we generate hundreds of graphs and want to export them to PPT at one time, is there any good solution to this?
>
> Depends on how motivated you are. Here's one solution. It will take some effort to get going and requires a few programming skills, but once set up you can repeat the process painlessly.
>
> First, you need to use Apple's Keynote. The Keynote file format is a regular zipped directory containing an XML file and the various media (e.g. pdfs, pngs). The XML format is documented here:
>
> http://developer.apple.com/appleapplications/keynote-apxl.html
>
> Given that and some trial and error, one can write a python script (or similar) to take a folder of graphs that you output from R and convert them into a Keynote presentation.
>
> If you don't want to use Keynote as your final format, you can export the file into a huge PDF or a PowerPoint file.
>
> And if you get something working and are willing to share, I'm sure several people on the list would be interested in seeing a working script!
>
>
> How you intend to keep your audience awake for a presentation of hundreds of graphs is another problem entirely. :)
>

Perhaps inserting a Audience.sleep(1) every now and then during page
transitions?

baptiste