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:
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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.
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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


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