On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Tim Clark <mudiver1...@yahoo.com> 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
>
>
>
>
> Tim Clark
> Marine Ecologist
> National Park of American Samoa
> Pago Pago, AS 96799
>
>
>
>
> Tim
Works in Word 2002 on Windows XP with PDF-xchange 3.0 to convert to pdf.
Saw reponse from Duncan - agree might be problem with Word 2007 PDF
converter.
HTH
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