On Sep 18, 2011, at 2:15 PM, bby2...@columbia.edu wrote:
> Don and Duncan,
>
> That function works, up to the same point where I can save pdf into Word
> using the menu. But when I use Identify function together with plot function,
> the Quartz window has to be closed before I can go back the console to
> execute "copy2eps" function.
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This is indeed strange. Running R 2.13.0 on mac SnowLeopard, with quartz
window manager
> plot(1,1)
> identify(1,1)
warning: no point within 0.25 inches
[1] 1
> dev.copy2eps(file="test.eps")
quartz
2
The eps file shows up in my working directory just as it should. There should
be no need to close the quartz window,
or even look at it for that matter. Can you show us your session info?
> But by then, I don't have an active device anymore. So it beats the purpose.
>
> Dan,
>
> I'm using Word 2004. Upgrading Word is an idea. I will definitely look into
> it, although I didn't think those who didn't have this problem necessarily
> had a higher version of Word.
>
> Bonnie Yuan
>
> Quoting Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com>:
>
>> On 11-09-18 4:53 PM, Don McKenzie wrote:
>>> I think it's actually dev.copy2eps()
>>>
>>> or at least that one works.
>>
>> Right, sorry.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18-Sep-11, at 1:51 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11-09-18 4:11 PM, bby2...@columbia.edu wrote:
>>>>> Yes, I'm positive I had the right window highlighted, and I have
>>>>> shown
>>>>> this problem to lots of people including tech staff, to get no
>>>>> answers. So I suspect it's probably a somewhat obscure problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Duncan, thanks for the lead on the new group. I will follow up on
>>>>> that. What is the copy2eps? Is it to Excel? Do you get that option
>>>>> in R?
>>>>
>>>> copy2eps() is a function in R. Try ?copy2eps for details.
>>>>
>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bonnie Yuan.
>>>>>
>>>>> Quoting Duncan Murdoch<murdoch.dun...@gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11-09-18 3:48 PM, Don McKenzie wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 18-Sep-11, at 12:38 PM, bby2...@columbia.edu wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is has been bugging me for a long time. Nobody around me
>>>>>>>> seems
>>>>>>>> to have this problem. I hope someone on the forum could help me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I generate a R graph and want to bring the image into Word. I
>>>>>>>> cannot copy and paste it like many of my classmates can do. The
>>>>>>>> "Select" in Edit menu have all options grayed out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You want "Copy", not "Select". Then Paste into your word
>>>>>>> processor.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That doesn't work for me with OpenOffice (I don't have Word).
>>>>>> copy2eps(file="some.eps") does work, along with Insert | Picture
>>>>>> | From
>>>>>> file...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So what I ended up doing is to save it as pdf file and bring it
>>>>>>>> into Word. But if I use "Identify" in the Plot statement, there
>>>>>>>> will be values labels on the graph when you click on the
>>>>>>>> observation. For some reason, these labels don't show up in the
>>>>>>>> pdf
>>>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They did show up with copy2eps(). I didn't try copy2pdf(); my
>>>>>> copy of
>>>>>> OpenOffice doesn't recognize .pdf as a picture type.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But Bonnie will probably get a better answer on the R-sig-mac list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So the last resort I have is prinscreen, which always have
>>>>>>>> irrelevant things showing.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've tried updating R/OS and all softwares on my MAC, but nothing
>>>>>>>> seems to do anything. I have OX 10.6.8. Does this problem sound
>>>>>>>> familiar to anyone?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bonnie Yuan
>>>>>>>>
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>
>
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Pacific WIldland Fire Sciences Lab
US Forest Service
Affiliate Professor
School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment
CSES Climate Impacts Group
University of Washington
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