word 2004 post script (plot created with postscript()) does not work but pdf graphics work on the mac. I suggest not copying and pasting because, in my expreience, the output is not as good as pdf et al.
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Word in Office 2003 (and I assume Office 2007) can insert encapsulated > postscript with no problems on Windows, and display the graphic fine. Does > this not work with Mac? Doesn't dragging a file into Word lose the full > resolution of postscript? > > Frank > > > Adam D. I. Kramer wrote: >> >> For what it's worth, copy/paste between R and Word 2008 works perfectly. >> It >> doesn't work at all for Word 2004...so that's at least ONE improvement >> (the >> only one I've seen) in versions of Word. >> >> --Adam >> >> On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Stefan Evert wrote: >> >>> >>> On 7 Sep 2008, at 16:57, John Kane wrote: >>> >>>> I think you need to save the plot and import it into Word. AFAIK you >>>> can only copy and paste a plot in Windows. >>> >>> In the R.app GUI, you can click the plot window and then select "Copy" >>> from the "Edit" menu (or press Command-C). You can now past the plot into >>> most Mac applications (e.g. Apple's own iWork suit), but it doesn't work in >>> Word 2004 -- so it's really a problem with Word. >>> >>>> Have a look at ?png (There are other formats available) >>> >>> Or, much better, a PDF file by selecting "Save As ..." from the "File" >>> menu (Shift-Command-S). You should then be able to drag and drop the PDF >>> file into Word. >>> >>> HTH, >>> Stefan >>> > -- > Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine > Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Stephen Sefick Research Scientist Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the annoying little problems of being mammals. -K. Mullis ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
