> On Mar 26, 2018, at 11:11 AM, Dennis Fisher <fis...@plessthan.com> wrote: > > R 3.4.3 > OS X 13.3 > > Colleagues > > I have encountered surprising behavior in the following circumstance: > > 1. I create a one-page PDF in R. The command might be: > pdf(“/path/to/file”, width=5, height=3.5) > > 2. When I open the PDF in Preview, the “inspector” confirms the intended > size. > > 3. I embed the PDF into Word for Mac (the newest version). I accomplish > this in one of several ways, all leading to the same outcome: > a. I drag the icon into Word > b. I copy the thumbnail and paste into Word > c. I drag the thumbnail into Word > > 4. Previously, after the page was embedded, the size matched the > specifications (5 x 3.5, in this instance). Now, the width is one-half of the > intended size. > > 5. Interestingly, when I drag the thumbnail into Word, the image appears > twice > > I suspect that the problem is in Word, rather than R, but I am curious as to > whether anyone has encountered this and has a solution. > > Dennis
Hi Dennis,
Try it with the attached PDF, created with:
pdf("test.pdf", width = 5, height = 3.5)
plot(1:5)
dev.off()
I am using R 3.4.4 on macOS 10.13.3, with Word 2016.
When I drag the pdf file from my desktop into Word, or the thumbnail from
Preview, the size of the embedded object is correct and I get the correct
preview image of the plot in Word.
If I copy and paste the thumbnail into Word, it has the correct size, the but
preview image in Word appears to be bitmapped, instead of vector, so the
quality of the image in Word is not as good. Similar to what one might see
embedding an EPS file in Word.
Also, if I "Insert" object from the Word menu, and select the PDF file, I get
the correct size and the vector based image.
Regards,
Marc Schwartz
test.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
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