Hi Dennis, Very strange.
Perhaps you might consider completely removing all Office components and doing a fully clean install? If the PDF that I sent exhibited the same behavior as one you create locally, that would tend to suggest that the problem is not your R installation. More info here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/uninstall-office-2016-for-mac-eefa1199-5b58-43af-8a3d-b73dc1a8cae3 <https://support.office.com/en-us/article/uninstall-office-2016-for-mac-eefa1199-5b58-43af-8a3d-b73dc1a8cae3> Regards, Marc > On Mar 26, 2018, at 3:06 PM, Dennis Fisher <fis...@plessthan.com> wrote: > > Marc > > Office is fully updated (see version as yours) > Original size is 1/2 of the intended size. > When the drag the file to TextEdit, the size is as intended! > So, the mystery continues. > > Dennis > > Dennis Fisher MD > P < (The "P Less Than" Company) > Phone / Fax: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753-7784) > www.PLessThan.com <http://www.plessthan.com/> > > > > >> On Mar 26, 2018, at 10:21 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com >> <mailto:marc_schwa...@me.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Dennis, >> >> I reviewed the Preference settings in Word and did not see anything that to >> my eye would be relevant to default embedded object sizes. >> >> You might check to be sure that your Office installation is fully updated. >> There have been several updates of late. My Word is showing version 16.11.1 >> (180319) in the About Word dialog. >> >> Also, right click on the embedded PDF in Word and check "Size and >> Position...". On the "Size" tab, see what the dialog box is showing for >> "Original size" at the bottom, and be sure that "Scale" is set to 100% for >> both height and width. >> >> Regards, >> >> Marc >> >>> On Mar 26, 2018, at 12:01 PM, Dennis Fisher <fis...@plessthan.com >>> <mailto:fis...@plessthan.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Marc >>> >>> Thanks for trying this. >>> >>> Your PDF exhibited the problematic behavior (half-size). It appears that >>> we are using the same version of the OS. We are using the same generation >>> of Word (Office Home & Business 2016 for Mac (Work At Home)) although there >>> are probably several versions of Office floating around. This left the >>> version of R — but I can confirm the same problematic behavior with R 3.4.4. >>> >>> Of note, this behavior exists on two different OS X machines but a third >>> computer with OS X 13.2 works correctly. >>> Also, when I use R to create an RTF document that contains JPEG images, the >>> same problem happens. >>> >>> I am at a loss — perhaps there is something weird about my version of >>> Office or some preference that is set incorrectly. >>> >>> Dennis >>> >>> Dennis Fisher MD >>> P < (The "P Less Than" Company) >>> Phone / Fax: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753-7784) >>> www.PLessThan.com <http://www.plessthan.com/> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mar 26, 2018, at 8:33 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com >>>> <mailto:marc_schwa...@me.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Mar 26, 2018, at 11:11 AM, Dennis Fisher <fis...@plessthan.com >>>>> <mailto: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> >>> >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
