On Nov 8, 2007 11:22 AM, Van Campenhout Bjorn
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/6/07, Van Campenhout Bjorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I made a dotplot() with lattice, which comes out nice on the graphics
> >> device. I can save this as a eps using postscript() and include this in
> >> a word document. This prints nice, but does not look good on screen.
> >> If I produce a pdf, it is nice on screen, but not on paper. How can I
> >> save a graph that looks nice on paper and on screen?
>
> >Although you haven't said so, I presume your 'paper' output is
> >produced by a black and white printer?
> >
> >You have to define a "theme" (a collection of graphical parameters)
> >that is "nice" for both screen and paper. Once you come up with such a
> >collection of parameters, ?trellis.par.set should tell you how to set
> >them globally. If you want someone else to come up with such a list,
> >you are probably out of luck (but see ?col.whitebg for a not-very-good
> >approach).
>
> >-Deepayan
>
> Thanks for your reply. However, I am unsure that this is a "theme" issue.
> The problem is that if I run for instance:
>
> names <- rep( c( "country1" , "country2" , "country3" , "country4" ), each
> = 4 )
> groups <- rep( 1:4 , times=4 )
> score <- runif(16)*groups
> dotplot(names~score, groups=groups, col=c("grey","grey","black","black"),
> pch=c(21,19,21,19),cex=1.5)
>
> this looks nice in the R graphics device. But if I save or copy the graph
> as a windows metafile (as recommended on the list when one wants to include
> a graph in a Word document)
Recommended by whom? I was led to believe (I don't remember all the
reasons) that it is better to regenerate the graph than copy it; i.e.,
you should open a new device using
emf(file="foo.emf")
(or whatever the proper incantation is), re-execute your commands, and
then close the device with
dev.off()
Does this give better results?
-Deepayan
> the points become slightly deformed when I paste
> it into word. Is this normal?
>
> Bjorn
>
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