[R] struggling with R2wd or SWord? Try rtf!

[Jean V Adams]

I have been looking for a way to write R-generated reports to Microsoft 
Word documents.  In the past, I used the package R2wd, but for some reason 
I haven't been able to get it to work on my current set up.
        R version 2.15.0 (64-bit)
        Windows 7 Enterprise - Service Pack 1
        Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 - Word version 
14.0.6123.5001 (32-bit)
I gave the package SWord a try, too.  Also, no luck.

But, I just recently ran across the package rtf, and it serves my needs 
quite well.  Since some of you may find yourself in a similar situation, I 
thought I'd spread the "word" (ha!) about rtf.

Below is some introductory code based on examples in 
        http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rtf/vignettes/rtf.pdf

Give it a try.  You may like it!

Jean


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Jean V. Adams
Statistician
U.S. Geological Survey
Great Lakes Science Center
223 East Steinfest Road
Antigo, WI 54409  USA
http://www.glsc.usgs.gov



library(rtf)
rtf <- RTF("rtf_vignette.doc", width=8.5, height=11, font.size=10, 
omi=c(1, 1, 1, 1))

addHeader(rtf, title="This text was added with the addHeader() function.", 
subtitle="So was this.")
addParagraph(rtf, "This text was added with the addParagraph() function. 
It is a new self-contained paragraph.  When &Alpha; is greater than 
&beta;, then &gamma; is equal to zero.\n")

startParagraph(rtf)
addText(rtf, "This text was added with the startParagraph() and addText() 
functions.  You can insert ")
addText(rtf, "styled ", bold=TRUE, italic=TRUE)
addText(rtf, "text this way.  But, you must end the paragraph manually 
with the endParagraph() function.\n")
endParagraph(rtf)

increaseIndent(rtf)
addParagraph(rtf, paste(rep("You can indent text with the increaseIndent() 
function.", 4), collapse="  "))

addNewLine(rtf)

decreaseIndent(rtf)
addParagraph(rtf, paste(rep("And remove the indent with the 
decreaseIndent() function.", 4), collapse="  "))

addNewLine(rtf)
addNewLine(rtf)

addParagraph(rtf, "Table 1.  Table of the iris data using the addTable() 
function.\n")
tab <- table(iris$Species, floor(iris$Sepal.Length))
names(dimnames(tab)) <- c("Species", "Sepal Length")
addTable(rtf, tab, font.size=10, row.names=TRUE, NA.string="-", 
col.widths=c(1, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5) )

newPlot <- function() {
        par(pty="s", cex=0.7)
        plot(iris[, 1], iris[, 2])
        abline(h=2.5, v=6.0, lty=2)
        }
addPageBreak(rtf)
addPlot(rtf, plot.fun=newPlot, width=5, height=5, res=300)
addNewLine(rtf)
addParagraph(rtf, "Figure 1.  Plot of the iris data using the addPlot() 
function.\n")

addNewLine(rtf)
addNewLine(rtf)

addSessionInfo(rtf)
done(rtf)

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