office 2011 on mac, 2013 on windows. i see the same misbehavior in base and lattice. my standard simple test is plot(1:10) which is base.
did you try the windows side yet? Rich Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2013, at 13:22, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com> wrote: > Hi Rich, > > That's curious. > > I noted that you are using barchart() below which is lattice versus base > graphics. Is there any difference in the result on Windows if you use > barplot() instead? If so, perhaps there is something about lattice graphics > in this context. > > Also, are you using Office 2008 or Office 2011 on your Mac? 2011 > substantially improved Windows file format compatibility, not to mention a > plethora of bug fixes. > > Regards, > > Marc > > > On Jul 24, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Richard M. Heiberger <r...@temple.edu> wrote: > >> Marc, >> >> very interesting. >> >> Your example works on Windows. This example doesn't work on windows >> >>> postscript(file = "file2.eps", height = 4, width = 4, >> + horizontal = FALSE, onefile = FALSE, paper = "special") >>> barchart(1:3) >>> dev.off() >> >> Several examples, including the real one I was having trouble with >> previously, work on >> PowerPoint on Mac. They don't work on PowerPoint in Windows. >> >> More: I put some eps figures into PP on Mac (where they work) and then >> saved the file and >> opened it in PP on Windows. They don't work on Windows. >> >> Since Windows PP users are the target audience at the moment, I will stay >> with the res=300 png file. >> >> This is consistent with my other experiences with PP and Word for Mac, >> compared to PP and >> Word for Windows. The two MS sets of programs are highly correlated, but >> far from identical. >> >> When people send my PP or Word files, I am more likely to open them first >> on the Mac side of my >> machine. The graphs have spurious lines (connecting the end of the red >> line to the beginning of >> the green line, for example, when the two lines should be distinct). >> Alignment is different >> (two-line titles will get folded at the wrong place). I need to move back >> to the Windows side in >> the VM to see the files as the author intended. >> >> Rich >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi Rich, >>> >>> Seems to work for me using Powerpoint in MS Office 2011 for Mac. >>> >>> I used the following code: >>> >>> postscript(file = "file.eps", height = 4, width = 4, >>> horizontal = FALSE, onefile = FALSE, paper = "special") >>> >>> plot(rnorm(20)) >>> >>> dev.off() >>> >>> >>> >>> Then I used the insert picture from file function in Powerpoint. It >>> created the PNG preview during import and I can see that on the slide in >>> the application without issue. >>> >>> I put the EPS file and the PPTX file up on DropBox if you want to look at >>> them: >>> >>> EPS File: https://www.dropbox.com/s/d8avze4yv51blso/file.eps >>> >>> PPTX file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pm7oejm0g6rc0a5/RPlot.pptx >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Marc >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jul 24, 2013, at 10:49 AM, "Richard M. Heiberger" <r...@temple.edu> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Marc, >>> >>> the extra arguments to postscript still don't produce something that >>> PowerPoint will accept. >>> With your call, PP still displayed only the icon. PP did not generate its >>> own png file. >>> >>> Since my immediate goal is the projection screen for a PowerPoint >>> presentation, I will go >>> directly to the png file. For the proceedings and for paper I will >>> continue to use the pdf file. >>> >>> Rich >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Rich, >>>> >>>> You are missing some options in the call to postscript() below. It needs >>>> to be: >>>> >>>> postscript(file = "file.eps", width = x, height = y, >>>> horizontal = FALSE, onefile = FALSE, paper = "special") >>>> >>>> The first line needs to have values for 'x' and 'y' for the width and >>>> height of the image, as they default to 0. >>>> >>>> The second line of 3 options are all critical to producing an EPS file, >>>> as opposed to a PS file. This is described in the 4th paragraph of the >>>> Details section of ?postscript. >>>> >>>> If you import that file into any of the MS Office products (typically >>>> also for OpenOffce, LibreOffice, etc.), a PNG preview image will be created >>>> during import. It is the PNG bitmapped image that you can see when >>>> displaying the EPS file in the document, hence the degradation in quality. >>>> Some years ago, all you would see is a rectangular box with an "X" across >>>> it, as a placeholder for the imported image. >>>> >>>> Only if you then print the Office file using a Postscript printer driver, >>>> will you see the actual vector based EPS image. The target of that printing >>>> operation could be a printer for hard copy, a PS or a PDF file. MS Office >>>> does not support the rendering of the EPS image directly. >>>> >>>> If you are operating on Windows, as opposed to Linux or OSX, typically >>>> EMF/WMF files are the easiest way to go in terms of sticking R plots into >>>> an Office file, as they are also vector based images, but are effectively >>>> Windows only. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Marc Schwartz >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 24, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Richard M. Heiberger <r...@temple.edu> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> png("png300.png", res=300, width=2880, height=1440) >>>>> >>>>> gives good behavior. Thank you. This will become my standard for >>>> export >>>>> to powerpoint. >>>>> >>>>> postscript(file='file.eps', onefile=FALSE) >>>>> produces eps files that powerpoint rejects, even though ghostview is >>>>> satisfied. >>>>> >>>>> Rich >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Patrick Connolly < >>>>> p_conno...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, 23-Jul-2013 at 10:23PM -0400, Richard M. Heiberger wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> |> I have colleagues who use powerpoint. When I send my colleagues pdf >>>>>> files >>>>>> |> or ps files, powerpoint >>>>>> |> rejects them. Powerpoint does accept some eps files. >>>>>> |> >>>>>> >>>>>> [...] >>>>>> >>>>>> |> Does anyone know a workaround that will get vector graphics from R >>>> into >>>>>> |> powerpoint? >>>>>> |> win.metafile is not acceptable. The resolution of emf files from R >>>> is >>>>>> |> worse than png files. >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe worse than png files at the default resolution which is 72 dpi. >>>>>> Change that to something like 300 and nobody will see a jagged edge in >>>>>> a PowerPoint slide. >>>>>> >>>>>> HTH >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> |> >>>>>> |> Thanks >>>>>> |> Rich >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.
