insert eps into microsft word

it seems that word can not read encapsupalted postscripts generated by R
I used this command

postscript("output.eps",horizontal=F,onefile=TRUE)
since onefile=TRUE produces an encapsualted postscript

actually what I'm trying to do is to insert the postsript file into a
word document
since other formats like jpeg and bmp do not reproduce the same quality
like postscript
formats


any suggestions are very much appreciated
Karim

it seems that word can not read encapsupalted postscripts generated by R
I used this command

postscript("output.eps",horizontal=F,onefile=TRUE)
since onefile=TRUE produces an encapsualted postscript

actually what I'm trying to do is to insert the postsript file into a
word document
since other formats like jpeg and bmp do not reproduce the same quality
like postscript
formats


any suggestions are very much appreciated
Karim

it seems that word can not read encapsupalted postscripts generated by R
I used this command

postscript("output.eps",horizontal=F,onefile=TRUE)
since onefile=TRUE produces an encapsualted postscript

actually what I'm trying to do is to insert the postsript file into a
word document
since other formats like jpeg and bmp do not reproduce the same quality
like postscript
formats


any suggestions are very much appreciated
Karim

it seems that word can not read encapsupalted postscripts generated by R
I used this command

postscript("output.eps",horizontal=F,onefile=TRUE)
since onefile=TRUE produces an encapsualted postscript

actually what I'm trying to do is to insert the postsript file into a
word document
since other formats like jpeg and bmp do not reproduce the same quality
like postscript
formats


any suggestions are very much appreciated
Karim

it seems that word can not read encapsupalted postscripts generated by R
I used this command

postscript("output.eps",horizontal=F,onefile=TRUE)
since onefile=TRUE produces an encapsualted postscript

actually what I'm trying to do is to insert the postsript file into a
word document
since other formats like jpeg and bmp do not reproduce the same quality
like postscript
formats


any suggestions are very much appreciated
Karim

for word documents submitted to picky journals i usually use seomthing
like this:

bitmap("plot_1.png",width=6,height=6,res=600,pointsize=12,family="Times")

on my computer this resutls in quality  just as good (to mu eye) as with
postscript. you can also use adobe acrobat to convert postsctipt to
something else.

Depending on your version of Word that simply is *not* true!

I can't test this here (I now have Word XP/2002) but my colleagues have
Word 97 on their college-supplied service (yes, really!) and despite not
being able to see a preview, they can quite happily import eps files I
have produced during the course of my work. Admitedly a blank box in
word is not the most user-friendly thing to work with, but this old
version of Word will happily deal with the postscript produced.

Having used Word 2000 and XP during the course of writing a PhD thesis
that used R-generated plots extensively, I know first hand how easy it
is to deal with eps files from R in Word.

My setup involves using Ghostscript/GSView on Windows XP to view the eps
plots I produce in R and then import them into Word XP (the eps filter
now seems to add a preview for you), but if you have an earlier word
version, GSView can easily add a preview for you.

Also, onefile = TRUE does *not* produce eps files.

I quote from ?postscript :

  onefile: logical: if true (the default) allow multiple figures in one
           file.  If false, generate a file name containing the page
           number and use an EPSF header and no `DocumentMedia' comment.

It is a bit confusing, but onefile = TRUE is for producing multi-page
postscript documents, i.e. put all the plots to follow into a single
postscript doc with (possibly) more than a single page.

I know a number of people have suggested using a windows metafile.
Whilst this might offer a solution to your problem, unless you are using
a very-out-of-date version of Word I cannot see the advantages of using
metafiles over postscript.

HTH

Gavin

Karim Elsawy wrote:

it seems that word can not read encapsupalted postscripts generated by R
I used this command

postscript("output.eps",horizontal=F,onefile=TRUE)
since onefile=TRUE produces an encapsualted postscript

actually what I'm trying to do is to insert the postsript file into a
word document
since other formats like jpeg and bmp do not reproduce the same quality
like postscript
formats


any suggestions are very much appreciated
Karim

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