Hello, (apologies, I'm not entirely sure whether this question is about R or my limitations with PowerPoint). I've submitted a paper (which has been accepted) but the journal now require me to submit graphs that are "editable in PowerPoint". I would be grateful for suggestions as to how I should do this. The best route seems to be to copy-and-paste the figures from the windows() device as a metafile. However, on converting the graphs to an editable format and "ungrouping" them, it appears that every line, tickmark, dot and dash is treated as a separate entity by PowerPoint (for example even the horizontal and vertical parts of "+" are separated). Alternatively, reading in the files from a saved metafile is even more problematic: having used par(new = TRUE) I have a set of layered graphs and all but the last one dissapear once I open the graphic for editing. Is this normal for a figure "editable by PowerPoint" or am I doing something horribly wrong somewhere? Many thanks Paul -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Paul Hewson Lecturer in Statistics School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Plymouth Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA tel (01752) 232778 fax (01752) 232780 email paul.hewson at plymouth.ac.uk www.plymouth.ac.uk
Paul Hewson wrote:> Hello, > > (apologies, I'm not entirely sure whether this question is about R or my > limitations with PowerPoint). I've submitted a paper (which has been > accepted) but the journal now require me to submit graphs that are > "editable in PowerPoint". I would be grateful for suggestions as to > how I should do this. > > The best route seems to be to copy-and-paste the figures from the > windows() device as a metafile. However, on converting the graphs to > an editable format and "ungrouping" them, it appears that every line, > tickmark, dot and dash is treated as a separate entity by PowerPoint > (for example even the horizontal and vertical parts of "+" are > separated). Alternatively, reading in the files from a saved metafile > is even more problematic: having used par(new = TRUE) I have a set of > layered graphs and all but the last one dissapear once I open the > graphic for editing. > > Is this normal for a figure "editable by PowerPoint" or am I doing > something horribly wrong somewhere? > > Many thanks > > Paul > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-> Paul Hewson > Lecturer in Statistics > School of Mathematics and Statistics > University of Plymouth > Drake Circus > Plymouth PL4 8AA > > tel (01752) 232778 > fax (01752) 232780 > > email paul.hewson at plymouth.ac.uk > www.plymouth.ac.ukI had hoped that journals engaged in reproducible research by now. -- Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University
Paul-- It is hard to fight the tide, even when it contains sewage, but (you probably agree) this is an idiotic requirement. Not only does this journal want to change your work (which journals do much too much), they also want you to help them use of low-class tools to do so. You could try asking the journal to tell you what changes they feel are needed & promising to make them yourself. That's what I would do, but there's no guarantee it will succeed. An alternative would be to make EPS files from R and send them to them. The XP version (and presumably above) of MSPP can import and edit EPS files. If the journal doesn't like the *way* it edits them, well, what can you do? Maybe that will allow you to gently suggest that their requirement is all wet. We need somehow to restore the roles of authors and journals. Authors are supposed to write the stuff, and journals figure how to get it into print. Somewhere along the line, journals have taken on all the prerogatives of collaborators. It seems to me that is a conflict of interest. Good luck! Regards, ...Mike Paul Hewson wrote:>Hello, > >(apologies, I'm not entirely sure whether this question is about R or my >limitations with PowerPoint). I've submitted a paper (which has been >accepted) but the journal now require me to submit graphs that are >"editable in PowerPoint". I would be grateful for suggestions as to >how I should do this. > >The best route seems to be to copy-and-paste the figures from the >windows() device as a metafile. However, on converting the graphs to >an editable format and "ungrouping" them, it appears that every line, >tickmark, dot and dash is treated as a separate entity by PowerPoint >(for example even the horizontal and vertical parts of "+" are >separated). Alternatively, reading in the files from a saved metafile >is even more problematic: having used par(new = TRUE) I have a set of >layered graphs and all but the last one dissapear once I open the >graphic for editing. > >Is this normal for a figure "editable by PowerPoint" or am I doing >something horribly wrong somewhere? > >Many thanks > >Paul > > > >-- Michael H. Prager, Ph.D. Population Dynamics Team NOAA Center for Coastal Habitat and Fisheries Research NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center Beaufort, North Carolina 28516 USA http://shrimp.ccfhrb.noaa.gov/~mprager/